January 2009 - Posts

• Jan 29: Richmond Meet and Code meeting

  After a long winter siesta, the Meet and Code is back in full effect next Thursday! We are getting back to our roots by having an open discussion around testing legacy code. Al Tenhundfeld will be joining us to facilitate the conversation. The meeting will be at 6:00 at Snag-A-Job's Headquarters in Innsbrook (the real meeting will start at 6:30 and end at 8:00): 4880 Cox Road, Suite 200 Glen Allen, VA 23060 Here is a little tidbit of info about Al: "Al Tenhundfeld is a Senior Consultant with Dominion Digital, a Virginia-based technology and process consulting firm. He has worked in .NET since the 1.0 beta. In that time, he has served as DBA, data architect, and solutions architect for enterprise software solutions. He is active as an organizer and speaker at local .NET user groups and CodeCamps. His current focus is helping teams embrace mature software development strategies including DDD, TDD, and Agile methodologies." Please go here to register so we know how much food to get. Posted Jan 27 2009, 07:43 AM by darrell

• Feb 5: Debugging on the Windows Platform by Daniel Bullington

  Meeting Sponsor: MaconIT Presentation: Debugging on the Windows Platform  by Daniel Bullington Thursday, February 5, 2009, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Social Time starts at 6:00! Location: Markel Plaza 4600 Cox Road Glen Allen, VA 23060 [map] Please register so we'll know how many people to expect. Thanks! Abstract Debugging is usually an afterthought of most developers; only when things go awry does debugging come to the forefront of thought. Understanding the tools and techniques available on the Windows platform and gaining valuable insight into making debugging easier will assist developers in troubleshooting defects during the development cycle and in production. Bio Daniel Bullington is a Senior Software Engineer at SnagAJob.com, an Internet company which is the number one source for hourly employment. He is an MCSD in the Microsoft .NET Framework, holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, and is currently pursuing a Master degree in Information technology. His technology-centric blog Software Is Hardwork (http://blog.softwareishardwork.com) focuses on Microsoft technology, software quality, and process framework topics. Posted Jan 26 2009, 11:23 AM by darrell