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Conquering XML with LINQ in Visual Basic 9.0

Community
.NET
Topics
XML Databinding

In Visual Basic 9.0, XML becomes a built-in data type with a rich editing experience that completely eliminates the conceptual barrier between the code that you write and the XML that you're trying to express. It will cover tips, tricks, and gotchas so that developers reach peak performance when programming against XML with LINQ in Visual Basic 9.0.

News about QCon San Francisco 2007

Interview: Ola Bini Discusses JRuby

Community
Java,
Ruby
Topics
Runtimes,
Language,
JRuby

In this interview, Ola Bini talks about various aspects of developing JRuby, such as the long struggle to get compatible Regular expressions to work. Other discussed topics include JRuby's chances in the enterprise, the future of both Ruby and JRuby and what role JRuby will take.

Presentation: Designing for Testability

Community
Java
Topics
Software Testing,
Unit Testing

In this presentation from QCon San Francisco 2007, Cedric Beust and Alexandru Popescu discuss interesting features of TestNG such as grouping of tests, data providers for tests and dependency handling in tests, tips for designing easily testable code such as eliminating statics, extreme encapsulation and TDD, the importance of functional versus unit testing, and migrating from JUnit to TestNG.

Presentation: Chet Haase on Java FX, Update N and JDK 7

Community
Java
Topics
Media,
Runtimes

In this presentation from QCon San Francisco 2007, Chet Haase discusses Java SE 6, Update N/Consumer JRE, the goals and feature set for Java FX (e.g. media support, scene graph, HTML and mobile devices), and the current set of possible features for JDK 7 such as Java FX features, Swing-related JSRs (295 and 296), transparent/shaped windows, tiered compilation, closures and invoke-dynamic bytecode.

Interviews about QCon San Francisco 2007

QCon Panel: What will the Future of Java Development Be?

Community
Java
Topics
Language,
Leadership,
Change,
Platforms,
Design,
Programming,
.NET Framework,
Community

In this panel discussion from QCon San Francisco, several influential leaders of the software development community discussed and debated the future of the Java language and APIs based upon the lessons we have learned from the past. Topics included static versus dynamic languages, removing code from Java, forking the JVM, and the next big programming language.

Rod Johnson discusses the Spring Portfolio

Community
.NET,
Java
Topics
Open Source,
Enterprise Architecture

In this interview from QCon San Francisco, SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson discusses the origins and philosophy of Spring, the Spring Portfolio, Spring Web Flow, Spring Batch, Spring.Net, the partnership with Tasktop Technologies, and community involvement and utilization of Spring.

Presentations about QCon San Francisco 2007

JRuby: Not Just Another JVM Language

Community
Java,
Ruby
Topics
JRuby,
Language

In this presentation from QCon San Francisco 2007, Charles Nutter discusses the Ruby and JRuby featureset, the JRuby compiler, calling Java from JRuby and vice versa, programming Swing with JRuby, JRuby web applications, JRuby on Rails, persistence, build automation, Test-Driven Development and Behaviour-Driven Development.

Laurence Moroney on Silverlight

Community
.NET
Topics
Silverlight,
Programming

Laurence Moroney provides an overview of the features of Silverlight and coming enhancements. He introduces the designer/developer continuum, the JavaScript API, as well as the tools of the trade for both developers and designers. Laurence also walks through building a video player.

Introduction to Spring.NET

Community
.NET
Topics
AOP,
Programming

Mark Pollack provides an introduction to Spring.NET which can help developers more easily implement and design loosely coupled application architectures. The core concepts in the Spring Framework extend beyond the Java platform and are applicable to .NET. Spring.NET combines the Spring Framework's proven architectural concepts and patterns with additional features specific to .NET.