Typical OO development techniques assume systems with relatively large memories. Developers working with tight memory requirements need the flexibility and encapsulation that OO can provide, but cannot afford to produce large systems. This tutorial will describe how you can use OO techniques in a memory-constrained environment. Using design patterns and practical examples, this tutorial will teach the most important techniques that successful OO designers use for small memory software. After attending this tutorial, participants will be able to: prepare a memory budget; design a software architecture and component interfaces to minimize memory use; track memory consumption through the development process; and tailor user interfaces for small software. The tutorial balances direct presentations (for overviews and to present each pattern) and case study exercises (to reflect on patterns and see how they can be applied). Attendee Background: This tutorial targets anyone planning, or involved in, development of OO applications in limited memory. This tutorial is most useful to developers with a year’s experience using an OO language and technical team leaders. Experience of memory-limited systems is helpful but not essential. Presenters: Dr. James Noble has recently returned home to lecture at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. While in Sydney, he established the Sydney Patterns Group, the first patterns group in the Southern Hemisphere, and he has extensive experience lecturing, teaching, and mentoring with software design, user interface design, and design patterns. Charles Weir is co-founder and managing director of Penrillian, a software house specialising in components for mobile communicators. Charles has more than fifteen years’ experience as a software engineer and consultant in OO techniques. He was Symbian technical lead for the Ericsson MC218 communicator project, and software architect for the Psion Series 5 Web Browser. He is co-author of the book, Small Memory Software, and has led many courses and workshops on OO design and implementation.

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