A Functional Programming & Test Driven Approach to Game of Life with Venkat S.

AGENDA
5:00 - 5:30 PM - Networking
5:30 - 5:35 PM - Announcements
5:35 - 7:25 PM - Speaker
7:25 - 7:30 PM - Door Prize Drawings

TOPIC ABSTRACT
A Functional Programming and Test Driven Approach to Game of Life
In this highly interactive, live-coding presentation you will participate in devising a functional solution to the popular program and along the way uncover aspects of TDD and thinking in functional style.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Venkat Subramaniam
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., an instructional professor at the University of Houston, and the creator of the dev2next conference.

He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects.

Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at [https://www.agiledeveloper.com](https://proofpointisolation.com/browser?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.agiledeveloper.com%2F). You can reach him by email at [venkats@agiledeveloper.com](mailto:venkats@agiledeveloper.com) or on twitter/X at @venkat_s.

OUR SPONSORS
Website Sponsor: Gary Hessler
Venue: East Library Community Room
Door Prize Sponsors: Jetbrains (http://www.jetbrains.com) - Software license (Several products to choose from)
Training Sponsor: Agile Learner (http://agilelearner.com) - Technical training donated by Venkat Subramanium