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Hello from the server side java symposium

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Scott and I are here at the server side java symposium in Vegas. We will be blogging here from the conference. I’m trying to blog from my iPad so excuse the typos. I’ll clean things up and add links over the weekend when I am on a real computer.

During the opening remarks javaranch/coderanch literally “invaded” the sever side. We walked up on stage with giant 5 foot tall bananas at the end of the opening remarks. Paul Wheaton talked about the reach and introduced Gosling and then the first keynote started. This means we were on the same stage as James Gosling for a few minutes. So cool!

Welcome to TheServerSide Java Symposium 2011!

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I'm Speaking at TheServerSide Java Symposium Jeanne and I are both be presenting talks at TheServerSide Java Symposium this week in sunny Las Vegas! Come join us and feel free to say hello.

I’m giving a lecture Wednesday morning entitled “GWT Roundup: An Overview of Google’s Web Toolkit and Hybrid Integration” which provides a review of GWT for old and new GWT developers alike. I will also be speaking as part of a panel hosted by Cameron McKenzie on Friday afternoon called “Client Side Development Smackdown” .

Jeanne’s giving a talk on Friday afternoon called “Throw Away All The Rules. Now What Process Do You Follow?” and is about what processes are important if you aren’t being forced to follow any. It uses the CodeRanch forum conversion project as an example.

TSS Symposium Preview – Throw Away All The Rules. Now What Process Do You Follow?

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I'm Speaking at TheServerSide Java Symposium As previously mentioned, Scott and I are both be presenting talks at TheServerSide Java Symposium in March. In preparation for the conference, we are providing sneak peaks of talks this week on the blog.  Scott gave a sneak preview of his GWT lecture.  He has so much information it didn’t all fit in his slides!

I’m giving a talk titled Throw Away All The Rules. Now What Process Do You Follow?” Here are just a few points from my upcoming conference talk:

  1. Testing – for anyone who knows me it isn’t a surprise that I consider regression critical.  But it isn’t always easy to get started.  And yet, the pain of not having it is large.  See how a testing strategy can evolve.
  2. Deployment – a repeatable deployment sounds like a corporate bureaucratic thing.  Yet knowing what is in production and how to get there quickly is an agile concept.
  3. Leader – Note I said leader and not project manager.  Even if you don’t have a project manager, someone needs to be running the show.  Or in the case of Scrum – the team is the leader.

Hope you enjoyed this sneak peak of my conference talk.  For more, consider coming to my session at the conference. If you register with the coderanch discount code, you can save $200.