Simon Brown

Depending on your viewpoint, I'm either a software architect who codes or a software developer who understands architecture. When I'm not developing software with .NET or Java, I can usually be found consulting, coaching or training. I have also written books about Java, presented at industry events and run a couple of training courses. One is called Software Architecture for Developers, which is based upon my software architecture writing at Coding the Architecture. The other is called Enterprise Software Developer, which is based around the work that I do helping software teams improve the way that they build software.

Presentations

I've presented a number of sessions over the past few years at events ranging from the QCon, DevWeek, Software Architect and JavaOne conferences through to internal and external special interest/user groups. Here's a subset of the most recent presentations along with links to download the slides

2010

Software architecture for developers (QCon London 2010)
A developer's guide to load testing (DevWeek 2010, London)
Improving quality with an automated build process (DevWeek 2010, London)
A developer's guide to load testing (BCS, Jersey)
Improving quality with an automated build process (BCS, Jersey)

2009

Broadening the T (Software Architect 2009, London)
Documenting your software architecture - why and how? (Software Architect 2009, London)
From Developer to Architect (Software Architect 2009, London)
From Developer to Architect (DevWeek 2009, London)
An introduction to the Java platform for .NET developers (DevWeek 2009, London)
Flex, Silverlight or JavaFX - which should you choose? (DevWeek 2009, London)
Pitfalls for new software architects (DevWeek 2009, London)

2008

The role of the software architect in successful projects (BCS, Jersey)
Why software projects fail (Software Architect 2008, London)
From Developer to Architect (Software Architect 2008, London)
From Developer to Architect (QCon, London)

2007

What can JMX do for you? (QCon, London)