Hi, Sorry for the cross posting but I know that design patterns are of increasing interest to PHP developers. And this talk sounds really interesting.
All the best, Grant -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [nzpug] Auckland Meetup July 2009 Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:03:48 +1200 From: Danny Adair <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: New Zealand Python User Group <[email protected]> Hello hello, The third Wednesday of the month is not that far away anymore! If you are in the Auckland area on the 15th - please feel free to come over for our next meetup! This talk about concepts will be interesting not just to Python developers, so bring your Java friends! (and no, this is not a trick, they won't be set upon) ================================ Craig Taube-Schock - "Design Patterns" ================================ Design patterns became a hot topic in software development when the Gang of Four published "Design patterns". While the book was published in 1995 and based on Erich Gamma's Ph.D. thesis, design patterns were in common use in Smalltalk and Objective-C long before 1995. While many have read the book, I would argue (based on my experiences as a software developer) that few people really seem to fully understand them and tend to be confined using design patterns poorly and improperly. To address this, my approach to presenting design patterns is to highlight the underlying analytic processes from which design patterns are derived. Understanding these processes makes it much easier for a developer to read about and understand the intent of the various patterns. ================================ About Me ================================ I started programming computers in 1982. I've consulted in software development since 1987 and I received my Master's degree in 1994. I have developed software in many different areas (telephony, research, web applications, banking and finance, railways and shipping, oil and gas, electrical control systems, seismic analysis, retail applications to name a few). I have used design patterns since the mid-80s where they were well known to the Smalltalk community before they were published by the Gang of Four. I am currently doing a PhD in evaluating the design of medium and large software systems. ================================ For details please check: http://nzpug.org/MeetingsAuckland/July2009 See you there! Danny --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
