Author: laurieh
Date: Sat Nov 12 20:23:07 2005
New Revision: 332885
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=332885&view=rev
Log:
Added committer bio for myself.
Modified:
struts/site/trunk/xdocs/volunteers.xml
Modified: struts/site/trunk/xdocs/volunteers.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/struts/site/trunk/xdocs/volunteers.xml?rev=332885&r1=332884&r2=332885&view=diff
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--- struts/site/trunk/xdocs/volunteers.xml (original)
+++ struts/site/trunk/xdocs/volunteers.xml Sat Nov 12 20:23:07 2005
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
<a name="statistics" />
<subsection name="List Subscribers and Downloads">
-
+
<p>In July 2005, there were more than 2800 subscribers to
STRUTS-USER (including the digest version). In addition to the
regular subscribers, an unknown number of developers read the lists
@@ -113,13 +113,16 @@
(wsmoak at apache.org)</li>
<li>
<strong>Gary VanMatre</strong>
- (gvanmatre at apache.org)</li>
+ (gvanmatre at apache.org)</li>
<li>
<strong>Sean Schofield</strong>
- (schof at apache.org)</li>
+ (schof at apache.org)</li>
<li>
<strong>Greg Reddin</strong>
- (greddin at apache.org)</li>
+ (greddin at apache.org)</li>
+ <li>
+ <strong>Laurie Harper</strong>
+ (laurieh at apache.org)</li>
</ul>
</subsection>
@@ -699,7 +702,7 @@
released. After a while I came off the user list because of the
volume of
traffic and just monitored the developers list. Late in 2003 I
migrated to
Struts 1.1, re-joined the user list and started submitting a few
patches.
- Was invited to become a Struts Committer in May 2004 and PMC
member in
+ Was invited to become a Struts Committer in May 2004 and PMC
member in
September 2004.
</p>
@@ -729,7 +732,7 @@
</p>
<h4 id="wsmoak">Wendy Smoak -- Committer</h4>
-
+
<p>In late 2001, I was asked to put information from a database on
the web, including a few forms to allow updates. By that time I had
been working with Java for a couple of years in class projects, but
@@ -746,102 +749,122 @@
asking questions on the user list naturally transformed into
answering them, which I've been doing ever since. I accepted an
invitation to become a Struts Committer in June, 2005.</p>
-
+
<h4 id="gvanmatre">Gary VanMatre -- Committer</h4>
-
- <p>I landed an internship in college working with the big blue
iron where
- I dappled in the craft of VSE COBOL and JCL. Through the 90's, I
worked my
- way into several client-server technologies (Visual Basic,
PowerBuilder and Delphi)
- and finally thought that I had learned the last programming
language I
+
+ <p>I landed an internship in college working with the big blue
iron where
+ I dappled in the craft of VSE COBOL and JCL. Through the 90's, I
worked my
+ way into several client-server technologies (Visual Basic,
PowerBuilder and Delphi)
+ and finally thought that I had learned the last programming
language I
would ever need to know, Forté Transactional Object Oriented
language (TOOL).</p>
-
- <p>I rode the Forté wave for several years and suddenly found
myself
- looking for work and feeling like a real "tool". An empty, dust
free
- self was just the right size for the proprietary distributed
object
+
+ <p>I rode the Forté wave for several years and suddenly found
myself
+ looking for work and feeling like a real "tool". An empty, dust
free
+ self was just the right size for the proprietary distributed object
solution once called Forté.</p>
-
- <p>In 2002, is when I found Java. While working a VB assignment,
- I decided the only hope I had of getting a competitive edge was to
- become a Sun Certified Java Programmer. With that card, I found an
- opportunity to become a Struts developer and began lurking about
the
+
+ <p>In 2002, is when I found Java. While working a VB assignment,
+ I decided the only hope I had of getting a competitive edge was to
+ become a Sun Certified Java Programmer. With that card, I found an
+ opportunity to become a Struts developer and began lurking about
the
Struts mailing lists in 2003.</p>
-
- <p>In late 2004, I started hearing a buzz about a new Struts
subproject
- and became very interested in the ideas. I also began acquiring a
stack
- of JSF books matching my Struts collection. My experience with
Struts,
- Tiles and something that Colorado Department of State calls
Rustts, gave
- me the idea that has become known as the Shale "Clay" plug-in. I
was
+
+ <p>In late 2004, I started hearing a buzz about a new Struts
subproject
+ and became very interested in the ideas. I also began acquiring a
stack
+ of JSF books matching my Struts collection. My experience with
Struts,
+ Tiles and something that Colorado Department of State calls
Rustts, gave
+ me the idea that has become known as the Shale "Clay" plug-in. I
was
invited to become a Struts Committer in July 2005.</p>
-
+
<h4 id="schof">Sean Schofield -- Committer</h4>
-
- <p>During a job interview in 2002 I was asked if I had any
experience with
- Struts. I told the interviewer that I had never heard of it.
That night
- when I got home I set out to figure out what Struts was all about.
It
- turns out I already knew it (sort of.) I had been spending a lot
of time
- researching design patterns and I was working with my own custom
framework
+
+ <p>During a job interview in 2002 I was asked if I had any
experience with
+ Struts. I told the interviewer that I had never heard of it.
That night
+ when I got home I set out to figure out what Struts was all about.
It
+ turns out I already knew it (sort of.) I had been spending a lot
of time
+ researching design patterns and I was working with my own custom
framework
that combined several patterns that I thought worked well
together.</p>
-
- <p>I then realized that I wasn't the only one trying to improve
the way in
- which complex web applications were being designed. Of course, as
with all
- open source projects, the result of several minds working together
is superior
- to that of a single mind working alone. I quickly abandoned my
custom
- framework in favor of Struts. A few years later I was the one
interviewing
+
+ <p>I then realized that I wasn't the only one trying to improve
the way in
+ which complex web applications were being designed. Of course, as
with all
+ open source projects, the result of several minds working together
is superior
+ to that of a single mind working alone. I quickly abandoned my
custom
+ framework in favor of Struts. A few years later I was the one
interviewing
people asking them if they knew Struts!</p>
-
- <p>Struts was also the beginning of my serious interest in open
source. Like
- many other committers I started out as a user, then became a
participant on
- the mailing lists, then started reporting bugs, then started
patching bugs and
- finally started proposing and supplying new features. The Struts
community
- was an invaluable resource for me, especially when it came to
getting advice on
+
+ <p>Struts was also the beginning of my serious interest in open
source. Like
+ many other committers I started out as a user, then became a
participant on
+ the mailing lists, then started reporting bugs, then started
patching bugs and
+ finally started proposing and supplying new features. The Struts
community
+ was an invaluable resource for me, especially when it came to
getting advice on
tricky design issues.</p>
-
- <p>In October 2005 I was invited to become a Struts Committer. I
have also been
- involved in a few other open source projects including
commons-lang and
- commons-chain. I am also a PMC member of the MyFaces project
where I spend
- most of my free time these days. My current interest in Struts
lies with the
+
+ <p>In October 2005 I was invited to become a Struts Committer. I
have also been
+ involved in a few other open source projects including
commons-lang and
+ commons-chain. I am also a PMC member of the MyFaces project
where I spend
+ most of my free time these days. My current interest in Struts
lies with the
Shale subproject.</p>
<h4 id="greddin">Greg Reddin -- Committer</h4>
-
+
<p>In early 2000 I was working on a client-server application that
was written in Visual Basic and C++. The decision was made to
rebuild the application as a web-based app using Java and JSP. We
bought into the MVC architecture and implemented it using Sun's
Blueprints with a JSP front controller. Then one of our architects
- came back from JavaOne raving about Struts. From that point on
+ came back from JavaOne raving about Struts. From that point on
there was no turning back for me.</p>
-
- <p>Over the years my involvement has come in spurts. If I was
+
+ <p>Over the years my involvement has come in spurts. If I was
working on a web-based project it was a given that this project
- would involve Struts. Finally, our organization was bitten by the
- SOA bug so it was "webapp no more" for a while. But I never
- bothered to unsubscribe from the Struts lists and always kept one
+ would involve Struts. Finally, our organization was bitten by the
+ SOA bug so it was "webapp no more" for a while. But I never
+ bothered to unsubscribe from the Struts lists and always kept one
ear tuned in to the chatter in my inbox.</p>
-
- <p>Finally I decided to plant myself back in the web tier with or
- without my employer's support and changed jobs. Very soon
+
+ <p>Finally I decided to plant myself back in the web tier with or
+ without my employer's support and changed jobs. Very soon
afterwards, in October 2005, I was invited to become a Struts
committer. This comes at a time when Tiles, my favorite part of
Struts, is seeing a lot of activity. I hope to play a large part
in digging the Standalone version out of the sandbox. I am also
- very interested in JSF, Shale, content management systems, and
+ very interested in JSF, Shale, content management systems, and
portals.</p>
-
- <p>The truth is I still haven't decided what I want to be when I
- grow up. In addition to my software pursuits I am also a
- <a href="http://www.reddin.org";>family man</a> and a
+
+ <p>The truth is I still haven't decided what I want to be when I
+ grow up. In addition to my software pursuits I am also a
+ <a href="http://www.reddin.org";>family man</a> and a
<a href="http://www.fattuesdayaudio.com";>musician</a>. If anyone
knows of any good methods of cloning yourself, please let me know!
I'm happy to be a part of this community and the Apache
Way.</p>
-
+
+ <h4 id="laurieh">Laurie Harper -- Committer</h4>
+
+ <p>I've been lurking on the fringes of the Struts project for
+ years, on and off, but it wasn't until early 2005 that I
+ became an active participant. I founded
+ <a href="http://www.zotechsoftware.com/";>Zotech Software</a>
+ and selected Struts as the framework on which we would build
+ our first product. I thought long and hard about how to give
+ back to the Open Source community from whose work we would
+ derive so much value, and decided that one important
+ contribution I could make would be to answer questions on
+ the Struts user list, among others. Over time, I found myself
+ wanting to add bits and peices to Struts itself, and began
+ submitting patches.</p>
+
+ <p>In October 2005 I was invited to become a committer. My
+ main interests lie with the core Struts framework and supporting
+ sub-projects, though I'm keeping an eye on Ti and some of the
+ other experimental work that's going on.</p>
+
</subsection>
</section>
<section>
<p class="right">
- <strong>Next:</strong> <a href="projects-overview.html">Subproject
Overview</a>
+ <strong>Next:</strong> <a href="projects-overview.html">Subproject
Overview</a>
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