Neal's Past Conference Appearances

Recently Completed Conferences

By popular demand, from my 10 Ways to Improve Your Code talk: Top 10 Corporate Code Smells
	Agile IT! Experience Reston, VA June 26-28, 2008 Real World Agile [slides] Pragmatic eXtreme Programming [slides] Test Driven Design [slides] [samples]
	Jazoon 2008 Zurich, Switzerland June 23-26, 2008 Building DSLs in Static and Dynamic Languages [handouts]
	No Fluff, Just Stuff Research Triangle Software Symposium June 20-22, 2008 Keynote: Ancient Philosophers & Blowhard Jamrobees [slides] Evolutionary SOA [handouts] Test Driven Design [slides] [samples] Regular Expressions in Java [handouts]] [samples] "Design Patterns" in Dynamic Languages [slides] Metrics Driven Agile Development [handouts] [samples] Introduction to JRuby [slides] [samples]
	The ServerSide Java Symposium - Europe Prague, Czechoslovakia June 18-20, 2008 Keynote: Language Oriented Programming: Shifting Paradigms [slides]
	No Fluff, Just Stuff Lone Star Software Symposium June 6-8, 2008 Keynote: Ancient Philosophers & Blowhard Jamrobees [slides] Evolutionary SOA [handouts] Introduction to JRuby [slides] [samples] Test Driven Design [slides] [samples] Metrics Driven Agile Development [handouts] [samples]
	Software Architect 2008 London June 3-5, 2008 10 Ways to Improve Your Code [handouts] [samples] Metrics Driven Agile Development [handouts] [samples] Test Driven Design [slides] [samples] "Design Patterns" in Dynamic Languages [slides] Meta-programming /J?Ruby/ [slides] [samples]
	Tech-Ed 2008 Orlando, FL June 3-6, 2008 "Design Patterns" in Dynamic Languages [slides] 10 Ways to Improve Your Code [handouts] [samples]
	RailsConf 2008 Portland OR May 29 - June 1, 2008 Meta-programming Ruby for Fun & Profit Tutorial [slides] "Design Patterns" in Ruby [slides]
	Dynamic Languages World 2008 Karlsruhe, Germany May 26 - 28, 2008 Keynote: Ceremony vs. Essence [slides] "Design Patterns" in Dynamic Languages [slides] Dynamic Language Metrics & Analysis for Agile Projects [slides]
	No Fluff, Just Stuff Greater Atlanta Software Symposium May 16-18, 2008 Keynote: Ancient Philosophers & Blowhard Jamrobees [slides] Evolutionary SOA [handouts] Test Driven Design [slides] [samples] Regular Expressions in Java [handouts]] [samples] Metrics Driven Agile Development [handouts] [samples] Agile Project Management (featuring Mingle) [handouts] [samples] Introduction to JRuby [slides] [samples] Meta-programming /J?Ruby/ [slides] [samples]
	JavaOne San Francisco, CA May 6-9, 2008 Comparing Groovy & JRuby [slides] Advanced Enterprise Debugging Techniques [slides] [samples]
	No Fluff, Just Stuff Rocky Mountain Software Symposium May 2 - 4, 2008 Keynote: Ancient Philosophers & Blowhard Jamrobees [slides] Evolutionary SOA [handouts] Regular Expressions in Java [handouts]] [samples] Test Driven Design [slides] [samples] Introduction to JRuby [slides] [samples] "Design Patterns" in Dynamic Languages [slides] Metrics Driven Agile Development [handouts] [samples] Productive Programmer: Canonicality & Focus [slides] Productive Programmer: Acceleration & Automation [slides]
	No Fluff, Just Stuff Northern Virginia Software Symposium April 25 - 27, 2008 Keynote: Ancient Philosophers & Blowhard Jamrobees [slides] Evolutionary SOA [handouts] Test Driven Design [slides] [samples] Regular Expressions in Java [handouts]] [samples] Introduction to JRuby [slides] [samples] Meta-programming /J?Ruby/ [slides] [samples]
	JAX 2008 Wiesbaden, Germany April 21-25, 2008 JRuby Tutorial [slides] [samples] Meta-programming /J?Ruby/ [slides] [samples] Comparing Groovy & JRuby [slides] "Design Patterns" in Dynamic Languages [slides]
	No Fluff, Just Stuff Pacific Northwest Software Symposium April 18 - 20, 2008 Evolutionary SOA [handouts] 10 Ways to Improve Your Code [handouts] [samples] Regular Expressions in Java [handouts]] [samples] Keynote: Ancient Philosophers & Blowhard Jamrobees [slides] Productive Programmer: Acceleration & Automation [slides] Productive Programmer: Canonicality & Focus [slides] Metrics Driven Agile Development [handouts] [samples] Test Driven Design [slides] [samples]
	No Fluff, Just Stuff New England Software Symposium April 4-6, 2008 Keynote: Ancient Philosophers & Blowhard Jamrobees [slides] Evolutionary SOA [handouts] 10 Ways to Improve Your Code [handouts] [samples] Test Driven Design [slides] [samples] Productive Programmer: Acceleration & Automation [slides] Productive Programmer: Canonicality & Focus [slides] "Design Patterns" in Dynamic Languages [slides] Introduction to JRuby [handouts] [samples] Metrics Driven Agile Development [handouts] [samples] Building DSLs in Static and Dynamic Languages [handouts] Agile Project Management (featuring Mingle) [handouts] [samples] Regular Expressions in Java [handouts]] [samples]
	The ServerSide Java Symposium Las Vegas, NV March 26-28, 2008 Keynote: Language Oriented Programming: Shifting Paradigms [slides]
	No Fluff, Just Stuff Twin Cities Software Symposium March 14-16, 2008 Keynote: Ancient Philosophers & Blowhard Jamrobees [slides] Test Driven Design [slides] [samples] Evolutionary SOA [handouts] Introduction to JRuby [handouts] [samples] "Design Patterns" in Dynamic Languages [slides]
	QCon London London March 10-14, 2008 DSL Tutorial by Neal Ford, Martin Fowler, Rebecca Parsons [slides]
	DevWeek 2008 London March 10-14, 2008 10 Ways to Improve Your Code [handouts] [samples] Test Driven Design [slides] [samples] "Design Patterns" in Dynamic Languages [slides]
	SD West San Francisco, CA March 3-7, 2008 Debugging and Testing the Web Tier [handouts] Introduction to JRuby [handouts] [samples] Test Driven Design [slides] [samples] Meta-programming /J?Ruby/ [slides] [samples] 10 Ways to Improve Your Code [handouts] [samples]
	No Fluff, Just Stuff Greater Wisconsin Software Symposium February 29 - March 2, 2008 Evolutionary SOA [handouts] 10 Ways to Improve Your Code [handouts] Test Driven Design [slides] Keynote: Ancient Philosophers & Blowhard Jamrobees [slides] "Design Patterns" in Groovy [slides] Introduction to JRuby [handouts] JRuby on Rails [handouts] Metrics Driven Agile Development [handouts] [samples] Regular Expressions in Java [handouts]] [samples] Agile Project Management (featuring Mingle) [handouts] [samples]
	CheckFree DevCon 2008 Atlanta, GA February 27-28, 2008 10 Ways to Improve Your Code [handouts] Keynote: Language Oriented Programming: Shifting Paradigms [slides]
	2G/The Groovy Grails Experience Reston, VA February 21-23, 2008 "Design Patterns" in Groovy [slides] Groovyizing Your Day Job [slides] Comparing Groovy & JRuby [slides]
	acts_as_a_conference Orlando, FL February 8-9, 2008 Advanced DSLs in Ruby [slides]
	CodeMash Cleveland, OH January 9-11, 2008 Keynote: Software "Engineering" & Polyglot Programing [slides] Building DSLs in Static and Dynamic Languages [handouts]
	JAX Asia Jakarta, Indonesia November 29-30, 2007 10 Ways to Improve Your Code [handouts] Introduction to JRuby [handouts] JRuby on Rails [handouts]
	JAX Asia Singapore November 26-27, 2007 10 Ways to Improve Your Code [handouts] JRuby on Rails [handouts] Introduction to JRuby [handouts]

Recently Completed Conferences

By popular demand, from my 10 Ways to Improve Your Code talk: Top 10 Corporate Code Smells