Thursday, September 16, 2010
Detroit Area Fox User Group (DAFUG) presents:
Southwest Fox Rehearsal Doubleheader

1) "Agile and Lean Development Applied to Visual FoxPro" by Toni Feltman

Toni is going to present a shortened version of her Agile and Lean pre-conference session.

Agile and Lean Development practices are gaining a lot of traction in the development world at large, but are largely misunderstood and

frowned upon by VFP developers. Dismissing these practices is a huge mistake. Agile and Lean practices can be fit into any organization and

can boost the productivity and job satisfaction of any developer. In this session we'll discuss the underlying principles of both of these

approaches. Many advocates of these approaches take an all-or-nothing approach that smacks of elitism and zealotry. That will not be the

case with this session. Instead, we'll look at each of the individual pieces and principles of these approaches from the standpoint of what

makes sense for you and your organization - which is the original intent behind all of them.

You will learn:
- The basics behind Agile Approach to Development
- The basics behind Lean Development
- How to apply Agile and Lean concepts to new VFP Development
- How to apply Agile and Lean concepts to VFP systems currently under development and/or in maintenance mode

2) "jQuery for VFP Developers" by Paul Mrozowski

jQuery is an open source Javascript library that can be used in your web applications and in desktop applications if you are using the

Internet Explorer web control. It greatly simplifies multi-browser web development and provides a simple but powerful interface for

client-side scripting.

jQuery currently seems to be all the rage in the web development realm. Wondering what all the fuss is about, or just want to learn the

basics so you can get started with it? This is the session for you - we'll talk about what problems jQuery solves, how jQuery can help you

enhance your web applications, and the basics of what you need to know to take advantage of it.

While this session isn't intended to be an introduction to Javascript, we'll cover some of the basic syntax as it applies to jQuery so even

novice web/Javascript developers should be able to follow along. If you're doing (or thinking about doing) any web development and aren't

currently using jQuery, you'll benefit from this session.

You will learn:
- What jQuery is
- The basics of the API
- Enough to be dangerous


Holiday Inn Express - Southfield
25100 Northwestern HWY
Southfield, MI 48075

Small Meeting Room on 1st Floor

Hope to see you there.
More DAFUG details at http://www.dafug.org

Agenda:
6:00 - 8:00 Presentation
8:00 - ? Food
Meetings are typically followed by food, FoxPro, and developer discussion at a local restaurant.

Future Planned DAFUG Meetings and Speakers:
October 7, 2010 - Christof Wollenhaupt, Southwest Fox Rehearsal
November 18, 2010 - TBD
December 9, 2010 - Jennifer Marsman, New Stuff in VS 2010

DAFUG meets on the second or third Thursday of the month (except for July).

Admission to DAFUG meetings will be granted free to anyone for 1 (one) meeting. After that you must either join the group (at the low cost

of $30 a year, $15 for a half year) or you will be asked to pay $5 per meeting you attend. The $5 will grant you admission but no other

rights or privileges of membership.

Mary Pilon, Secretary for DAFUG