Announcing 22nd DevClub.lv

2 year DevClub.lv is on it's way! And to celebrate it we will have free beer and Kinect games!

Please take in mind that this time DevClub.lv will be held at Microsoft Office (Zaļā iela 1).

This time on XXII DevClub.lv:

• Andrey Grave will talk about "Specification by Example" (Language – Russian)
  "Specification by example is a collaborative approach to defining requirements as executable examples instead of abstract statements. It is applied in the context of agile software development methods. This talk will be introduction into "Specification by example" practice – what it is, how it can help and in which situations. I will describe theoretical aspects of "Specification by example" as well as describe how it can be applied in the web project using Cucumber tool." Tags: agile, collaboration, testing, automation

  Andrey Grave is passionate software developer with broad experience in all kind of organizations, projects and roles. He believes that software development is magic power of our time because as a software developer you can create anything from nothing. Currently he works as developer/business analyst/QA/operations in a startup called Buyerdeck and is involved in a craftsmans.lv project.

• Janis Orlovs from KPMG Baltics will talk about "Dark Side of IT Operations" (Language – English)
  "Every day IT staff does the job of keeping infrastructures and application lights on, users happy and business rolling. But there is always tar drops in honey barrels, we as IT staff manage to make these tasks much more complicated and painful as it should be. I will share my previous experience when IT operations gone wild and wrong." Tags: professionalism, devops, best practices not implemented, IT operations

  Janis is a system administrator of a few years experience in fast moving financial services sector ecosystem companies.

• Eduards Sizovs will talk about "Continuos Delivery" (Language – Russian)
  "In this talk Eduards will introduce Continuous Delivery – a practice of shipping software frequently and in small increments. You'll learn benefits of CD, how to introduce it in your company and why free food is over. You'll have a chance to discuss more advanced aspects of CD with Eduards just after the talk."
  Tags: Continuos Delivery, XP, Lean

  Eduards is software craftsman passionate about every aspect of software development. During his IT journey towards mastery he's been walking in programmer's, architect's, technical leader's and IT manager's shoes, attacking the most pressing issues of huge enterprises and cozy start-ups. Eduards strongly believes that mix of right attitude, mastery and vision can make software industry flourish. Eduards runs his small software consultancy house in Riga, actively contributes to open source projects, speaks on conferences and consults various teams around the world on technical and organisational aspects of software development.

C.T.Co is looking for experienced .Net Software Architect.

Gojko Adzic will be in Riga with Specification by Example training.

Accenture is inviting PHP Developer, Front-end Developer, Java Architect and .Net Developer.

Thanks to our sponsors: Devtraining, Accenture and