BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Upcoming: Brighton Girl Geeks Events PRODID:-//Upcoming.org/Upcoming ICS//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091111T093000 DTEND:20091111T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091114T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Progressive .NET Course DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333537/ ] This 3-day crash course gives an overview of the progresive .NET practices\, ideas and tools that help us deliver software better and faster. Students will get hands-on experience and a solid introduction to test driven development\, agile acceptance testing\, continuous integration\, dependency injection\, object-relational mapping\, aspect oriented programming\, agile web development and asynchronous systems using leading open-source .NET tools. We build a practical application from scratch in this course\, demonstrating how all these techniques and tools work in practice. LEARN HOW TO: * Implement TDD in .NET using MBUnit\, Rhino Mocks and FitNesse * Utilise Aspect oriented programming and Dependency Injection using Castle Windsor * Manage relational persistence easily using Object-Relational Mapping tools such as ActiveRecord and NHibernate * Efficiently build Web applications using the MVC pattern in Monorail and test them using Selenium * Impolement asynchronous processing to improve responsiveness and scalability of web systems using MassTransit * Introduce continuous integration in your projects using CruiseControl.NET and CI Factory URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333537/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333537/ DTSTAMP:20090823T100442 LAST-MODIFIED:20090823T100442 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=SkillsMatter:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/93962/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23773/":Skills Matter Limited @ 1 Sekforde Street\, EC1R 0BE\, London\, England UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091111T213000 DTEND:20091111T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091114T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Core NHibernate: Persistence with NHibernate DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333534/ ] In this 3-day introductory NHibernate course\, you will learn how to use this O/R mapping tool efficiently in your applications to save time and effort on communicating with database storage. During the course\, we build together a simple practical application that demonstrates all important data management patterns. LEARN HOW TO: * Configure NHibernate for your applications * Manage sessions and transactions * Map objects and collections to database structures * Use NHibernate Castle integration facilities * Improve performance with advanced caching and loading options URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333534/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333534/ DTSTAMP:20090823T094832 LAST-MODIFIED:20090823T094832 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=SkillsMatter:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/93962/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23773/":Skills Matter Limited @ 1 Sekforde Street\, EC1R 0BE\, London\, England UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091117T213000 DTEND:20091117T180000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091121T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Core RoR: Web Development With Ruby on Rails DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333565/ ] In this core Ruby on Rails 2.3 course\, you are going to actually build and deploy a web application written in Ruby on Rails\, learning how to use Ruby on Rails along the way. LEARN HOW TO: * Understand Ruby fundamentals * Install Ruby and Rails * Develop a full working web application with Ruby on Rails * Use new features in Ruby on Rails 2.3 * Grasp and master the fundamentals Models\, Views and Controllers * Apply Behaviour Driven Development and Test Driven Development with Cucumber * Getting to grips with Git (version control system) PROGRAMME DAY 1: INTRODUCTION TO RUBY ON RAILS Hello Ruby Install Ruby and explore the syntax and fundamentals of Ruby. Ruby and Web Applications Why would you use Ruby on web apps? Hello Rails Installation of Rails and creation of our first application. Looking under the hood of Rails and understanding what's happening. DAY 2: BEST PRACTICES IN WEB DEVELOPMENT Test Driven Development Understand why it is important to test your code and how to test it. Write test cases for the web application and make the tests pass. Improve the application through good design What is good design? Best practices in MVC DAY 3: THE REAL WORLD See how to deal with complexity in applications and how to solve them using gems\, plugins and new to Rails 2.3 - engines. Don't Repeat Yourself\, create your own Rails 2.3 engine. DAY 4: INTEGRATION Talking with other system and application using ActiveResource and HTTParty (RSS). Create Blog aggregator. Exploring deployment options and deploying to live. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333565/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333565/ DTSTAMP:20090823T111521 LAST-MODIFIED:20090823T111521 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=SkillsMatter:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/93962/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/623709/":The Skills Matter eXChange @ 116-120 Goswell Road\, London\, England EC1V 7DP GB END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091201T193000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:UX Brighton Book Club (December) DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4839849/ ] This month we'll be discussing 'Selling Usability: User Experience Infiltration Tactics' by John S. Rhodes. As the book is only sold in the States we recommend that you buy the PDF version at http://uxreports.com/sell/ Please jot down and bring along: things in the book that really struck a chord\; and things they either hated\, disagreed with\; or don't understand. For more info about the Book Club you can go to: http://wiki.uxbrighton.org.uk/page/UX+Book+Club URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4839849/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4839849/ DTSTAMP:20091102T134905 LAST-MODIFIED:20091102T134905 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=vivdoc:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/236487/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/375497/":The Skiff @ 49 Cheltenham Place\, Brighton\, England BN1 4AB GB END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091204T093000 DTEND:20091204T170000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:HTML 5 Communication: Using Web Sockets\, Server-Sent Events\, and more to build real-time Web applications DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333553/ ] he HTML 5 Communication Workshop is a highly practical\, one-day workshop about HTML 5 Communication for Real-time Web applications\, using Web Sockets\, Server-Sent Events (SSE)\, PostMessage\, Cross-Document Messaging\, and more. Presented by Kaazing consultants\, this workshop will teach you how to create next generation real-time Web 2.0 solutions\, using HTML 5 Communication\, which will work in today's browsers. The afternoon session is hands-on\, so bring your laptop! Registration Codes and Cool Prizes Register before October 31st and take advantage of the early bird discount and pay just £50! Additionally\, everyone who registers will be eligible to win an iPod Touch that we will raffle of at the end of the workshop. Detailed Programme: * 08:30-09:00 arrivals\, coffee * 09:00-09:15 Welcome\, introductions * 09:15-09:30 History of the real-time web * 09:30-10:00 Enter HTML 5 Communication! * 10:00-10:30 WebSocket * 10:30-10:45 Coffee Break * 10:45-11:00 Server-Sent Events * 11:00-11:30 PostMessage and Cross-Document Messaging * 11:30-12:00 Beyond WebSocket * 12:00-13:00 Lunch * (bring your laptop for afternoon labs) * 13:00-13:30 WebSocket server installation * 13:30-14:30 Server-Sent Events Broadcast scenario (Hands-on lab) * 14:30-14:45 Coffee Break * 14:45-15:30 WebSocket scenario (Hands-on lab) * 15:30-16:30 Extending WebSocket and using Stomp and JMS (Hands-on lab) * 16:25-16:30 Closing comments and raffle prize draw URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333553/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4333553/ DTSTAMP:20090823T105725 LAST-MODIFIED:20090823T105725 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=SkillsMatter:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/93962/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/623709/":The Skills Matter eXChange @ 116-120 Goswell Road\, London\, England EC1V 7DP GB END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091209T093000 DTEND:20091209T180000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091211T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Groovy & Grails eXchange 2009 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878078/ ] GROOVY & GRAILS EXCHANGE 2009 Following on from the success in previous years\, Skills Matter is pleased to organise another Groovy & Grails eXchange. We hope to bring together the leading innovators in the Groovy & Grails community\, with London's Groovy\, Grails and Java web development community\, for an informal day of deep technical insight and friendly discussion. http://skillsmatter.com/event/java-jee/groovy-grails-exchange-2009/wd-434 With Guillaume LaForge and Graeme Rocher providing the conference keynotes\, 10 expert talks and four Parkbench sessions\, these exciting two days are structured to encourage discussion and interaction. With a maximum number of 125 delegates\, we aim to provide an informal and intimate environment where you can share experience\, demonstrate new ideas and techniques\, talk to the experts and generally have lots of fun. REGISTER TODAY We have limited the number of delegates to 125 only - and there are only very few tickets left\, so if you would like to join us\, get your skates on and register today! http://skillsmatter.com/event/java-jee/groovy-grails-exchange-2009/wd-434 G&G EXCHANGE TUTORIAL You can register for the following G&G eXchange Tutorials. All tutorials come with a free G&G eXchange conference ticket! * Dec 7-11\, Groovy Metaprogramming (3 days) with Venkat Subramaniam\, schedule by November 20th and pay just £750! http://skillsmatter.com/course/java-jee/gg-university-groovy-metaprogramming/wd-434 URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878078/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878078/ DTSTAMP:20091109T030412 LAST-MODIFIED:20091109T030412 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=SkillsMatter:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/93962/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/623709/":The Skills Matter eXChange @ 116-120 Goswell Road\, London\, England EC1V 7DP GB END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR