In case you didn't see it in the plug-devel email list... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [PLUG-Devel] ANN: PLUG Devel Meeting, Thursday, November 1st Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:17:54 -0700 From: Alan Dayley Reply-To: List for Linux development and software engineering discussions. To: List for Linux development and software engineering discussions. Don't forget, next Thursday is the first day of the month! What: PLUG Developer Meeting When: Thursday, November 1st, 2007 at 7:00 PM Where: Adtron Corporation Adtron Corporation 4415 E. Cotton Center Blvd., Suite 100 Phoenix, AZ 85040 (Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=4415+E.+Cotton+Center+Blvd.+Phoenix+AZ+85040&ie=UTF8&ll=33.402803,-111.986496&spn=0.008473,0.015535&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1) The building in question is actually south east of the green arrow marker. It is the mostly square building directly south of the traffic circle in the road. Topic: The "White Box Design Style," presented by Walter Mack Walter provided the following summary information: "The talk will be about a methodical approach to the design of event based software programs. It is in large part based on the white box design style, outlined in the book "Cleanroom Software Engineering." I have found this method to be the most effective one for event-based programming - both for design and development, and also for software maintenance. I will attempt to cover the following points: * Give an overview of the basic philosophy behind the approach, including aspects that enable it to be so powerful * Compare the approach to other approaches that I'm familiar with * Provide a walk through of a simple example (probably a transformer class that produces records from a csv-encoded input stream). "I have a BS EE in telecommunications technology from the Fachhochschule Ulm, Germany. I spent the early part of my career at Intel as a design engineer for integrated digital circuits. In the 1990s I changed into software development, initially concentrating on photographic image processing algorithms and 3D model reconstruction from stereoscopic photographs. I established Component Software, Inc. in 1999 to provide my software engineering talent to local clients, specializing in embedded systems software development and the deployment of large distributed systems." ------------- Wireless and wired Internet access are available. We have a candy machine and soda machines that will take your money for refreshment. You are welcome to bring your own food. No alcohol please. Alan