Rick at SwaNH asked if I could fill in on a panel discussing future
software directions. This was better, imo, than having no GNHLUG
representation at all. Next year, I'm hoping we can try better to
have a slate of presentations ready to propose when the Call for
Papers goes out. I have the impression our suggestions would be
welcomed, just not thirteen days before they are supposed to pull off
the conference.
I have the problematic task of a ten-minute presentation on "Managing
for Quality & Performance: Latest in Development Tools & Techniques"
described (here: http://swanh.parkerhill.com/infoxchange/events.htm)
as "Utilizing product lifecycle innovations to deliver better
applications on time & on budget"
My plan is to briefly point out and make parallels between Software
Development in general, from waterfall to XP, COBOL to AOP, and point
to some of the up-and-coming tools and techniques out there: Eclipse,
Subversion, Unit Testing, Python, Ruby, AJAX, wxWidgets, Social
Software (wikis, blogs and RSS), QuantaPlus, Mozilla/Venkman/
SeaMonkey, a few pithy quotes from esr's TAOUP, and Small Things
Loosely Joined. Along with a joke of two. That should fill ten
minutes, eh?
I would welcome others insights into what they believe the Software
Tools of the Future are, in concrete URLs or general terms.
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