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Jon Jagger

Quick Links

Annotated C# book now published
occasional software blog
online C# Programming Course
hyperlinked C# 1.0 specification
hyperlinked C# 1.0 grammar
Microsoft Press C# book
C#: struct/class Differences
C#: Exception Handling
C#: Programmers Overview
How to Write A Loop (recent article)
The Nature And Aesthetics of Design (another recent article)

Experience/Events

2000 - present
{ JSL }, Somerset, UK
Software Trainer-Designer-Consultant-Mentor-Programmer-etc

I'm the invited speaker at the BCS Software Practice Advancement meeting in London on Thursday 5^th January 2005. more info.
one of my articles has won Overload article of the year!
I'll be speaking at the ACCU 2005 conference April 19^th - 23^rd.
invited speaker at the BCS Software Practice Advancement meeting in Newcastle on Thursday 7^th December 2004. talk synopsis
attended the September 2004 ECMA TC39 C#/CLI meetings hosted by Microsoft in Seattle (w/c 20^th).
attended the June 2004 ECMA TC39 C#/CLI meetings hosted by Microsoft in Seattle (w/c 14^th).
spoke at the ACCU 2004 Spring Conference April 14th-17th.
attended the March 2004 ECMA TC39 C#/CLI meetings hosted by Monash University in Melbourne (w/c 15th).
attended the Jan 2004 ECMA TC39 C#/CLI meetings hosted by Plum Hall in Kona, Hawaii.
presented a masterclass for the DotNet Developers Group on 15 Jan 2004 at Microsofts UK campus at Reading. Read feedback
delivered 5 day course: UML and object orientation. Read feedback
delivered 3 day course: UML and object orientation. Read feedback
delivered 3 day course: Introduction to C# and .NET. Read feedback
{JSL} hosted the October 2003 ECMA TC39 C#/CLI meeting in Somerset, UK.
delivered 5 day course: Java Programming. Read feedback
delivered 5 day course: Java Programming. Read feedback
delivered 5 day course: C# Programming. Read feedback
presented a talk on Sauce (an OO recursive descent parser; its design and implementation) at the ACCU Spring Conference, Oxford, UK, 2nd April 2003
delivered 5 day course: C# Programming. Read feedback
attended the March 2003 ECMA TC39 C#/CLI meeting hosted by Intel in San Jose, USA. Appointed convenor of the C# Task Group.
attended the ECMA TC39 C#/CLI meetings hosted by Microsoft in Seattle, USA.
delivered 5 day course: C# Programming. Read feedback
delivered 5 day course: object oriented design in C++ (with UML). Read feedback
delivered 3 day course: C programming. Read feedback
delivered 5 day course: UML and object orientation. Read feedback
attended the ISO/IEC TC39 CLI/C# ballot resolution meeting in Hawai'i as the PUKE! (Principal UK Expert).
delivered 2 day course: OO-UML-C++ training. Read feedback
slowly writing another book on programming in C#. I plan to make all of it available from this site. Eventually.
delivered 2 day training/mentoring on Multi-threaded C++ for Embedded Systems. Read feedback View slides:

delivered 3 day course: UML essentials. Read feedback.
interviewed (together with John Sharp) by Microsoft Press about C#. Read interview.
delivered 5 day course: UML and object orientation. Read feedback
converted the ECMA C# Language specification into XML using PERL and then converted the XML into hyperlinked HTML using XSLT/CSS. Read feedback.
delivered 3 day course: UML essentials. Read feedback.
designed and implemented a subset of STL targetted at embedded C++.
wrote and delivered a 90 minute presentation entitled Some Cool Stuff in C# to the NOOPS branch of the BCS (British Computer Society).
wrote my own 5 day instructor led course on C# Programming. Read feedback
wrote and delivered two 90 minute presentations on C# in Detail at the ACCU 2001 Spring conference.
delivered 5 day course: Object Oriented Design for C++. Read feedback
co authored (with John Sharp) the Microsoft Press book: Visual C# Step by Step

delivered the first train-the-trainer of the Introduction to C# course (2124) at Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Seattle. Read feedback
delivered first Beta teach of the Introduction to C# course (2124) at Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Seattle.
worked on behalf of Content Master writing their Introduction to C# training course which is now an official Microsoft course (2124).
delivered C# presentations on UK MsDev tour

1997-2000
QA Training, Cirencester, UK.
Course manager, product consultant, senior lecturer:

Object-Oriented Design for Java
Object-Oriented Design for C++
Java for C/C++ Programmers
Java for non-C Programmers
Advanced C++ Development Techniques
C++ for C Programmers
C++ for non-C Programmers
C++ Primer
Object-Orientation Analysis and Design using the UML
Object-Oriented Software Development
Object-Oriented Primer for Software Developers
Advanced C
C Programming
C Primer

1994 -1997 News Digital Systems
Programmer: digital TV, soft real-time, multi-threaded Solaris. C++,SQL
1991 -1994 Sheffield Hallam University
Computer advisor: PC/UNIX LAN/WAN administration Computer lecturer: C, Pascal, C++, Design: M.Sc. and H.N.D.
1989 -1991 British Aerospace;
Programmer: database clustering research. Prolog, C

Publications

Single Exit Overload 57, October 2003
Software As Read Overload 57, October 2003
How To Write a Loop Overload 55, June 2003
The Nature and Aesthetics of Design An extended book review. Overload 54, April 2003.
C#: struct/class Differences February 2003
A C++ type that doesn't like being ignored Overload 53, February 2003
Exception Handling in C# Overload 51, October 2002
Even More Java Exceptions Overload 50, August 2002
A Programmers Overview of C# Overload 49, June 2002, ObjectiveView 7, March 2003
Mostly Comments CVu 12.3, May 2000
More Ruminations on cow_ptr<type> Overload 33, August 1999
Compile Time Assertions in C Revisited CVu 11.5, July 1999
Review of cow_ptr<type> Overload 32, June 1999
copy_on_write_ptr<type> Overload 31, April 1999
Compile Time Assertions in C CVu 11.3, March 1999
Write to Learn Overload 30, February 1999
Abstraction, syntax, intent CVu 11.2, January 1999
counted_ptr<type> Revisited Overload 29, December 1998
counted_ptr<type> Overload 25, April 1998
pointer<type> Overload 24, February 1998
{ yourself } Rock and Unroll CVu 10.2, January 1998
{ yourself } Macro Hunter CVu 10.1, November 1997
{ yourself } Silent Changes CVu 9.5, July 1997
{ yourself } #define Just Say NO CVu 9.4, May 1997
{ yourself } #include CVu 9.3, March 1997
auto_ptr || !auto_ptr Overload 17, January 1997
{ yourself } Quine CVu 9.2, January 1997
{ yourself } switch CVu 9.1, November 1996
{ yourself } Addition is Associative CVu 8.6, September 1996
An Alternative Debug Function Macro C/C++ Users Journal, October 1995

Presentations

Sauce ACCU Spring Conference. Oxford. 5^th April 2003.
Some Cool Stuff in C# BCS NOOPS. Newcastle. November 2001.
C# in Detail ACCU Spring Conference. Oxford. 29^th March 2001
Reflections on C++ JaCC/EXE conference. Oxford. 25^th March 2000
3rd Generation C++. European DevWeek/C++ World. London. 18^th February 2000
The Meaning of Code. JaCC/EXE conference. Oxford. 17^th September 1999

Professional Memberships

Association of C and C++ Users. #94012i
Association of Computing Machinery. #4672473
British Computer Society. #M0835080
Engineering Council. C.Eng. #483215

Education

1986 -1989 University College Cardiff Computer Science, B.Sc. Hons. 1^st

Additional Professional Activities

ECMA TC39 C# convenor.
C# UK panel member. The first UK C# panel meeting was held on the 15^th July 2002.
C++ UK panel member. The UK C++ panel votes on the ISO/IEC C++ standard (number 14882, ratified 1998). Meeting are held regularly at BSI Chiswick, where the UK formal position is discussed and agreed.
ACCU secretary 1996 -1999. The Association of C and C++ Users is a non-profit making organization run by and for software engineers. ACCU is affiliated to the BCS. ACCU holds major conferences each year with headline speakers such as Bjarne Stroustrup, Herb Sutter, Dan Saks, P.J.Plauger, Kevlin Henney.

Personal Information

Date of birth: 23^rd November 1966
Place of birth: Nkana, Zambia (British National)
Married: to the beautiful Natalie
Our children: Ellie Penny Patrick (also beautiful but I could be biased)

Hobbies

With three kids I don't get much spare time, but what I've got I mostly spend working on my Marlin Roadster (short wheel base, British Racing Green). Occasionally I go fishing (my childhood passion). On Wednesday's I bash a ball about in a pathetic excuse for tennis.

{ JSL }

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