Programming with Aspects

OOP is currently the most popular and practical software development approach. One of the reasons for its popularity is the ability to separate concerns, focusing on behaviors as they relate to business or technical issues. But this very same capability reaches its limits in OOP when it comes to global and crosscutting concerns.
Aspect Oriented Programming is receiving attention for its ability to address these concerns. How is it similar and different from OOP? What are the traits of AOP and what are the limitations of utilizing it in projects? In this interactive presentation, the speaker will introduce AOP, discuss its capabilities and benefits, and share his cautious optimism on how to put it to use in your projects.

Topics:
• Limitations of OO
• Separation of concern
• What are Aspects?
• What is AOP?
• What makes an aspect?
• AspectJ, PointCut, Eclipse Plugin
• Developmental aspects vs. production aspects
• Strengths and pitfalls

Benefits:
• Learn what Aspects are
• Learn from examples
• See how you can use them for your project right now
• Understand the pros and cons of aspects
• Get ahead on this emerging field

About Venkat Subramaniam

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

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 agiledeveloper.com. You can reach him by email at venkats@agiledeveloper.com or on twitter at @venkat_s.

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