Methodologies Track Schedule

3014  Test-driven Development with Delphi
Charlie Calvert — Falafel Software, Inc.

Type: Preconference Tutorial. Level: Intermediate.
Learn how to make testing an integral part of developing your applications. This session covers unit testing, testing frameworks, mock objects, and other testing techniques. The focus is on learning how to create applications that are easy to test and how to write tests that are easy to maintain. Coverage includes hard to test areas such as databases and graphical user interfaces. Unit tests encourage developers to create easily reusable objects and also promotes proper object-oriented techniques.
Prerequisites: A basic understanding of Delphi syntax and the fundamentals of programming on the Microsoft .NET Framework platform.
Room: Continental Ballroom 5

2004  Core SDP Soup to Nuts
Ian Buchanan — Borland

Type: Preconference Tutorial. Level: Beginning.
This tutorial helps participants understand the composition and usage model for tools in Borland Core SDP Suites for analysts, architects, developers, and testers. Participants learn how the roles can be mapped to different software development methodologies and how the toolset can be customized to fit different software development methodologies. This tutorial is appropriate for people who are interested in or will start using the Core SDP products.
Prerequisites: Basic understanding of Java application lifecycle.
Room: Continental Parlor 3

2020  Introduction to ECO  
Malcolm Groves — Borland

Type: Preconference Tutorial. Level: Beginning.
Enterprise Core Objects (ECO) brings the power and productivity of model-driven development to the Delphi and C# languages. This tutorial equips you to start exploiting this technology in your applications and covers: the class designer; object constraint language; derived attributes and derived relationships; association classes; persistence; ECO services; UI support, including data binding and the ECO Extender components; and more.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of object-oriented concepts, as well as Delphi or C# skills. No knowledge of Bold, ECO, or MDA required.
Room: Continental Ballroom 4

2012  Use Case Modeling
Ian Buchanan — Borland

Type: Preconference Tutorial. Level: Beginning.
This tutorial starts with the basics of Use Case analysis and demonstrates text and visual techniques to help elicit rich and thorough requirements, as well as providing a starting point for application architecture. Through a series of exercises, the tutorial gives participants a chance to think through the techniques and understand how Borland tools can help. This tutorial is appropriate for anyone involved in requirements elicitation and the begining of application design.
Prerequisites: None.
Room: Continental Parlor 7

2018  Application Lifecycle Management for Delphi  
John Kaster — Borland

Type: Preconference Tutorial. Level: Beginning.
A complete overview of the Application Lifecycle process and integration of StarTeam, CaliberRM, and Together in the Delphi IDE.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with Delphi.
Room: Continental Ballroom 5

3004  Achieving J2EE Agility with Spring
Patrick McMichael — Pillar Technology Group, LLC

Type: Preconference Tutorial. Level: Intermediate.
This tutorial, geared towards the J2EE developer, provides attendees with advice on how to put the Spring framework to practical and strategic use in the enterprise. While much of the popular buzz around Spring focuses on using it as an alternative to EJB containers, this presentation highlights some practical ways in which Spring really complements traditional J2EE activities. In fact, Spring's lightweight approach has blazed the trail for much of where EJB 3.0 is heading. Learn how to leverage the Spring meta-framework in the J2EE space to architect solutions which exhibit extremely loose coupling and an incredible degree of flexibility. Emphasis is also placed on Spring’s contributions to agile/XP practices such as test-driven development.
Prerequisites: Solid understanding of Java and object-oriented fundamentals. Familiarity with J2EE is also beneficial.
Room: Continental Parlor 1-2

3006  Agile and Extreme Programming: A Pragmatic Approach
Neal Ford — ThoughtWorks

Type: Preconference Tutorial. Level: Intermediate.
This session covers agile and XP development from architecture through design and to code. It covers all aspects of XP and shows how to apply it to all types of projects.
Prerequisites: None.
Room: Continental Parlor 9

3018  Applying ECO to ASP.NET  
Malcolm Groves — Borland

Type: Preconference Tutorial. Level: Intermediate.
Enterprise Core Objects (ECO) offers developers an incredible boost in productivity while also enabling them to maintain a well structured architecture. However, many demos only cover the basics of using this technology. This session delves into leveraging ECO with ASP.NET and attempts to go beyond the basics. Based on an ECO/ASP.NET application that has been in production for more than 6 months, we cover such topics as ASP.NET state management and ECO, databinding, authentication, performance issues, ECOSpace pooling, background threads, and more.
Prerequisites: Basic ECO experience and basic understanding of Web development, ASP.NET in particular, required.
Room: Continental Ballroom 4

4000  Domain Model-driven Development using Together  
Daniel Vacanti

Type: Preconference Tutorial. Level: Advanced.
This tutorial introduces the developer to the concepts of color modeling using archetypes and the Domain Neutral Component using Together. The tutorial provides hands-on examples of the ideas presented by David Anderson at the 2004 Borland Conference. In this one session, the developer will be on his way to building better domain models faster.
Prerequisites: Some knowledge of UML and Java is helpful, but not necessary.
Room: Continental Parlor 7

1106  What's New in Together 2006  
Tom Gullion — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: All.
This session highlights the new innovations in Together 2006, a single toolset for multi-purpose design needs. See how analysts, architects, and developers can stay in sync with a common, visual understanding of requirements, architectures, and designs. Learn about new support for UML 2.0, Business Process Modeling, Model-driven Architecture (MDA) approach via support of the query/view/transformation (QVT) specification, Model and Code Quality Assurance, Eclipse Framework support, how to aid data modeling design through physical and logical data models, and the definition and design of requirements through UML use-case analysis.
Prerequisites: None.
Room: Continental Parlor 9

2108  Overview of Core SDP for Java  
Michael Rozlog — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: Beginning.
Learn how to use all of the Borland suite of Java tools to help streamline development. Understand how to use the Optimizeit suite to resolve pesky errors. Learn how to use Together Audits and Metrics to reduce complexity and help to establish good testing processes. See both Request Analyzer and ServerTrace used to increase the performance of J2EE applications.
Prerequisites: None.
Room: Continental Parlor 3

3102  Clean Up Your Code: 10 Java Coding Tricks, Techniques, and Philosophies
Neal Ford — ThoughtWorks

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
This session delivers ten techniques for improving your code, whether you are freshly graduated or a grizzled veteran. It is derived from many sources, including other languages, techniques, and idioms we have developed teaching developers.
Prerequisites: Frustration with hard to read code.
Room: Continental Parlor 1-2

1112  Test-driven Development with Together and JUnit
Don Kranz — PROCESS-exchange, Inc.

Type: Regular Session. Level: All.
UML Sequence Diagrams can be used in Together (Architect, Developer) to describe test scenarios. JUnit test classes and methods can be automatically generated by Together. We demonstrate some useful patterns for accelerating the test development process.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with Together, UML, sequence diagrams, and class diagrams.
Room: Continental Parlor 3

1114  Tool Uptake: Strategies for Critical Mass
Wayne Miller — ExxonMobil

Type: Regular Session. Level: All.
This session discusses strategies to align the tools you buy with your company's people and environment. It covers the speaker's experiences with deploying Borland CaliberRM and Together in a large company.
Prerequisites: None.
Room: Continental Parlor 8

1116  What's New in CaliberRM
Catherine Connor — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: All.
This session presents the changes made in CaliberRM since the last Borland Conference covering releases v2005, v2005 SP1, v2005 SP2, and v2005 Release 2.
Prerequisites: None.
Room: Continental Parlor 9

2168  Model-driven Development with UML  
Karl Frank — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: Beginning.
If you skipped UML (Unified Modeling Language) v. 1, that's OK. With this session, you can begin with an introduction to UML 2, no assumptions made about prior knowledge of earlier versions of UML. This session provides an overview survey of UML 2, followed by special focus with examples and exercises, using UML 2 Class Diagrams and UML 2 Activity Diagrams.
Prerequisites: None.
Room: Continental Parlor 1-2

3180  What's New in ECO III  
Malcolm Groves — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
ECO III, to be released in DeXter, introduces many new features to dramatically improve developer productivity. This session covers the new features, such as State Machines, the ECO Action Language, multiple persistence mappers, as well as the many smaller but much requested tweaks that have found their way into this release. We also cover some dramatic changes to how we deliver ECO to you. A must see session for anyone using, looking at using, or wishing they could use ECO.
Prerequisites: Basic ECO experience.
Room: Continental Ballroom 5

2160  Using Together in Delphi  
John Kaster — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: Beginning.
Attend this session on Together in Delphi and find out how audits, metrics, and Together live source can increase your productivity and help you improve your Delphi code.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with the Delphi language.
Room: Continental Ballroom 5

3108  Introduction to OCL in Together Products
Dan Massey — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
This session provides an introduction to basic OCL notation and concepts and their application in the Together family of products. In addition to fundamental OCL, this session demonstrates OCL in the context of model refinement, MDA (using Query, View, Transform), audits, and metrics.
Prerequisites: Some experience with UML.
Room: Continental Parlor 9

9106  An Introduction to the Eclipse Graphical Modeling Framework  
Richard Gronback — Borland

Type: Birds-of-a-Feather. Level: Beginning.
The Eclipse Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF) project provides a generative bridge between the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) and Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) projects. Using GMF, one is able to design a set of diagram elements that relate to a domain model and generate a diagramming surface capable of visually working with that model. This presentation explores the GMF project and illustrate its effectiveness in rapidly providing a visual aspect to nearly any domain.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of modeling, Eclipse, and the UML helpful.
Room: Continental Parlor 7

1128  CASE STUDY: Build Management and App Lifecycle Development Best Practices
Michael O'Rourke — BuildForge

Type: Case Study. Level: All.
Discover how Fidelity Information Services integrated their application lifecycle and delivered higher quality software while utilizing existing disparate toolsets including StarTeam.
Prerequisites: None.
Room: Continental Parlor 9

2166  ECO: Basic Concepts  
Malcolm Groves — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: Beginning.
Enterprise Core Objects (ECO) bring the power and productivity of model-driven development to the Delphi and C# languages. This session provides an overview of the technologies ECO provides, giving you enough background so that you can explore this exciting technology further, either at other sessions in the conference or afterward.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of object-oriented concepts, as well as Delphi or C# skills. No knowledge of Bold, ECO, or MDA required.
Room: Continental Ballroom 5

3116  Requirements-driven Development and FDD with Delphi and CaliberRM  
Daniel Polistchuck — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
This session covers the basic concepts of requirements management and feature-driven development using Delphi and its CaliberRM integration.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Delphi programming, requirements management, and CaliberRM is desireable, but not essential.
Room: Continental Parlor 7

3184  MDA and QVT  
Tom Gullion — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
In this session, we dive deep into one of the fundamental pieces of model-driven architecture: Query / View / Transformation or QVT. This technology, based on the specification being defined within the OMG, provides the model-to-model transformation capabilities that will be central to any MDA project. Together Architect 2006 provides a complete development environment for this new paradigm in software development.
Prerequisites: Knowlege of UML 2.0 required. OCL 2.0 understanding helpful.
Room: Continental Parlor 9

9008  StarTeam Birds-of-a-Feather  
John Sileski — Borland

Type: Birds-of-a-Feather. Level: All.
The topic is StarTeam, but the agenda is open. Come to discuss common issues, ideas, and solutions with other attendees and StarTeam product staff.
Prerequisites: None.
Room: Continental Parlor 9

9010  Agile Methods with Borland  
Matt Gelbwaks — Borland

Type: Birds-of-a-Feather. Level: All.
An opportunity to discuss experiences and expectations for those currently doing (or interested in doing) agile development using Borland tools. The session is moderated by Borland Chief Agilist, Matt Gelbwaks.
Prerequisites: None.
Room: Continental Parlor 1-2

9200  J2EE Performance Tuning How-to  
Michael Rozlog — Borland

Type: Birds-of-a-Feather. Level: Intermediate.
Learn how to find and fix errors and decrease the total time to problem resolution using the industry standard ServerTrace. Understand how to configure and use ServerTrace to find pesky errors that are usually blammed on poor performance or bad coding.
Prerequisites: None.
Room: Continental Parlor 3

3126  MSF for Agile Software Development
Granville Miller

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
MSF for Agile Software Development is a scenario-driven, context-based agile software development process. This is the first agile software development process with built-in support for risk and qualities of service such as security and performance. Additionally, MSF breaks new ground by bringing in new techniques for building better software such as the use of personas and applied unit testing. In this session, we provide an introduction to these new techniques.
Prerequisites: Basic understanding of agile software development and some Microsfot .NET Framework development is helpful.
Room: Continental Parlor 8

3190  Producing Effective Use Cases with CaliberRM  
Matt Klassen — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
Use Cases have become an industry standard method to specify the functional requirements for software systems. That being said, many organizations are not getting the value they could from the Use Case models they are producing. Only 20-30% of the value of Use Cases is realized with the visual model. That means 70-80% of a Use Case model is the textual specification that needs to be specified, validated, and managed through the lifecycle. CaliberRM is an enterprise class requirements management tool that can help your organization get the most out of Use Cases.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of use cases.
Room: Continental Parlor 7

4110  Designing Software Systems Through Modeling
Granville Miller

Type: Regular Session. Level: Advanced.
Today, there are many ways that we can design software systems through modeling. Beyond modeling object-oriented design, we now have deployment, threat, and business models. What are the strengths and weaknesses of these models? Have we regressed back to time before UML or have we evolved beyond UML? This session looks at the "new" ways to model software systems and provides insight into future directions in this area.
Prerequisites: Understanding of UML (preferably UML 2.0) and various tools that are used to perform modeling.
Room: Continental Parlor 8

1118  Quickly Building Accurate Business Problem Domain Models is No Mystery
Ken Ritchie — PROCESS-exchange, Inc.

Type: Regular Session. Level: All.
You can quickly take the mystery out of modeling any problem -- saving time and guesswork -- using Together, armed with a palette of color-coded archetypes and a domain-neutral assembly pattern. This is a good introductory session for people who want to learn how to model business problems using UML and generate code and documentation using Together products.
Prerequisites: None.
Room: Continental Parlor 8

2150  CASE STUDY: Sending C++Builder Apps into Orbit - WorldMap 5.0
Keith Chuvala — United Space Alliance

Type: Case Study. Level: Beginning.
This case study follows the development and deployment of WorldMap 5.0, a situational awareness application built using C++Builder that is used by crews on the Space Station and on Space Shuttle missions. A complete redesign and rewrite of a complex application with over 230 requirements, this project was completed in under 15 months with a small team employing agile techniques within an environment typically known for its rigidly engineered and controlled processes. In this case study, we discuss the benefits of C++Builder RAD capabilities, its use to create system services, and the challenges of successfully incorporating third party libraries. The "evolution" of Borland C++ compiler use on the SpOC team over the years is front-and-center in this case study. And, of course, we demonstrate WorldMap, discuss certain technical aspects of its architecture, and the background behind many of the design decisions incorporated.
Prerequisites: None.
Room: Continental Ballroom 6

1120  Reporting on Deliverables for an Agile Project
Don Kranz — PROCESS-exchange, Inc.

Type: Regular Session. Level: All.
In this session, CaliberRM is used to provide key custom management reports that let us know exactly how well we are delivering against project requirements. Utilizing an agile process, with a light amount of accountability, we are able to accurately estimate client valued functionality, delivery dates, and track our progress towards completion.
Prerequisites: Some experience using CaliberRM.
Room: Continental Parlor 8

2138  Empowering Agile Development with CaliberRM
Jerry Odenwelder — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: Beginning.
User stories (requirements) fluctuate and evolve more when using an agile process than with traditional processes. In situations where the active customer is not possible, having a framework to manage the stories and promote communications increases the likelihood of success. This session discusses the features needed in such a framework and shows how CaliberRM fulfills this need.
Prerequisites: None.
Room: Continental Parlor 7

2156  Model Validation  
Richard Gronback — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: Beginning.
The application of static source code analysis has been used to streamline the code review process and improve the quality and maintainability of software applications. As model-driven development practices mature and models become increasingly important, the analysis of models by automated tooling can aid in ensuring quality and maintainability prior to code generation. This presentation focuses on the techniques and practices associated with refactoring models using automated analysis tooling.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of UML.
Room: Continental Parlor 1-2

3150  A Developer's Perspective on Patterns
Paul Gustavson — SimVentions, Inc.

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
This session explores the real benefit of patterns as it applies to software development. We briefly explore the various types of patterns and how to build software more effectively and efficiently using patterns. Tools used in this session include Borland Together to illustrate patterns in UML and the Borland Delphi IDE (using the C#, C++, and Delphi personalities).
Prerequisites: Some familiarity with object-oriented software development.
Room: Continental Parlor 8

3158  Search Server and Code Reuse
Jerry Odenwelder — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
Whether looking for information, instruction, or a solution, most developers instinctively consult the Web when faced with a problem or challenge. Often, especially in large organizations, another team has already solved the same or similar problem. Borland Search allows your organization to search inward for a solution before looking outward. Additionally, you can quickly locate information regarding problems and their solutions. With this data you can reduce the time spent researching a problem and promote code re-use within your organization.
Prerequisites: None.
Room: Continental Parlor 7

1122  Effectively Managing Agile Projects using StarTeam
Don Kranz — PROCESS-exchange, Inc.

Type: Regular Session. Level: All.
StarTeam is much more than just a file management system. In this session, we see how StarTeam is an enabler for successful agile-based projects. First, we review an iterative and incremental process and how it is key to delivering frequent client-valued functionality. Next, we review a request process implemented in StarTeam that when combined with frequent iterations, allows us to anticipate and embrace changes from the client. Next, we look at a method of view (workspace) management which automates the delivery of the client-valued functionality. Finally, we review some basic strategies that utilize StarTeam to define the management of our repository across various project roles and provides a coherent strategy for the delivery of all artifacts, including the integration of StarTeam with other Borland products such as Together and CaliberRM.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with StarTeam.
Room: Continental Parlor 9

3142  Delphi Design Patterns
Marco Cantu — Wintech Italia Srl

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
This presentation explores a number of classic design patterns from the GOF book from the Delphi language perspective, providing some implementation samples and offering an overview of patterns in object-oriented programming. The session covers a little of the theory, but mostly focuses on applying patterns to the daily use of Delphi such as plugging-in features to existing VCL components and applications.
Prerequisites: Good understanding of the Delphi language and of object-oriented programming.
Room: Continental Ballroom 4

3186  Domain Specific Languages vs. UML  
Karl Frank — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
This session provides an overview of the Domain Specific Language (DSL) concepts espoused by Microsoft spokesmen in the Software Factories book, and an example of how a UML-based approach can provide an alternative. An introduction to metamodels and their relationship to models, Java (or C# or C++) classes, and to runtime objects is also included.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with UML 1 or 2 and intermediate level expertise with any object-oriented language. The Domain Specific Language concept is explained in the following book, which it would be a good idea to look over before the session: Jack Greenfield et al. Software Factories: Assembling Applications with Patterns, Models, Frameworks, and Tools ©2004 by Wiley Publishing Inc., ISBN 0-471-20284-3..
Room: Continental Parlor 7

1130  CASE STUDY: Using Borland Enterprise Studio in a Multi-project Environment
Mark English — LogSec Corporation

Type: Case Study. Level: All.
This case study presents a real-world view of the US Army Environmental Center's rollout of the Borland Enterprise Studio tools across multiple projects and teams.
Prerequisites: Some practical knowledge of the Borland Enterprise Studio (JBuilder, CaliberRM, Starteam, Test Director) and the integration of the products in a working envirornment. Knowlegde of ALM concepts and software development lifecycles and project management also useful.

1132  Peer-to-peer Collaboration using JBuilder  
Charles Overbeck — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: All.
This session looks at the new peer-to-peer features in JBuilder 2006. Learn how different JBuilder users can chat and work on the same set of files at the same time via JBuilder project sharing, shared editing, and shared debugging features. Learn how to exchange stack traces and VCS configurations and how to do virtual pair programming. (The material in this session has been added to 1104 What's New in JBuilder)
Prerequisites: None.

2140  An Introduction to the Eclipse Graphical Modeling Framework  
Richard Gronback — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: Beginning.
(This session has been moved to a Birds-of-a-Feather session.)
The Eclipse Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF) project provides a generative bridge between the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) and Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) projects. Using GMF, one is able to design a set of diagram elements that relate to a domain model and generate a diagramming surface capable of visually working with that model. This presentation explores the GMF project and illustrate its effectiveness in rapidly providing a visual aspect to nearly any domain.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of modeling, Eclipse, and the UML helpful.

2152  StarTeam and CaliberRM: Deploying for Linux and Windows  
Leigh Crawford — HBS, an SXC Company

Type: Regular Session. Level: Beginning.
Many development environments are NOT solely based on Windows anymore. More developers are completing their work in Linux. So, how do they work with StarTeam and CaliberRM in this case? What if they are only using the non-graphical Linux? This session addresses deployment of CaliberRM and StarTeam in a Linux environment and will also cover those shops that utilize both Linux and Windows.
Prerequisites: Minimal familiarity with CaliberRM, StarTeam, Linux, and Windows.