The Colorado Springs Open Source Software Meetup Group …

AGENDA5:30 - 6:00 PM - Food, Drinks & Networking6:00 - 6:05 PM - Announcements6:05 - 8:00 PM - Speaker8:00 - 8:10 PM - Door Prize DrawingsTOPIC ABSTRACTFrom Zero to Continuous Delivery - Concepts, Culture and OverviewContinuous delivery is not a pipe-dream technology, reserved only for the cool kids at hip tech startups. Although it's not easy, many concepts are within reach of most teams. That being said, it require more than simple technology changes. Attend this session to learn the fundamental concepts of CD, how to build your CD pipeline with Gradle and Jenkins, and recommendations on tools and best practices.No prior knowledge is assumed and this talk will start from first principles.Part one begins with a detailed overview of what CD is (and isn't) and how to build a business case for CD. Making both the technical case and business case for CD is vital as it's necessary to get the entire organization on board with the changes required.Part two is a deeper dive into building a continuous delivery pipeline with Gradle and Jenkins (although the broader concepts can be applied to the tooling of your choice) You'll see how easily Gradle integrates with Java and how to leverage configuration management and gradle plugins to build all of your quality gates.SPEAKER BIOGRAPHYMichael CarducciFor nearly 20 years, Michael was a software engineer moonlighting as a magician. Now he's a magician moonlighting as a software engineer. In both endeavors he has dedicated himself to mastery and has gained deep insights both from his eclectic interests, entrepreneurial spirit, and experience that spans the full stack, the entire project lifecycle, and several technologies,His time is equally divided between performing around the world, jumping out of perfectly good airplanes, and building software that doesn't suck.OUR SPONSORSWebsite Sponsor: HSC Careers (http://hsccareers.com)Food Sponsor: Polaris Alpha (http://www.polarisalpha.com)Venue Sponsor: Polaris Alpha (http://www.polarisalpha.com)Door Prize Sponsors: Jetbrains (http://www.jetbrains.com) - Software license (Several products to choose from)Book Sponsor: OReilly Publishing (http://www.oreilly.com) - Technical e-books

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