"Building An Object Oriented Model", with Bob Silverberg

WHEN: Thursday, May 28, 6:00pm US EDT (UTC/GMT-4) (What time is that for you? See http://www.timeanddat... which shows the time as US EDT and you can choose your city from the list offered to see what time that is in your own timezone.)

MEETING URL: http://experts.acroba...
DURATION: Approx. 1 hour
Meeting will be recorded. URL will be posted after meeting at http://recordings.col...

ABOUT THIS SESSION:

Our 6pm (US EDT) talk on Thursday May 28 will be Bob Silverberg speaking on "Building An Object Oriented Model". More on that below.

I wanted to say while I have the chance that I do realize we've not had meetings for a couple of weeks. Speakers have fallen through, plus we had cf.objective() keeping many speakers busy, whether speaking or attending.

The good news is that I have quite a full slate of speakers over the next two months. So the "spring break" is over and "summer school" will soon be in session! :-) Now, on to Bob's talk...

TOPIC DESCRIPTION:

When making the move from a procedural to an object oriented approach one often comes across a pattern that involves using services and gateways to act as a middle man between a controller and your actual business objects. This session will present an approach to implementing a common set of services and gateways. Through the use of abstract classes you will see how to eliminate duplicate code and how
to encapsulate logic to increase the cohesiveness of your entire model. We will start with the basics, describing what services and gateways are, and then look at building a model from the ground up. You'll leave the session with an understanding of the components that go into building a model, as well as some of the object oriented principles that will help guide you in your design efforts.

This session is aimed at beginning to intermediate developers who have some experience with and knowledge of basic OO concepts and are interested in learning about some of the design considerations that go into building an OO model.

SPEAKER:

Bob Silverberg has been developing software for nearly twenty years, the past ten of which have been devoted to web application development with ColdFusion. He runs a small development company from his home in Toronto, where he divides his time between client work, open source development and taking care of his two young sons. He is an active participant on a number of ColdFusion mailing lists and blogs at www.silverwareconsulting.com.

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