Hello, again! If you're considering any of the following local courses,
please note that SQE has a sign-up deadline of Feb 8th. Thanks! - Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Myers
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 3:36 PM
> To: 'northbayagile@yahoogroups.com'; bayxp@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ANN] Bay Area TDD and Design Patterns courses
>
> Friends and colleagues,
>
> I wanted to give you an early and personal notification that I'm
> teaching back-to-back courses in San Francisco in March. You can
> register directly on SQE's website. (SQE is Software Quality
> Engineering, also known for Better Software Magazine, Better Software
> Conference, STARWEST and STAREAST Conferences...).
>
> These courses are being held the week of March 10th, at the Courtyard
> by Marriott San Francisco Airport (at 1050 Bayhill Drive, San Bruno,
CA
> 94066):
>
> Practical Test-Driven Development
> http://www.sqetraining.com/tdd
>
> Design Patterns Explained
> http://www.sqetraining.com/dpe
>
> My colleague at Net Objectives, Rod Claar, will be there at the same
> time, teaching the following:
>
> Scrum Master Implementation Workshop
> http://www.sqetraining.com/smw
>
> User Stories and Estimation in Agile Development
> http://www.sqetraining.com/use
>
> I hope to see some familiar faces (besides just Rod's grey-bearded
> mug...)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rob
>
> PS: The following additional information has been provided by SQE...
>
>
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> Scrum Master Implementation Workshop (3 days) Applying
> Lean-Agile Software Development Practices with Scrum
> http://www.sqetraining.com/smw
>
> * Learn, experience, and practice the Scrum Master approach to
> managing development
> * Apply lean-agile principles to software development projects
> * Build a cohesive agile team to deliver high quality software more
> quickly
>
> Register Now!
> ---> http://www.sqetraining.com/register
>
>
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>
> Practical Test Driven Development (3 days) A Revolutionary
> Approach to Software Design and Programming
> http://www.sqetraining.com/tdd
>
> * Practice using test-first design development methods
> * Experience writing unit tests before writing production code
> * Automate all unit testing with xUnit
>
> Register Now!
> ---> http://www.sqetraining.com/register
>
>
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>
> Design Patterns Explained (2 days) Principles, Practices,
> and Qualities of Good Design
> http://www.sqetraining.com/dpe
>
> * Learn what design patterns are and which are most common and
useful
> * Discover how design patterns work in an agile environment
> * Strengthen your design and programming abilities
>
> Register Now!
> ---> http://www.sqetraining.com/register
>
>
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>
> User Stories and Estimation in Agile Development (2 days)
> How to Write User Stories and Estimate Development Time
> http://www.sqetraining.com/use
>
> * Create user stories that describe what the user really needs
> * Manage user stories over the life of the project
> * Combine or split up stories to fit in one iteration
>
> Register Now!
> ---> http://www.sqetraining.com/register
>
>
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