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Yesod Web Framework

Topics
Java,
Web Frameworks

Michael Snoyman presents Yesod, a web framework written in Haskell and containing a web server, templating, ORM, libraries (templating, gravatar, etc.).

News about QCon

QCon London One Month Away (March 5-9, 2012); Martin Fowler Keynote Confirmed

Topics
Announcements

The 6th annual QCon London (March 5-9, 2012) is taking place in just 4 weeks, with the last early bird discount quickly approaching. ThoughtWorks' Martin Fowler and Rebecca Parsons have been confirmed to present the Day 1 keynote. QCon London will host more than 80 speakers, 5 concurrent tracks, and many breaks, parties, and opportunities for networking.

Announcing the 6th Annual QCon London: March 5-9, 2012

Topics
Announcements

QCon London 2012, taking place March 5-9, 2012 is now open for registration (£ 295 savings until Dec 16th). There is no other event in the UK with similar opportunities for learning, networking, and tracking innovation occurring in the Java, .NET, Html5, Mobile , Agile, and Architecture communities.

Articles about QCon

Key Takeaway Points and Lessons Learned from QCon San Francisco 2011

Topics
Java,
Operations,
Events,
Architecture

This article presents the main takeway points as seen by the many attendees who blogged about QCon. Comments are organized by tracks and sessions: Keynotes, Advancing Agile to the Next stage with Lean, Agile in the Midlife, Architecture Case Studies, Beautiful Code, Big Data and NoSQL, Functional Web, Cross Platform Mobile Development, HTML5 & JavaScript, Systems That Never Stop and many more!

Key Takeaway Points and Lessons Learned from QCon London 2011

Topics
Operations,
Ruby,
Events,
SOA,
Java,
Agile,
.NET,
Architecture

This article presents the main takeway points as seen by the many attendees who blogged or tweeted about QCon. Comments are organized by tracks and sessions: Keynotes, Tutorials, Architectures You've Always Wondered About, Building Systems With REST, Design and Objects 2011, Enterprise Agile Transformation, Functional Web, HTML5, the Platform, iOS4 and Android, NoSQL: Where and How, and many more!

Presentations about QCon

Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Topics
Programming

Alex Papadimoulis discusses ugly code, where it comes from, how to avoid it, and how to get rid of it.

Architecting Visa for Massive Scale and Continuous Innovation

Topics
Security,
Java,
Ruby on Rails,
Ruby,
Spring Integration,
Spring Batch

John Davies examines Visa’s architecture and shows how major enterprises have architected very complex integrations incorporating Hadoop, memcached, Ruby on Rails, and many others to deliver innovative technology solutions. John explains how the platform architecture and technologies -- integrated and invented -- must be reliable and able to massively scale.

Interviews about QCon

Attila Szegedi on JVM and GC Performance Tuning at Twitter

Topics
Dynamic Languages,
NoSQL,
Open Source,
Compilers,
JRuby,
Asynchronous Architecture,
Clustering & Caching,
Java,
Database Design,
Performance & Scalability

Attila Szegedi talks about performance tuning Java and Scala programs at Twitter: how to approach GC problems, the importance of asynchronous I/O, when to use MySQL/Cassandra/Redis, and much more.

The Web Platform as a Limitless Pool of Innovation, with Andreas Gal

Topics
HTML5,
Javascript,
Specifications,
H264

Andreas talks about the benefits of the Open Web and how it compares with proprietary closed-stacks. He also talks about various projects like Boot to Gecko, Broadway, pdf.js and more, that bring the web platform in a whole new level.