XP Denver's August meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 30th with guest
speaker Franz Garsombke presenting "How to automate yourself out of a job
and still get a paid for it!" The meeting will be held at the Qwest
Auditorium in Downtown Denver. Doors open at 6:00pm for networking and
refreshments.

Sometimes, the easiest and most rewarding part of development is the actual
coding. Managers and developers often dismiss the building, deploying,
testing, and metrics gathering-aspects of the software lifecycle. Continuous
integration (CI) is the concept of automating the build cycle so that code
is built and tested many times during the day. This allows developers to
integrate their code into the build daily or hourly thus, lowering the
chances of integration problems.

This lecture will cover the key tools used for CI as well as some best
practices. It will also show ways to take CI to an entirely different level
with detailed metrics and reporting tools.

This lecture will also explain how to close the loop between software builds
and deployments. The talk will explain how to create a framework that allows
for environment independent builds that can be deployed anywhere.

Lastly, a case study will be presented of an in-house web based tool that
has automated builds and deployments for 70+ applications and has saved
hundreds of employee hours as well as 3 FTEs.

AGENDA:

6:00 - 6:30 PM Networking and refreshments

6:30 - 6:35 PM Announcements and door prize giveaways

6:35 - 7:45 PM Presentation

SPEAKER

Franz Garsombke, an Architect at a large telecommunications company, has
been developing and architecting enterprise software solutions for the last
nine years, using Java for the past six years. He has worked in various
industries including dot-com, B2B, telecommunication, healthcare, and large
commercial retail.

Franz has been published in the Java Developer's Journal as well as the
Software Quality Journal. He has spoken at the Denver Java User's Group and
has also lectured at Oracle Open World. He has built everything from an
e-commerce system that generates millions of dollars a day in revenue to a
healthcare-based exchange that handles thousands of transactions between
hospitals and their suppliers. His latest project has been an automated GUI
based build and deployment system that manages 70+ applications. Franz is a
huge proponent of open source code and frameworks.

SPONSORS

The August 2004 meeting sponsors are:

- Magpie Telecom Insiders (http://www.magpieti.com)
- Addison-Wesley (www.awprofessional.com)
- Softpro Books (http://www.softpro.com)
- Qwest (http://www.qwest.com)

Magpie offers a full suite of software development, consulting and project
estimation services to meet your diverse needs. Consulting services include
the following:

* Technology training.
* Productivity improvement training.
* Agile Software Development (eXtreme Programming).
* Test automation strategies and methods.
* Project Management strategies and methods.
* Organizational development from real-life experience.
* Documentation.

DIRECTIONS

The Qwest auditorium is in the Qwest building on the corner of 17th and
Curtis. The street address is 1005 17th Street. Take the exterior escalators
facing 17th from street level to Level 1. You can then access the elevators
via doors to the right of the escalator landing. Take an elevator to Level A
for the auditorium. If these doors are locked, go to the main building lobby
which is on Level 1 if you proceed from the escalator landing.

In addition to street parking, there is an outside parking lot on the East
side of the Qwest building that costs a flat $6 after 4pm. Several other
lots are within a few blocks and covered parking can be found in the Tabor
Center for around $4.

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