In the Spotlight - Chris Richardson

Chris Richardson

Author of POJOs in Action

Chris Richardson is a developer, architect and mentor with over 20 years of experience and is the author of the recently published book "POJOs in Action". He runs a consulting company that helps development teams become more productive and successful by adopting POJOs and lightweight frameworks. Chris has been a technical leader at a variety of companies including Insignia Solutions and BEA Systems. Chris has a computer science degree from the University of Cambridge in England. He lives in Oakland, CA with his wife and three children.























Presentations by Chris Richardson

Testing Rich Domain Models

A domain model encapsulates data and behavior together into expressive domain objects. Testing is not only important for verifying domain behavior, but also measuring the suitability of the design. In this session, Chris will show you testing techniques that build confidence in your code and help you improve your design."

Improving Application Design with a Rich Domain Model

In this presentation, you will learn how to improve your applications by implementing business logic using a rich domain model. Chris will refactor a procedural design into an object-oriented design and illustrate the benefits of using the object-oriented approach. You will learn how to identify procedural code smells and eliminate them by refactoring your code - something you can start doing the Monday morning after the conference."









Books by Chris Richardson

by Chris Richardson

  • POJOs in Action describes the new, easier ways to develop enterprise Java applications. It describes how to make key design decisions when developing business logic using POJOs, including how to organize and encapsulate the business logic, access the database, manage transactions, and handle database concurrency. This book is a new-generation Java applications guide: it enables readers to successfully build lightweight applications that are easier to develop, test, and maintain.
  • Available At: http://www.chrisrichardson.net/pia.html




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Monday, December 10, 2007

This Wednesday I'm off to the Spring Experience where I am giving a couple of presentations on building and testing rich domain models. I'm excited about going for a few different reasons.

Monday, November 12, 2007

Today, I was reminded why it's a good idea to end a programming session with a failing test (suggested by Kent Beck in his TDD book). Last week I went to the excellent QCon conference and hadn't worked on my client's application sinceTuesday. As you

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

At SpringOne 2007 I gave two talks. The first was on improving application design with a rich domain model. The second was on building applications with the Spring framework. The video of that presentation is now available.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

It's a busy three weeks. This week I'm focussed on developing my client's application. But last week I was in Dallas teaching the 3 day version of my POJO development class . And, next week I'll be at the Colorado Software Summit.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

When I review a client's application I need to quickly understand and analyze a large of amount of code. Up until now I've relied on open source tools but I am now considering adding a commercial product to the arsenal.