Date:    Mar 03/31/14 11:54 PM
Subject: NEJUG Meeting - NEXT WEEK: Software Architecture Patterns
From:    Stevel Lintz


With less than two weeks until the next regular NEJUG meeting, please consider registering today to reserve your place
on Thursday, Thu, Apr 10. The room holds a maximum of 350 and, at last count, 307 seats are already taken.
This high level of interest is no surprise, given that Mark Richards is well known as a top-tier speaker.
In addition, the selected topic of Software Architecture Patterns is of great interest to our membership,
i.e. probably you! Even if you consider yourself well-versed in the topic, Richards' talk will likely shed
new light on the issues and you will have an excellent chance to ask probing questions both during and afterwards.

Regarless of your own level of expertise, all you need do is register, show up for the meeting, relax and absorb.
Come by a bit early, and you'll have time for pizza and sodas - fully sponsored by Constant Contact
(who also provide our excellent meeting facility - thank you). In addition to our main presentation,
we also set aside some time for social networking, a short "Lightning  Talk" (abt. 10 mins),
and sharing of community announcements, such as area workshops / seminars and often including several direct job solicitations
(i.e. not placement agents, although sometimes them, too, if vetted by the Advisory Team).

Register now to reserve your seat

Title:      Software Architecture Patterns
Presenter:  Mark Richards
Location:   Constant Contact

Date: Thu, Apr 10

Time: Doors open at 5:00pm, pizza at 5:30pm, with the meeting starting promptly at 6:00pm



 Presentation Overview:

Just as developers use design patterns in software development, architects use well-defined architecture patterns
to get a head start on defining the characteristics and shape of the architecture for a system.
During this presentation I will explore some of the more common architecture patterns and use concrete real-world examples
to demonstrate how the patterns work. I will also go over the pros and cons of each pattern and discuss
how requirements and operational aspects can drive which patterns to use. Using the right architecture pattern
for your system is critical, because as we all know, once in place the architecture is very hard to change.
The architecture patterns I will cover in this presentation will include the layered architecture pattern,
event-driven architecture pattern (EDA), pipes and filters architecture pattern, microkernel architecture pattern,
service-oriented architecture pattern 9SOA), and finally the space-based architecture pattern.


About our speaker:

Mark Richards (http://www.wmrichards.com) is an Independent Consultant working in the field as a hands-on Enterprise,
Integration, and Application Architect, where he is involved in the architecture, design, and implementation of SOA, EDA,
messaging, and other architectures, primarily in the Java platform. Previously, Mark was an Executive IT Architect with IBM,
where he worked as an SOA and enterprise architect in the financial services area. He has been involved in the software industry
since 1984 and has many battle scars to show for it. Mark served as the President of the Boston Java User Group in 1997 and 1998,
and the President of the New England Java Users Group from 1999 thru 2003. Mark is the author of the book Java Message Service (2nd edition)
from O'Reilly. He is also the co-author of a new video series by O'Reilly titled Software Architecture Fundamentals, author of
Java Transaction Design Strategies, contributing author of the book 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know from O'Reilly,
contributing author of NFJS Anthology Volume 1, and contributing author of NFJS Anthology Volume 2. Mark has many architect and
developer certifications, including those from IBM, Sun, The Open Group, and Oracle. He is a regular conference speaker at the
No Fluff Just Stuff Symposium Series and speaks at other conferences and user groups around the world. When he is not working
Mark can usually be found hiking with his wife and two daughters in the White Mountains or along the Appalachian Trail.

I look forward to seeing you on Thu, Apr 10.


Stevel Lintz
NEJUG Advisory Team