Kirk Knoernschild
Northern Virginia Software Symposium
Reston · April 19 - 21, 2013
Software Developer & Mentor
Kirk is software developer with a passion for building great software. He takes a keen interest in design, architecture, application development platforms, agile development, and the IT industry in general, especially as it relates to software development. His recent book, Java Application Architecture was published in 2012, and presents 18 patterns that help you design modular software.
Presentations
Turtles, Architecture, & Agility
A little old lady once challenged a well-known scientist’s explanation on the structure of the universe, countering that the world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise. The scientist rebutted the little old lady’s challenge with one of his own by asking what the tortoise was standing on. The little old lady’s sly reply was that it’s, “turtles all the way down.” So too is software architecture “turtles all the way down”.
Patterns of Modular Architecture - Part 1
The modularity patterns provide us with proven design techniques to develop a modular software architecture that is extensible, reusable, maintainable, and adaptable. In this session, we’ll explore 9 of the 18 modularity patterns.
Patterns of Modular Architecture - Part 2
The modularity patterns provide us with proven design techniques to develop a modular software architecture that is extensible, reusable, maintainable, and adaptable. In this session, we’ll explore the remaining 9 modularity patterns.
Modular Java Architecture - TODAY!
Modularity is coming to the Java platform! Java 8 will introduce the Jigsaw module system. OSGi is here today. Don’t wait to start designing modular software. Contrary to popular belief, you don't need a framework or a new runtime to start building modular software applications. You can start today. Learn how!
Scaling Agility
We know agile methods are proven on small teams, but really…almost any process works with a team of one. As the team scales, however, the challenges mount. In this session, we focus on proven practices that help large software development teams in excess of 100 developers maintain agility. We also explore how to scale agile across the enterprise.
OSGi Demystified
OSGi was once heralded as a contender for most important technology of the decade. Today, most developers have heard of OSGi, but few are using it to develop their enterprise software applications.Is OSGi failing? Who is using it? And what exactly are its benefits?
Chesterton's Gate: Always Ask Why
“That's the way we've always done things”, is a phrase commonly uttered over the course of a software development project. But often times, organizations have instituted governance and policy based on yesterday's practices. We continue with these dated policies without ever examining their origin and whether they are necessary or provide any true value today. These policies serve as gates, which often times impede progress. The story of Chesterton's Gate encourages us to ask “Why” something is necessary before we decide if it's beneficial to remove it. In this session, we examine several “gates” across several industries, including software development, and ask “Why” to determine if it's still needed.