[PLUG-announce]May events

Mon, 10 May 2004 02:01:48 -0700 (MST)

moin, moin,

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Event: PLUG-Devel Meeting
Topic: Design Patterns for GNU/Linux Object-Oriented Programmers
Presenter: Rob Wehrli
Time: 19:00 on Thursday, the 6th of May
Where: Adtron Corporation, 3710 E. University Drive, Suite 4, Phoenix, AZ

Abstract: GNU/Linux has an extremely robust programmer's toolkit. The
GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) features an up-to-date C++ and Java
language compiler complete with most of the features used by professional
programmers. GNU/Linux is an excellent tool for exploring Design Patterns
and the power of programming.

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), compared to structural C-like
programming, requires a fundamental paradigm shift when thinking about
coding and when writing the code itself. This shift is often a labor of
difficulty for many newcomers to OOP. Design Patterns can help!

Design Patterns enable programmers to reuse proven problem solving
techniques through the use of enhancing the recognition of, communication of
and implementation of common programming challenges.  Pattern Programmers
recognize situational events where a particular design pattern solution
applies to a known problem. They communicate this information to their
collegues and the implement their code more efficiently and more readily
communicably through the effective use of Design Patterns.

Rob Wehrli, an OO programmer since 1991 and Linux developer since 1994,
offers this informal discussion on using Design Patterns for GNU/Linux
programmers, though much of the content applies to any OO programming
environment or language.

Rob will define Design Patterns, explore various types of Design Patterns
and their uses and present a short, interactive example of creating and
recording new Design Patterns.

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Event: PLUG East Side Meeting
Topic: Blender
Presenter: Brian Cluff
Time: 19:00 on Thursday, the 13th of May
Location: Sequoia Charter School, 1460 S. Horne, Mesa, AZ 85204-5760

Abstract: Blender, the open source software for 3D modeling, animation,
rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. Get all
your graphic and animation friends to this presentation, regardless of the
platform they use.

Bio: Brian is a PLUG Steering Committee member and our host for the east
side meetings at Sequoia Charter School.

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Event: GNU/Linux Stammtisch
Time: 19:00 to 23:00 on Tuesday, the 18th of May
Location: The Muse Cafe/Artspace, 1032 S. Terrace Rd., Tempe, AZ 85281

Just show up and hang.

Lemon and Terrace, just East of ASU's main campus.

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Event: ASULUG/UNUG Sprint Linux Install/Game-fest
Topic: Install/Game-fest
Location: ASU's main campus, MU 226BC ( Ventana )
Time: 10:00 - 18:00 on Friday, the 21st of May

See http://ASULUG.asu.edu/ for more info.

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Event: DeLUG meeting
Topic: BSD
Time: 19:00 to 21:00 on Thursday, the 13th of May
Location: DeVry, Rm. 106, 2149 W. Dunlap Ave.

DeLUG will be holding a meeting featuring the [other] free alternative
operating systems. This includes FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. This
presentation will cover some of the basic history of UNIX, how BSD came
about before Linux, and the fundamental and technical differences between
the two OS's. We will also be demonstrating FreeBSD using a FreeBSD Live CD.

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Event: PLUG West Side meeting
Topic: The Ruby Programming Language
Presenter: Chris Gehlker
Time: 19:00 on Tuesday, the 25th of May
Location: Glendale Community College, 6000 W. Olive Ave., Glendale, AZ 85302

Olive (Dunlap) and 59th Avenue in the High Tech 1 Teleconference Room.

Abstract: Ruby is one of the newer scripting languages on the scene. Ruby
is an object oriented scripting language that emphasizes clarity, doing the
intuitive thing, and above all fun. While it bears a superficial resemblance
to Perl, its semantics are very much those of smalltalk.

Bio: Chris Gehlker has been messing about with computers so long he can
recall building LP models in Fortran. He is an enthusiastic Ruby user.
He is the author of RubyStudio, a Ruby IDE for Mac OS X. His current
Ruby interests include, a game written in Ruby called SCO: The Game of
Intellectual Property and Ruby AL, an extension of Ruby for scripting Open
and MS Office.

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Event: AzPHP, http://www.AzPHP.org/
Topic: TBD
Time: 19:00 on Tuesday, the 25th of May
Location: Walt's TV & Home Theater, 55 W Southern Ave., Tempe, AZ 85282-4962

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Event: DeLUG meeting
Topic: ZipSlack
Time: 19:00 to 21:00 on Wednesday, the 26th of May
Location: DeVry, Rm. 209, 2149 W. Dunlap Ave.

DeLUG will be holding a meeting presenting ZipSlack, a modified edition
of Slackware Linux that is installed on and runs off of a zip disk. This
distribution is ideal for those without a lot of hard drive space or older
hardware lacking a CD-ROM drive for a Live CD distribution. Bring along a
computer and zip disk if you'd like to follow along in the presentation.

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Upcoming presentations:

ePortfolios from Audree Thurman
Blender II, a follow-up to the first Blender presentation, from Brian Cluff

ciao,

der.hans
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