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Thinking in Data
Stuart Sierra discusses using a data-oriented programming approach in order to create programs that are easier to write and test. The session is accompanied with Clojure code samples.
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Functional Architecture
Phil Trelford suggests domains, such as modeling, DSLs, concurrency, for which functional programming is well-suited, and areas for which an OO or a mixed approach has better results.
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Laziness: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Paul Stadig discusses the advantages of using Lazy Seqs in Clojure, outlining some of the core lazy functions that can be helpful and possible pitfalls using such functions.
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The Best of Both Worlds, CANjs
Brian Moschel introduces CanJS, a lightweight JavaScript framework for writing rich client-side applications, comparing it with with Backbone.js, Ember, and Knockout.
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Combinatorrent - Writing Haskell Code for Fun and Profit
Jesper Louis Andersen presents a case study of a BitTorrent client written in Haskell, drawing conclusions on what is great and not so great in Haskell and comparing it with a similar Erlang client.
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Cross-Platform Mobile Apps with HTML, JavaScript and PhoneGap
Christophe Coenraets discusses strategies for creating large JavaScript MVC apps, and using PhoneGap for accessing native device capabilities and for packaging HTML apps.
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Going for Speed: Testing Against Performance Expectations
Jay Harris offers tips on using unit testing to improve the performance of applications.
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DSL Design - A Conceptual Framework for Building Good DSLs
Markus Völter discusses the abstractions that should be considered when creating a DSL, insisting on expressivity, semantics, modularity, and concrete syntax.
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"Big Data" and the Future of DevOps
Ram C Singh discusses using Big Data for infrastructure telemetry along with good practices and an autonomic engine to create an autonomic computing infrastructure that might prevent downtime.
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Erlang's Open Telecom Platform (OTP) Framework
Steve Vinoski introduces Erlang’s OTP Frmework, outlining some of its main features, including several behaviors – implementations of common patterns useful for concurrent fault-tolerant applications.
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A Team, A System, Some Legacy ... and You
Eoin Woods shares some of his architectural experience along with principles and techniques useful when working with legacy systems.
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Backbone.js
Jeremy Ashkenas introduces Backbone.js, a JavaScript data modeling framework intended to decouple data handling code from the DOM, being useful especially when the user interacts with the data.