Joe is a founder and principal of The Refactory, Inc., he runs his own consulting and mentoring business, and also volunteers for The Hillside Group.
Adaptive Object Model Researcher and Design Pattern Writer
Joe currently resides in Urbana, Illiinois. He runs two companies, works on software development projects, authors pattern papers, and enjoys the day to day life of a traveler and consultant. Joe supports the local community through a portal site titled CU Local Biz.com. He enjoys riding his Harley, cycling Central Illinois trails, listening to a variety of music, and spending time with friends and family.
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I'm going back to Poland already, but this time I'll be visiting Gdańsk. A client of mine has asked me to teach a course on Advanced Object Oriented Analysis and Design with Patterns. If you'll be in the area and would like to get together, contact me.
I flew to Haifa, Israel, where I taught a Test-Driven Development (TDD) course for a client of mine. This was be my first trip to Israel, and I was excited about getting the opportunity to see some sites and try some of the local cuisine. I was also fortunate enough to be leaving the country as the aggression began on the Gaza Strip.
I was excited to head back to Kraków for JDD 2012. While at the Java developers conference, I presented a talk called "When Should You Consider Meta-Architectures? Using Meta to Scale the Cloud." I also spoke on the subject, "Pragmatic, Not Dogmatic TDD: Rethinking How We Test" with Rebecca Wirfs-Brock.
I traveled to Tucson Arizona to attend the 19th Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs. While there, I will hosted a PLoP Bootcamp with Rebecca Wirfs-Brock. This year, I served on the Planning Committee and as Director of Local Operations for PLoP 2012, and also attended SPLASH while in Arizona.
I returned to Sao Paolo to follow up with the client I consulted in September.
I am excited to have made my first trip to Malaysia. The purpose of my trip was to teach a course on Pragmatic Test Driven Development. While there, I also visited with a friend and took the time to do a bit of site seeing.
I attended Agile2012 in Dallas, Texas this August. While there, I gave a talk with Rebecca Wirfs-Brock about test driven development called "Pragmatic, Not Dogmatic TDD: Rethinking how we test." We also hosted a workshop entitled,"Testing System Qualities."
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Can be downloaded from my website. I add new material as it's been published.
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Joe Yoder
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