Monthly Archives: March 2008

XP Day Paris rescheduled to May 5 & 6

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

XP Day Paris 2008 (warning: as of March 22nd, the site still states the wrong date) was planned for May 12 & 13, but the organizers had to advance it by a week to May 5 & 6. It sounds … Continue reading →

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Valtech Sponsors CITCON Amsterdam

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

The Conference on Continuous Integration & Testing is taking place this year in Denver (April 4 & 5), Melbourne (June 27 & 28) and Amsterdam (October 3 & 4).

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AgileOpen – Should Agilists Regroup?

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

At AgileOpen, A session I suggested was particularly lively: Should Agilists Regroup? A couple of weeks ago, I had listened to the Naked Agilists podcast, where Brian Marick had expressed his view that the Agile population had been diluted in … Continue reading →

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GWT beta now compatible with JDK 1.5

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Everybody seems to agree that GWT is great. However, one point that has long been considered a problem is its lack of compatibility with JDK 1.5 (though many people did not really understand that GWT actually still works fine in … Continue reading →

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Paris JUG Rocks On

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

With its second installment yesterday evening, Paris JUG is confirmed as the de facto meeting place for Java enthusiasts in Paris.

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Using Fitnesse with DoFixture From FitLibrary

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I like FitLibrary and I like Fitnesse. However, there is really one thing to keep in mind when migrating from plain old ActionFixtures under Fitnesse to DoFixtures.

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The Poignant Guide to Ruby

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I love wacky things (not sure if I love wacky people, but that’s another problem). I love programming. Oh, and I love books, too. Put the three together and you get: “I love wacky books about programming”. It’s true! I … Continue reading →

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Back from AgileOpen France 2008

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I just returned from AgileOpen France, an Open Space Technology conference organized by Bernard Notarianni, Raphaël Pierquin and Emmanuel Gaillot, in the footsteps of AgileOpen Europe. All in all, it has been a good conference.

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AgileOpen France is the day after tomorrow

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

The AgileOpen France conference is opening this Wednesday for 3 days, and I am going with my colleagues Etienne and Yannick.

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