Nate Schutta (Travelers), Test Infecting the Legacy Organization – Test Driven Development (TDD)

December 6, 2007

Location: University of Minnesota, EE/CS 3-115

Twin-SPIN
For the Minneapolis/St. Paul Regional Area

Meeting Announcement:
Thursday December 6th, 2007
5:45-8:00 p.m. at The University of Minnesota
5:45 start for networking, 6:15 start for meeting.

EE/CS Building
Room EE/CS 3-115 (Look for signs)
Minneapolis, MN

Directions:
A map is available at http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/EE/CSci/
Check out the detailed map under the “close up” button.

This Month’s Meeting:

Program Manager: Julie Anderson - Seagate

Topic: Test Infecting the Legacy Organization – Test Driven Development (TDD)

Speaker: Nate Schutta – Travelers

Abstract:

When starting a new project, most developers make sure that testing is a priority. However, only the lucky few live in the idyllic world of greenfield development; the vast majority of us must contend with code written when "test" was a four letter word and testing was the sole responsibility of that "other" organization. We'll examine some techniques for introducing testing - not just to your code but to the rest of your development organization.

Speaker's Bio:

Nathaniel T. Schutta is a senior software engineer in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota with extensive experience developing Java Enterprise Edition based Web applications. He graduated from St. John’s University (MN) with a degree in Computer Science and has a masters of science degree in software engineering from the University of Minnesota. For the last several years, he has focused on user interface design. A long-time member of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group, Nathaniel believes that if the user can’t figure out your application, then you’ve done something wrong. Along with his user interface work, Nathaniel is the co-creator of the open-source Taconite framework, has contributed to two corporate Java frameworks, has developed training material, and has led several study groups. During the brief moments of warm weather in Minnesota, he spends as much time on the golf course as his wife will tolerate. He is currently exploring Ruby, Rails, and (after recently making the switch) Mac OS X. Nathaniel is the coauthor of the bestselling book, Foundations of Ajax.

Twin-SPIN Mission Statement:
The Twin-SPIN software process improvement network (SPIN) is a regional organization established in January of 1996 as a forum for the free and open exchange of software process improvement experiences and ideas. Representatives from industry, government, academia, other professional organizations, and consultants are welcome to participate. Our mission is to help sustain commitment and enhance skills in the area of software process improvement through an active program of networking and mutual support. The organization strives to serve as a source of educational and experiential information for its members, other SPIN organizations, and the general community of software professionals.

Meetings are normally held on the 1st Thursday of each month from 5:45-8:00 p.m. Twin-SPIN is a non-profit organization and is sponsored by the University of Minnesota Center for Software Engineering (UMSEC). See: http://twin-spin.cs.umn.edu

2007 Sponsors:
Facility Sponsor
University of Minnesota, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

$2,000 Sponsors
University of Minnesota Software Engineering Center (UMSEC)

$500 Sponsors
Vital Images

$400 Sponsors
International Institute for Software Testing (IIST)

$350 Sponsors
PACT

$200 Sponsors
BenchmarkQA
Goodrich Aerospace

$100 Sponsors
Fissure
Glewwe Castle Brewery
Quality Software Technologies
Unisys

Best regards. Hope to see you on December 6th
Paul W. Kraska PhD
Twin-SPIN Coordinator
612.823.6217
Paul Kraska <kraskapw@msn.com>
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The following files related to this event are available for download:

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