The Life and Times of a Java Developer at Microsoft

The Life and Times of a Java Developer at Microsoft
Speaker: Martin Woodward

Martin is an Eclipse plug-in developer working for the mother of all Microsoft shops – the Visual Studio team itself. His team builds the Eclipse plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server. His work is 99.99% Java code, with a sprinkling of JNI. In this session he will give the developers perspective on what life is like coding in Java inside the company, discuss the tools, procedures and agile methodologies they use and explain the challenges Martin’s team had to overcome when integrating their Eclipse development efforts in a predominately Microsoft technology based organization.

Martin Woodward is the Program Manager of the Cross Platform Tools team for Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. He is an active member of many online and offline technology communities and has been a contributor to open source projects including CruiseControl and Eclipse PDE. Prior to joining Microsoft, Martin worked for several large organizations as a systems integration consultant primarily specializing in J2EE based solutions for high volume web sites. Martin is a well-known member of the Application Lifecycle Management community, is an author and a regular speaker on the topic at many events internationally. You can find him on his blog at https://www.woodwardweb.com , his podcast at https://www.radiotfs.com or contact him via Twitter @martinwoodward.

The Life and Times of a Java Developer at Microsoft at JAX 2011
05.05.2011 | 15:30 - 16:30 Uhr | Watfordsaal II