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Software Architect 2008

We were speakers at, and community sponsors of Software Architect 2008
(3rd-5th June 2008, London). Here are the slides from our conference sessions.

Community

London User Group : Download the slides from our last London user group. Details of previous sessions are also available.
Google Group : Sign-up for discussion related to software architecture.
Facebook group : If you're on Facebook, join our group and see who else is interested in software architecture near you.

Essays from the book

What is architecture?
Towards a definition of architecture
Types of architecture
Treat enterprise architectures with a pinch of salt
Mind the gap
Reducing the gap between software developers and software architects

Recent Blog Entries

Following the specification
Back in the days when J2EE app servers were the best thing since sliced bread, I remember having lots of discussions with people about the J2EE specifications and I don't mind admitting that it was always my goal to build a truly spec compliant ...
London User Group - July 2008
The next London user group is Tuesday 15th July and it'll be a social event rather than the usual presentation/discuss...
Who should own the non-functional tests?
This is a follow-up to a post entitled Performance tuning Java systems that I made last year, which talked about some performance testing that I was doing for a customer. Last week, I went back to the same customer to make some small tweaks to the test ...

[Training] From Developer to Architect.

A two day software architecture training course is now available through Skills Matter.

Sam Dalton

Sam is an independent Technical Architect working in Central London. His speciality is Enterprise Java Systems, with which he has architected and developed systems for the Financial Services, Retail, and Logistics industries.
He has co-written several books on the subject of Enterprise Java and is a keen speaker at conferences.

E-mail : sam.dalton at codingthearchitecture.com

Recent Blog Entries
1	Question of the week As mentioned last week, we are going to be sharing questions that we get asked that seem applicable to the CTA audience. Feel free to e-mail us your questions or use the Google Group. This weeks question is from a new hands-on technical architect. ...	04-Apr-2008
2	Podcast #2 : QCon revisited As promised the 2nd CTA podcast is a roundtable discussion between some of the CTA contributors - namely Simon Brown, Sam Dalton and Kevin Seal. In this podcast we discuss some of the themes emerging from the recent QCon conference held in London and our ...	25-Mar-2008
3	Has Agile become a dirty word? A few years ago, Agile was everywhere. There were books galore, articles in the technology press, tracks at conferences etc. That is not to say that it has gone away, but a few years ago everything was being sold and hyped as being Agile. Things from ...	11-Mar-2008