http://upcoming.yahoo.com/group/3031/ Events feed for the Brighton Girl Geeks Group on Upcoming. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:04:12 -0700 Upcoming 60 en-us 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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