Clinton Begin

Greater Toronto Software Symposium

Toronto · October 20 - 22, 2006

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Creator of the iBATIS Data Mapper

Clinton Begin is a Senior Developer and Agile Mentor for ThoughtWorks Canada. He has been building enterprise applications for 8 years based on platforms such as Java and .NET. Clinton has extensive experience with agile methodologies, persistence frameworks and relational databases. He is the original creator of the iBATIS persistence framework, which he designed in response to the challenges faced by object oriented developers dealing with enterprise relational databases. Clinton is an experienced speaker, having delivered formal presentations, training seminars and bootcamps from San Francisco to New York City.

Presentations

Learn from Ruby, Code with Java

By jumping from Java to Ruby and Ruby on Rails, are we throwing the baby out with the bathwater?

In this discussion, we'll discuss the benefits of Ruby and Ruby on Rails and the drawbacks of the way we currently build Java applications. Then we'll show you exactly how the situation can be corrected, and possibly even reversed. Can the Java platform achieve what Rails does? I'm going to risk saying: “Absolutely the most important parts can.”

"Bottom 10" Reasons Agile Teams Fail

Agile methodologies such as eXtreme Programming and SCRUM are hot topics today – and they are also hot targets. When things go wrong on an agile project, it's far too convenient to blame the methodology.

iBATIS and the Enterprise Database

This presentation will focus on database challenges that object oriented developers often face in an enterprise environment. Object Relational Mapping (ORM) tools are not ideal for all databases, and therefore alternatives such as iBATIS must be sought.