The Presentation

Our presenter for January is not quite ready with his presentation, so Chris Weldon will be speaking for us. Hoorah! Chris will be presenting SOLID – Not Just a State of Matter, It’s Principles for OO Propriety .

Principles abound our lives. Software and engineering is no exception. The more you develop software, the more patterns and principles you master. Yet, solutions remain difficult to maintain and developers are frequently frustrated by impediments they introduce and the waste generated to get around them. But why do we run into these roadblocks? It could be that you’re not using the principles of object-oriented development to build better solutions.

The SOLID principles are an important foundation for how to leverage OO languages to produce high value, low overhead, maintainable solutions. Whether you’ve just starting to sling code or have been a veteran in the industry, the principles taught in this presentation are invaluable.

When and Where

Once again, Improving Enterprises will be hosting us and being the gracious sponsor for food. We’ll meet at 6:15pm on the third Thursday of the month (January 19th). Please RSVP. Select January 19th from the event date select box. We hope you’ll be able to join us!

The Speaker

Chris Weldon is committed to delivering high value on agile teams with well-crafted PHP solutions. Since 2003, Chris has been reading, loving, living, leading, and mentoring PHP developers, agilists, and agile teams to build high quality, high value software. Throughout the year, Chris regularly carries the roles of developer, scrummaster, and mentor. Sharing his knowledge by speaking at user groups, universities, conferences, and one-on-one with others is a passion. Chris has been a speaker for several Aggieland user groups, tech fests, AgileDotNet, and other conferences and technology groups alike. Chris is also the co-leader of the B/CS PHP Users Group, blogs at http://www.chrisweldon.net, and is an occassional contributor to Improving Podcasts. 

Chris loves being a Senior Consultant at Improving Enterprises. Aside from being given the opportunity to do what he loves, he believes that delivering excellent software is the only way to roll. Although an agile and software purist at heart, Chris strives to strike the right balance between the ideal and the real in order to meet the team’s objectives without sacrificing the values and principles we have come to love. 

Chris is a Fightin’ Texas Aggie. When he isn’t presenting at conferences and user groups, he spends time with his wife Melissa and son Tristan.