InfoQ Homepage ACCU 2014 Content on InfoQ
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Using a Graph Database for JVM Heap Analysis
James Richardson, Nat Pryce discuss some of the challenges faced using Neo4J for interactive analysis of large data imports (80K nodes, 150k relationships) and how they overcame them.
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Abusing CSharp 5
Jon Skeet entertains the audience with C# snippets that one should not use in real life.
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The Art of Learning and Mentoring
Jutta Eckstein discusses how pedagogical patterns and corresponding tools can help individuals improve themselves, making them better mentors and therefore help their teams improve continuously.
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Clojure Is the New C
Robert Martin argues that Clojure is a replacement for C with its simple syntax and minimal semantics.
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Unit Testing Beyond Mock Objects
Sven Rosvall discusses the new generation of mocking frameworks useful for mocking out static methods, creating objects of classes without public constructors, and others.
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Mens Sana in Corpore Sano (A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body)
Phil Nash presents how NEAT (Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis), its relationship with to sitting, standing and walking, and the chemistry behind it helps being fit for long schedules.
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Comfortable Concurrency
Dominic Robinson reflects on several concurrency models, trying to assess which is more pleasant to work with.
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#define Hell in Multi-platform Embedded Programming
Tore Martin Hagen shares from his experience on how to compile and build software for multiple hardware platforms.
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Lambdas and Streams in Java 8
Angelika Langer, Klaus Kreft discuss using Streams in Java 8: what they are, parallel or sequential execution, intermediate and terminal operations, stateless operations, and fluent programming.
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CoderDojo and Self Organization
Bill Liao keynotes on the scale-free self-organizing systems implemented by CoderDojo and how they can be used by other consumer software organizations that wants to achieve significant reach.
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Biological Realms in Computer Science
Didier Verna keynotes on the bonds between biology and computer science, how these bonds developed over the years, and how software could behave like living organisms.
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Estimates
Seb Rose wonders if estimates are worthwhile and discusses what business people – Steve McConnell, Demarco, Lister, Disraeli - have to say about this.