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Distributed Systems with ZeroMQ and gevent

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Python,
Messaging,
Web Services,
Strange Loop 2011,
Dynamic Languages,
Languages,
Distributed Systems,
Strange Loop,
Concurrency,
SOA,
Enterprise Architecture,
Conferences,
Programming,
Architecture,
ZeroMQ

Jeff Lindsay discusses creating distributed and concurrent systems using ZeroMQ – a lightweight message queue-, and gevent – a coroutine-based networking library.

Presentations about Strange Loop 2011

Skynet: A Scalable, Distributed Service Mesh in Go

Topics
Ruby,
Strange Loop 2011,
Dynamic Languages,
Strange Loop,
Languages,
Platforms,
Conferences,
Programming,
Rails,
Google Go,
Services

Brian Ketelsen introduces Skynet, a platform for polyglot, distributed and composable services that communicate with each other over RPC/JSON.

Glu-ing The Last Mile

Topics
Puppet,
Continuous Deployment,
Strange Loop 2011,
Devops,
Agile Techniques,
Operations,
Tools,
Strange Loop,
IT Service Management,
Infrastructure,
Cloud Computing,
Agile,
Conferences

Ken Sipe introduces Glu, an open source deployment automation tool coming from LinkedIn, showing how to perform Glu configuration along with a demo of using it.

Building Polyglot Systems with Scalang

Topics
Scala,
Erlang,
Strange Loop 2011,
JVM Languages,
Java,
Functional Programming,
Strange Loop,
Languages,
Programming,
Conferences,
Interop,
Polyglotism

Cliff Moon discusses Scalang, a message passing and actor library enabling easy communication between Scala and Erlang apps, wrapping services in Scalang actors.

Dynamo Is Not Just for Datastores

Topics
Riak,
Distributed Document Oriented Database,
Big Data,
Strange Loop 2011,
Database Design,
NoSQL,
Operations,
Strange Loop,
Database,
Conferences,
Infrastructure,
Dynamo DB

Susan Potter discusses Dynamo, Riak, distribution, consistency and fault tolerance, along with techniques and an example for building an application with riak_core.

Android App Assimilation

Topics
Strange Loop 2011,
Android,
Strange Loop,
Conferences,
Mobile,
Operating Systems,
Integration

Logan Johnson exposes the Android integration points, explaining how to create apps that consume data and services provided by other applications.

Building Applications with jQuery UI

Topics
jQuery,
Javascript,
Strange Loop 2011,
Dynamic Languages,
Strange Loop,
Languages,
Programming,
Web Development,
Conferences

Scott González demoes creating web applications with jQuery UI, showing the widget factory, the unified API, how to create new widgets, the CSS framework, and themes.

CSS3 and Sass

Topics
CSS3,
HTML,
CSS,
Strange Loop 2011,
Markup Languages,
Strange Loop,
Languages,
Web Development,
Programming,
Conferences,
Sass

Mark Volkmann introduces CSS3 and Sass, a tool extending CSS with variables, selector nesting, mixins and selector inheritance, the resulting code being converted to regular CSS before deploying.

Applying the Principles of Stage Magic to the User Experience

Topics
Strange Loop 2011,
Strange Loop,
Conferences,
UX,
Principles

Danno Ferrin suggests applying principles used in magic for a better user experience: Consider the Stage and the Audience, Practice, Overcome Objections Before They Arise, Patter and Showmanship, Sleight of Hand, Direction, Simulation, Dissimulation, Anticipation.

The Once And Future Script Loader

Topics
HTML,
Javascript,
Web Development,
Strange Loop 2011,
Markup Languages,
Dynamic Languages,
Scripting,
Languages,
Strange Loop,
Conferences,
Web Applications,
Programming

Kyle Simpson reviews the script loading history and discusses current script loading techniques and the browser and HTML support for them.

Generic Programming Galore Using D

Topics
D,
Strange Loop 2011,
Languages,
Strange Loop,
Programming,
Conferences,
Generics

Andrei Alexandrescu discusses generic programming, showing how to solve generic tasks with D, tasks that are difficult or impossible to perform with other languages.