P&P Summit: Quebec City 2008

I'm very excited to announce that I've been selected to speak at the next Patterns & Practices Summit that will take place in Quebec City, May 6-8 2008.  That will be great because Quebec City is celebrating it's 400th anniversary in 2008.

Here's my topic:
Revisiting the Data Layer
Let’s face it, most if not all the enterprise applications you’re architecting involve retrieving some kind of data stored in a relational database. For years we’ve been designing our applications into logical layers, one being the data access layer where the data access code is located. That layer was supposed to shield the application developers from the changes occurring at the database level but the reality is that we usually create strong coupling and dependencies between our layers. In this talk, we will see how to design a better decoupled data access layer. We will also look at some exciting new advancements in data access technologies and see where it make sense to use them.

Thanks so much to Joel Quimper and Keith Pleas.

My good friend Mario Cardinal was also selected.  Here's his topic:
Decrease Coupling and Raise Cohesion
This presentation presents simple but well proven design principles that simplify managing dependencies between elements composing a .Net program. During this presentation you will understand why architects worry so much about coupling and cohesion. We will terminate the presentation with a discussion about a static code analysis tool that enables architects as well as developers to easily identify problems with coupling and cohesion.