When: Monday 29th June 2009, doors open 6:00pm, meeting starts 6:30pm
Where: UWE (University of the West of England), Frenchay, Bristol (see FAQ for directions and a map) - Room 2q49 (in Q block)
What: Rethinking Object Orientation
Who: Kathleen Dollard, MVP, Author, International Speaker and Regular Guest on .NET Rocks
Why: Because Kathleen is doing a tour of the UK and Ireland and there are only 2 dates in England and this is one of them! Also because this is a rare opportunity to cover a computer engineering and design subject which is a welcome respite from the more traditional information transfer that we have favoured over the last 2 years. Also because our landscape has changed in recent years and it is time to take a fresh look at the model that we have taken for granted.
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Abstract:
Decades after object orientation design altered programming, it’s still evolving, and we’re still learning to use it better. Many changes in the tools we use and how we write applications affect the approach we take to OOD. Some of these changes relate to architecture where new approaches like SOA and the layering revolution behind Silverlight alter the place of traditional OOD within the bigger picture of architecture. Other changes are language improvements that alter the very meaning of the phrase “object” from a design point of view. While touching on architecture, this talk focuses primarily on the effect of language features like generics, extension methods, delegates/lambda expressions, partial classes/methods, reflection, anonymous types, and declarative programming. I’ll the growing role of interfaces as a contractual base in block based development and show a roll your own example of dependency injection so you understand this basic technique more often accessed through a tool. You’ll come away ready to leverage new features while retaining solid overall design.
Bio:
Kathleen is the Chief Technologist for AppVenture (www.appventure.com) - building relationships that leverage our application generation experience to speed and improve your application development. She has been a Microsoft MVP for 11 years and is a member of the INETA Speaker’s Bureau. Kathleen has worked extensively with application code generation and is the author of Code Generation in Microsoft .NET (from Apress). She has published numerous articles on a range of .NET technologies and writes the monthly column “Ask Kathleen” in Visual Studio Magazine (www.visualstudiomagazine.com). Kathleen is also active in the Northern Colorado .NET SIG, Denver Visual Studio User Group, Northern Colorado Architect’s Group, and IASA Denver.