Derek Lane

Lone Star Software Symposium: Dallas

Dallas · October 27 - 29, 2006

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Co-Author of EJB3 In Action

Derek Lane is the CTO at Semantra. He has worn various hats in his career including mentor, coach, architect, manager, developer, trainer, methodologist and all around cool guy. Derek is a contributor to various projects as author, presenter, committer, and technical reviewer, including his most recent role as co-author for the book, “EJB3 In Action”, published by Manning.

Derek is the Founder of both the Oklahoma City Java User Group (OKCJUG) and the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas MicroJava User Group; and has been active as a member, presenter, and mentor for over a decade at various technology user groups across the Midwest and Southern US.

Derek can on occasion be found utilizing his background in engineering, Virtual Reality and 3D graphics to think in four or more dimensions - some of which have yet to be independently verified. When not exploring the mind numbing edge of technology, he can be found listening to Bluegrass music and watching old Kung Fu movies - a dangerous combination from any point of view.

Presentations

Test Driven Development in Eclipse

While many practitioners of TDD can perform all the steps manually, things are a lot more productive when you can automate some of the steps. But what's the difference between Test First, Test Driven Development, and Test Driven Design? Are they the same? This session will attempt to put these questions in context and show you how Eclipse can integrate and automate several development tasks.

Eclipse Projects You May Not Be Familiar With

Eclipse has met its goal of turning into a general purpose platform; it’s a lot more than just an IDE. Yes, there are plugins that add incremental functionality to Eclipse, but what's really going on behind the Eclipse Foundation's goal of taking over the world?

This session will provide an overview of the Eclipse Landscape, as well as provide a glimpse of what you can expect your Eclipse to look like in the next 12 months.