Dru Sellers will be delivering a developer oriented presentation on messaging for enterprise applications. We only have to look at Amazon SQS and the rise of languages like ERLANG today to see that messaging is a hot topic. But why? We will address the topic of bringing a message oriented architecture into you enterprise. What messages are, how they add value, how they are similar to how we program today, and how they are different. We will review moving from a procedural or OO progamming style to a message based one as well as the new architectural capabilities made available by using this style of programming. We will also cover the future of what messaging might be, what services we might see as a result of this technology.

Location: JCCC, Carlsen Center, Room 211

Time: April 7th, 5:30 - 7:30

Registration (required): http://kcit.eventbrite.com

Bio:
Dru Sellers is currently the Solutions Architect the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, a $59 billion wholesale lender. For the past eight years, Dru has been building enterprise applications using the Microsoft .Net platform in various industries. Dru is currently focused on architecting enterprise integration platforms using messaging and metadata driven solutions. Having over seven years of open source software development, Dru has been exposed to a variety of project styles and interesting attempts to solve various problems. Dru has an in-depth appreciation for the alignment of business and technology with a degree in International Business and passion for technology.

Projects:
masstransit: open source .net implementation of the ESB pattern.
http://masstransit-project.com

topshelf: the simplest way to get started with windows services
http://topshelf-project.com

Site/Blog:
http://drusellers.com

http://codebetter.com/blogs/dru.sellers/

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