New Agile Development Practices Conference - Coming to Orlando Don't miss
the chance to attend the first conference for software professionals
investigating or implementing agile development practices, processes,
technologies, and leadership principles. Explore the latest trends in agile
development approaches.

http://www.sqe.com/go?BSADP07M&TE

In the tradition of the XP Day conferences, XP Day Benelux 2007 is a two
day conference on all things agile for business and technical people from
all walks of life. This year's edition will be held in Mechelen, Belgium on
November 15th and 16th.

http://www.xpday.net

PHP experts arriving from more than 20 countries will come together at the
International PHP Conference in Frankfurt (Germany) from 4 to 7 November,
2007. Since its inception in 2001, the IPC has made history as one of the
elite conferences concerning PHP around the globe. With a sophisticated
conference program the IPC provides the ideal platform for endless learning
and networking possibilities.

http://phpconference.com

Whether you're building Java applications for IBM WebSphere, developing
applications using the Eclipse RCP, or collaborating on an open-source
project, if you use Eclipse, you should attend EclipseWorld 2007, November
6-8, 2007 in the Washington D.C area. Over 70 technical classes and
tutorials focus on techniques and practices to teach you how to build
better software using Eclipse. Register Today!

http://www.eclipseworld.net

Barcelona – October 2, 2007 – BEA Systems, Inc., a world leader in enterprise infrastructure software, today announced the latest releases of Tuxedo® and Services Architecture Leveraging Tuxedo (SALT), as well as a new product for monitoring and tracing Tuxedo-based applications and systems, Tuxedo System and Application Monitor (TSAM). The release of these products strengthens the company’s leadership position in mainframe replacement and raises the bar in application modernization. All  include several new features that are unmatched in helping to ensure enterprises can preserve and extend the life of mature, mission-critical applications written in C, C++ and COBOL without compromise while allowing these applications to be leveraged for SOA.

This article shows how continuous integration can help to keep projects on track with a rapid feedback on the product status.

SAN FRANCISCO—October 2, 2007—Interface21, a leading provider of trusted open source software for building and deploying mission-critical enterprise applications, today announced that it has partnered with Tasktop Technologies, creators of the Eclipse Mylyn project, to develop the Spring Tool Suite. This new Spring-specific tool solution will build on Eclipse and Mylyn to dramatically reduce the complexity of enterprise Java application development and maintenance.

Dallas, TX, September 27, 2007 - iTKO, Inc., a leading provider of testing solutions for integration and SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) software, announces enhanced native Integration Testing capabilities, ensuring end-to-end quality for integration backbone providers, including IBM MQ-Series, TIBCO, webMethods, Oracle FUSION, Sun JCAPS, Sonic MQ and other leading providers.

Methods & Tools is a free e-newsletter for software developers, testers and project managers. Fall 2007 issue's content:
* Measuring Integrated Progress on Agile Software Development Projects
* Lean Configuration Management
* Refactoring Your Development Process with Retrospectives
* Mass Customizing Solutions

40 pages of software development knowledge.

To download or read this issue go to http://www.methodsandtools.com/mt/download.php?fall07

If you want more effective programmers, you will discover that they should not waste their time debugging - they should not introduce the bugs to start with.

E. Dijkstra, The Humble Programmer, 1972.