Bridgeall sponsor Developer Day Scotland

Scottish Developers are pleased to announce that we have signed up Bridgeall as a sponsor for DDD Scotland 2010:

Rapid Quality Systems sponsor Developer Day Scotland

Scottish Developers are pleased to announce that we have signed up Rapid Quality Systems as a sponsor for DDD Scotland 2010:
Rapid Quality Systems

Code Rocket is an innovative new plugin for Visual Studio and Eclipse which reveals the inner workings of C#, Java, and C/C++ code. It makes documentation a seamlessly integrated part of the software development process, plugging directly into your development IDE with minimal overheads and delivering the following benefits:
Code Rocket

  • Design and visualization support for complex algorithms and business processes;
  • Visualizing test paths in complex methods;
  • Improved visibility of the detailed stages of software development, supporting review, QA, and project management.
  • Reviewing and agreeing functionality with non-programmers, e.g. during requirements gathering with customers;
  • Automated documentation generation at the touch of a button or as part of an automated build process;
  • Works out of the box with existing code, no additional markup required.

Code Rocket automatically generates and displays flowchart diagrams and pseudocode designs inside your IDE alongside your code. The designs are fully editable and fully synchronised with the code so that changes in either are automatically detected and reflected.

Code Rocket seamlessly integrates with existing tools and processes. Write your code the way you currently do and Code Rocket works its magic behind the scenes. Get your documentation and design support when you need it, and allow others to get it when they need it too: project managers, customers, and new team members who wish to explore your code and start contributing fast.

Find out more at:
http://www.getcoderocket.com

Scott Logic sponsor Developer Day Scotland

Scottish Developers are pleased to announce that we have signed up Scott Logic as a sponsor for DDD Scotland 2010:Scott Logic

Scott Logic provides the very best in bespoke financial software and consultancy for the investment banking, stockbroking, asset management and hedge fund communities. Our spectrum of service includes:

  • Application design and development.
  • Application enhancement and re-engineering.
  • Enterprise integration.
  • Technology and architecture consultancy.
  • Technology training.

We specialise in the following technologies on distributed platforms (Unix/Windows):

  • OO languages (C#, Java, C++)
  • Web technologies (ASP.NET, JSP, Javascript, AJAX)
  • Rich Internet Applications (Flex, Silverlight, AJAX)
  • Desktop Applications (Windows Forms, WPF, AIR)
  • Relational databases (Sybase, SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, MySQL)
  • Middleware (JMS, WebSphere MQ, TIBCO Rendezvous, XML)
  • Agile Development Methodologies (SCRUM, DSDM etc)

For talented developers, Scott Logic offers a rare opportunity to work at the cutting edge of financial technology in roles seldom found outside the City of London. We have the feel of a small and friendly company, where personal contribution is valued and team work encouraged. We have a pretty flat, informal operating structure and our people enjoy a work-life balance and a level of autonomy that’s unusual in this sector.

Aspose sponsor Developer Day Scotland

Scottish Developers are pleased to announce that we have signed up Aspose as a sponsor for DDD Scotland 2010:Aspose

Aspose is a leading vendor of .NET and Java development components as well as rendering extensions for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, JasperReports and SharePoint. The core focus of Aspose has been to offer the most complete and powerful set of file management products available on the market.

JetBrains sponsor Developer Day Scotland

Scottish Developers are pleased to announce that we have signed up JetBrains as a sponsor for DDD Scotland 2010:

JetBrains are a Developer tools company. They are creators of award winning IDE’s such as IntelliJ as well as tools and plugins for .NET like ReSharper, dotTrace and dotCover.

March Newsletter

Welcome

Welcome to a somewhat delayed February newsletter. In fact it is so delayed I’m just going to call it the March newsletter.

So, what’s been going on to make this as late as it is? Well, we’ve been pretty busy organising DDD Scotland 2010 (AKA Developer Day Scotland) which will be on the 8th May in Glasgow. We’ve also got Jesse Liberty coming across from the US in April, we’ll be announcing more details of that once we finalise the arrangements. We’ve also got some events in Edinburgh and Tayside.

The biggest piece of late-breaking news is that Scott Guthrie is making a visit to Glasgow. He’ll be talking about a number of new things, so new we don’t even know what they are yet. They are set to be announced at MIX in Las Vegas later this month, then the following week he’ll be in the UK. It will be an all day marathon, nay, Guathon!

As always, you can follow us on twitter @scottishdevs or if you want conference specific tweets follow @dddscot.

Regards,
Colin Mackay, Chairman.

Upcoming Events

Agenda for DDD Scotland 2010

We have finally got all the speakers confirmed and the agenda sorted out for DDD Scotland 2010. Subject to any last minute changes this is is:

Time

Room A (80)

Room B (40)

Room C (40)

Room D (40)

08:45-09:20

Registration

09:20-09:30

Housekeeping

09:30-10:30

HTML 5: The Language of the Cloud (Craig Nicol)

Contractual Obligations: Getting Up and Running with Code Contracts (Barry Carr)

WCF Data Services (Iain Angus)

Team Foundation Server 2010 for Successful Project Management (Martin Hinshelwood)

10:30-10:40

Break

10:40-11:40

Exception Driven Development (Phil Winstanley)

Real World Application Development with Castle Windsor and ASP.NET MVC 2 (Chris Canal)

Get Going with jQuery (George Adamson)

T4 and How it Can Be Used for Code Generation in Visual Studio 2008/2010 (Rob Blackmore)

11:40-12:00

Break

12:00-13:00

Web Standards are Broken, and it’s Getting Worse (Sebastien Lambla)

A Guided Tour of Silverlight 4 (Mike Taulty)

Commercial Software Development Is Easy, Not Going Bust Is the Hard Bit (Liam Westley)

Defensive Programming 101 (Niall Merrigan)

13:00-14:30

Lunch time: Grok Talks

Lunch time:
Local Open Source Incubator

Lunch time: Sponsor talk

Lunch time: Sponsor talk

14:30-15:30

Getting Started with Behaviour-Driven Development Using Cucumber (Steve Sanderson)

Silverlight – Real World Gotchas (Ray Booysen)

What ASP.NET (MVC) Developers Can Learn from Rails (Paul Cowan)

Developments in MultiCode and Concurrent Programming with .NET 4 (Barry Wimlett)

15:30-15:40

Break

15:40-16:40

Real World MVC Architectures (Ian Cooper)

Cloud Coffee – A Year Developing on Windows Azure (Dominic Green)

C# on the iPhone with Monotouch (Chris Hardy)

Domain Specific Languages – What Are They and Why Should You Care? (Mark Dalgarno)

16:40-17:00

Closing

DevExpress sponsor Developer Day Scotland

Scottish Developers are please to announce that we have signed up DevExpress as a sponsor for DDD Scotland 2010:simple-logo-200

DevExpress engineers feature-complete Presentation Components, Reporting Systems, IDE Productivity Tools and Business Application Frameworks for Visual Studio .NET. Our technologies help you build your best, see complex software with greater clarity, increase your productivity and create stunning applications for Windows and Web in the shortest possible time.

2010 New Year Newsletter

Welcome

Happy New Year – I hope 2010 brings you all you could wish for.

As it is the new year, lots of people will be looking for new beginnings, something new and exciting to do and there are some jobs going that may be of interest. In Edinburgh there is a Senior Web Developer and a Java/C# developer. In Glasgow there is a VP Engineering, two C#/ASP.NET developer positions, and a developer role with JPMorgan.

This year we are pleased to be hosting our third annual conference. As usual it will be in May at Glasgow Caledonian University. Currently the call for speakers is open (and will be until the 15th January) at which point you will then get to vote on the sessions that you want to see from those submitted. The conference has its own twitter account if you want to follow it for up-to-date information: @dddscot.

If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities for the conference then please get in touch at support@scottishdevelopers.com

After the success of the Geek Dinners in December we are aiming to hold them more frequently. The next one will be in Glasgow in February. We are organising another in Edinburgh for March which we’ll announce shortly.

If you are on twitter you can follow us @scottishdevs.

If you run a user group, or just know of an event that would be of interest to software developers we’re always keen to hear about it. Let us know by sending an email to support@scottishdevelopers.com

Regards,
Colin Mackay, Chairman, Scottish Developers

Upcoming Events

7-January-2010 @ 19:30 in Edinburgh
Testing with PEX and QuickCheck
Registration Required

4-February-2010 @ 19:00 in Glasgow
What ASP.NET (MVC) developers can learn from Rails
Registration Required – Cost FREE

5-February-2010 @ 19:00 in Glasgow
Glasgow Geek Dinner
Registration Required – Cost: Price of meal

November Newsletter

Welcome

With Christmas just around the corner we’re celebrating the year with two geek dinners. The first in Edinburgh on the 4th December and the second in Glasgow on the 12th December. There are only a few places left as most went when we announced them on Twitter.

If you are on twitter you can follow us @scottishdevs.

If you were signed up to our Advanced TDD event which we had to cancel at the last minute then you may be interested to know that it has been rescheduled and will be on 8th December.

We announced our annual conference, Developer Day Scotland (part of the DDD community conferences), this month too. It will be on the 8th May 2010. The call for speakers is now open, so if you have any sessions (60 minutes) that you’d like to give then please register on the site and submit your session. In the new year we’ll be opening the sessions up to voting so you can have your say on what sessions you want to see. For those on twitter you can follow @dddscot to get the latest news about the conference.

If you run a user group, or just know of an event that would be of interest to software developers we’re always keen to hear about it. Let us know by sending an email to support@scottishdevelopers.com

Regards,
Colin Mackay, Chairman, Scottish Developers

Our Upcoming Events

4-December-2009 @ 19:30 in Edinburgh
Edinburgh Geek Dinner – Amber Restaurant
Registration Required

8-December-2009 @ 18:30 in Glasgow
Advanced TDD – An Introduction to Testing Patterns and Behaviour Driven Development
Registration Required – Cost FREE

12-December-2009 @ 21:30 in Glasgow (Meeting in the pub from 19:00, meal at 21:30)
Glasgow Geek Dinner – La Tasca
Registration Required – Cost: Price of meal

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