OOUG Meeting Agenda October 21, 2004

Presenting Steven Feuerstein:

This Old Program, These Old Programmers

"This Old Program, These Old Programmers"  takes a close look at how to revolutionize the way you write your PL/SQL programs, in terms of specific coding techniques, leveraging new features of PL/SQL, and revamping the human processes that are the core of software development. You will leave this seminar with a new and inspired outlook on writing PL/SQL applications! This seminar is broken up into three sections:

  • Guidelines for high quality development: key elements required to ensure that the code you right meets user requirements, works efficiently and is very maintainable.
  • Doing it right the first time: Steven steps through the process of implementing Codecheck, a QA utility for PL/SQL developers. He applies best practices, as well as new features of Oracle8i and Oracle9i. Your eyes will be opened to a new and better way of writing code!
  • Fixing it right the second time: No matter how disciplined we are, there is always room for improvement. Steven in this portion of the class introduces the concept of refactoring. He demonstrates how you can go back into existing applications and rigorously improve its inner design, structure and overall robustness.

The OOUG meeting will be a full-day seminar taught by Steven Feuerstein, the renowned Oracle PL/SQL programming author and teacher.  In addition to the seminar, the meeting includes:

  • a free copy for each attendee of the recently updated Oracle PL/SQL Language Quick Reference from O'Reilly, which provides a handy reference to all aspects of the PL/SOL language up through Oracle9i Release 2
  • Data Dictionary for Oracle 10g poster from CA
  • V$ Views for Oracle Database 10g poster from TUSC
  • breakfast, lunch, and snacks
  • book and t-shirts from O'Reilly and Associates
  • additional raffle prizes

Meeting Fee:

This meeting requires an additional registration fee. The fee chart is shown below.

Attendee Early-Bird
before 09/01/2004		 Standard
after 08/31/2004
OOUG Member $100 $125
Non-Member $150 $175

Meeting Location:
Dublin Community Recreation Center at Coffman Park (Click For Map)
5600 Post Rd
Dublin, OH 43017
(614) 410-4550

Meeting Schedule:
Time Speaker & Topic
  8:00a -  9:00a Registration / Coffee, tea, fruit, pastry
  9:00a - 11:30a Morning session
11:30a - 12:30p Lunch
 12:30p -  4:30p Afternoon Session