XP Denver is now Agile Denver! See http://www.agiledenver.org/faqs.php#faq10
for more information.

Agile Denver's September meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 22nd
with special guest speaker Joshua Kerievsky. Joshua will be presenting
topics covered in his new book Refactoring to Patterns, the latest book in
Martin Fowler's Signature series. The meeting is being held on a Wednesday
as Joshua is speaking at the SD Best Practices conference in Boston earlier
that week. The meeting will be held at the Qwest Auditorium in Downtown
Denver. Doors open at 6:00pm for networking and refreshments.

Refactoring to Patterns is the marriage of refactoring -- the process of
improving the design of existing code -- with patterns, the classic
solutions to recurring design problems. Refactoring to Patterns suggests
that using patterns to improve an existing design is better than using
patterns early in a new design. This is true whether code is years old or
minutes old. We improve designs with patterns by applying sequences of
low-level design transformations, known as refactorings.

This talk will help you:
- Understand how to combine refactoring and patterns
- Improve the design of existing code with pattern-directed refactorings
- Identify areas of code in need of pattern-directed refactoring
- Learn why using patterns to improve existing code is better than using
patterns early in a new design

This talk is for object-oriented programmers, architects and agile testers
engaged in or interested in improving the design of existing code. Whether
you are doing greenfield or legacy development, the refactorings and design
ideas in this talk will help you with your work.

Advance Praise for Refactoring to Patterns:

“For refactoring to be valuable it must be going somewhere, not just an
abstract intellectual exercise. Patterns document program structures with
known good properties. Put the two together and you have Refactoring to
Patterns. If you want your refactorings to go somewhere, I suggest you read
and apply Refactoring to Patterns.” —Kent Beck, Director, Three Rivers
Institute

“In the GoF book we claimed that design patterns are targets for
refactorings. This book finally shows that we didn’t lie. By doing so,
Joshua’s book will deepen your understanding of both refactoring and design
patterns.” —Erich Gamma, Eclipse Java Development Tools lead, IBM

“Now the connection between software patterns and agile development is
finally told.” —Ward Cunningham

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

Joshua Kerievsky is the founder of Industrial Logic
(http://industriallogic.com), a company that specializes in Extreme
Programming. He began his career as a professional programmer at a Wall
Street bank, where he programmed numerous financial systems for credit,
market, and global risk departments. After a decade at the bank, he founded
Industrial Logic in 1995 to help companies practice successful software
development.

Kerievsky has programmed and coached on small, large, and distributed XP
projects since XP's emergence. He recently pioneered Industrial XP
(http://industrialxp.org), an application of XP tailored for large
organizations. Kerievsky has written XP articles in Extreme Programming
Examined and Extreme Programming Perspectives and has recently authored the
book, Refactoring to Patterns. He may be reached at
joshua@....

SPONSORS

The September 2004 meeting sponsors are:

- Rocky Mountain Software Symposium
(http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/2004-11-denver/index.jsp)
- Addison-Wesley (www.awprofessional.com)
- Softpro Books (http://www.softpro.com)
- Qwest (http://www.qwest.com)

The Fall 2004 Rocky Mountain Software Symposium will be held November 12-14,
2004. Special pricing of $575/person valid thru October 15 using
the code "rmssjug575" has been extended to Agile Denver members. For more
details or to register, please visit
http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/2004-11-denver/index.jsp

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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