Hello,

I am pleased to announce the Wellington Java User Group meeting for October
2009.

Wednesday October 28: 5:00 for 5:15 - 6:30pm.

Note: we're going for the 4th Wednesday rather than our usual 3rd, for
scheduling reasons.

Coding Dojo

This month we're having something a little different.

A Coding Dojo is a place where programmers come to improve their skills, by
following a pattern similar to the martial arts dojo.

Participants meet a a prearranged time in a room that has one computer
attached to a screen.  A programming challenge is posed for each session.
During the session, the group spends a preset amount of time developing a
solution to the challenge.  At the end of the session the code is discarded
(though it may be archived for future reference and study).  The amount of
time spent on the problem is fixed.  Regardless of the state of the
solution, when the time expires, the session is done.

For more details see http://www.wellington-coding-dojo.co.nz.

Organiser

John Smart is principal consultant at Wakaleo Consulting (
http://www.wakaleo.com), a company that provides consulting, training and
mentoring services in Enterprise Java and Agile Development.

John is well known in the Java community for his many published articles,
and as the author of Java Power Tools.  John helps organisations to optimize
their Java development processes and infrastructures and provides training
and mentoring in open source technologies, SDLC tools, and agile development
process

Venue

The venue is to be arranged.  I will send a further notification when it is
confirmed.

Sponsors

We will be giving away a product each from JetBrains and ZeroTurnaround.

Please extend an invitation to attend to any interested friends or
colleagues.  As usual, there is no cost involved!

Regards

John Hurst