James Carr
Software Craftsman
James is a contractor in the St.Louis area that shares a passion for software craftsmanship and has enjoyed software development since he wrote his first program in Basic on the Tandy Color Computer 3 way back in 1988.In addition to a passion for technology, he also has a keen interest in improving teamwork and collaboration through interactive activities to get people thinking creatively and develop stronger, richer communication channels with their stakeholders.
Presentations
Behavior Driven Development with Client Side Javascript
1:30 PM MDT
Back in 2004 there wasn't much in the world of test driven development for javascript… you just had jsunit. Since then there has been an explosion of frameworks for javascript and it is almost to the point
where it is difficult to choose the right one.
Come find out about a handful of some of the most popular ones and a comparison of their pros, cons, support within other frameworks, and much more. Also covered will be some tips and tricks for handling difficult to describe code and hooking tests up to run through a CI server.
NodeJS Bootcamp
3:15 PM MDT
You might have heard a bit about nodejs, now it's time to get fully immersed in it and not just learn it in detail but gear up to start becoming an active member of the nodejs development community.
We'll show you how to get started at creating your own node modules and how to package them up for distribution. This will be a hands on lab to get all the essential tools setup and at the end you will have a
package that anyone can install via npm (thing of ruby gem for nodejs) and start using right away.
Since node.js currently doesn't work on plain windows, you will need a laptop with BSD, Linux, OSX or if you have windows you will need cygwin installed with common development tools (g++, python, make, etc).
NodeJS Bootcamp
5:00 PM MDT
You might have heard a bit about nodejs, now it's time to get fully immersed in it and not just learn it in detail but gear up to start becoming an active member of the nodejs development community.
We'll show you how to get started at creating your own node modules and how to package them up for distribution. This will be a hands on lab to get all the essential tools setup and at the end you will have a
package that anyone can install via npm (thing of ruby gem for nodejs) and start using right away.
Since node.js currently doesn't work on plain windows, you will need a laptop with BSD, Linux, OSX or if you have windows you will need cygwin installed with common development tools (g++, python, make, etc).