Writing Testable Code and Eclipse Plugins for J2EE Development

Wed August 8th

Location: FullContact Offices 1621 18th Street Suite 40 Denver, CO 80202

5:30-6:00:
 Food, Soda and Networking. We are grateful to Tek-Systems for their continued sponsorship of the 
Food and Soda for our pre-presentation networking!

6:00-7:00:

BASIC CONCEPTS: Writing Testable Code by Jim McMaster

Abstract : Writing tests is easy, right?  Anyone can use JUnit.  The hard part is writing your code so it is easy (or even possible) to test.  Tonight, we’ll talk about some techniques for making your code easier to test, and some pitfalls to avoid.

About Jim McMaster:

Jim McMaster has been writing code since it was punched on cards.  He also is a long-time fan of developer testing.  He is a Software Engineer at Google, Inc. in Boulder, working mainly on Google Drive.  He also acts as world-wide publisher for Testing on the Toilet.

7:00-7:15: Break

7:15-8:45:

MAIN PRESENTATION: Using eclipse plug-ins for faster development in J2EE by Gautam Dev

Developing an enterprise-level Java application is a challenging task. One typically has to create lot of classes and configurations. Generating and navigating through the classes can be a very arduous task. You have some free tools to help you out with all the staff. The benefits of eclipse and some of the plug-ins including fast code eclipse plug-in will be presented with live coding. This talk will show how to use genetic J2EE components so development time is much faster.

About Gautam Dev:

Gautam Dev has been a software engineer for more than 15 years. he has developed the Fast Code plugin which many developers around the world have downloaded.  He lives in Dallas.  He is the CTO of the Dallas based software company www.3pintech.com.  He has given talks in several cities e.g. Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, etc.

8:45: Door prizes.

9:00: After meeting networking at Ice House Tavern. Very special thanks to ReadyTalk for their sponsorship of food at this location!.

**PARKING: ** There is a public parking garage(entrance on 19th St & 18th St) next to the building. There’s also an open (paid) parking lot on the corner of Wazee & 19th Street(entrance on Wazee).

*** DIRECTIONS ***
 Here’s some directional help:

Coming from the South:

go North on I25 and take exit 212C for 20th St.

Right onto 20th

St. Right onto Wazee St.

2nd Right onto 18th St. (1 way street) destination on Right Hand Side

 

Coming from the North:

go South on I25 and take exit 213 for Park Ave.

Merge onto Fox St./Park Ave W

continue onto 22nd St

Right onto Blake St.

3rd Right onto 18th St. (1 way street) destination on Right Hand Side

 

If you find yourself on Speer Blvd…

Coming from Cherry Creek

Take a Right at Market St.

Left onto 18th St.(1 way street)

destination on Right Hand Side

 

Coming from Highlands:

Take a Left at Wewatta St

Right onto 15th St.

Left onto 18th St.(1 way street) destination on Right Hand Side