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Standards are Great, but Standardisation is a Really Bad Idea

Paul Downey covers the risks of premature standardisation, partial implementations and open extensions, cloud computing lock-in, and formal activities vs lightweight open processes like open source.

Paul Downey
on Dec 12, 2009

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Lessons Learned From Java EE’s Evolution

Rod Johnson talks about Java’s evolution, in particular J2EE, presenting the lessons to be learned from its failures, preparing to avoid such mistakes in the future.

Rod Johnson
on Dec 05, 2009

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01:03:14
Five Considerations for Software Architects

Kevlin Henney does not make recommendations for architecting software but rather brings into discussion 5 considerations useful to be reflected upon: economy, visibility, spacing, symmetry, emergence.

Kevlin Henney
on Dec 04, 2009

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59:43
BDD & DDD

Dan North gives an overview of Domain Driven Design and Behavior Driven Development then ties them together for a powerful mix.

Dan North
on Dec 03, 2009

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49:33
Beginning an SOA Initiative

Ian Robinson on issues to be addressed when starting a new SOA project by identifying business capabilities using user stories, describing services and contracts, and setting up teams for delivery.

Ian Robinson
on Dec 01, 2009

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01:03:41
Power Use of Value Objects in DDD

Johnsson refreshes the listeners’ memory on using value objects showing by example how their good use can revolutionize a program’s architecture, simplifying it, making it more readable and testable.

Dan Bergh Johnsson
on Nov 20, 2009

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01:01:27
Pimp My Architecture

Dan North discusses an example of rearchitecting an application without rewriting it from scratch, and explains general strategies for a holistic rearchitecture.

Dan North
on Nov 12, 2009

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54:57
Coaching Self-Organizing Teams

This tutorial presents an approach utilizing leading-edge techniques from social complexity science and team dynamics to change the dynamics of a team with the aim of optimizing their work together.

Joseph Pelrine
on Nov 10, 2009

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55:01
ORM, EDM, ESQL, Entity Framework, LINQ to SQL, LINQ to Entities - Confused?

Eric Nelson explains what are ORM, EDM, and ESQL, what is the difference between LINQ to SQL and LINQ to Entities, which one should be used, accompanied by hands on demos showing how to use them.

Eric Nelson
on Nov 06, 2009

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01:02:12
Pouring Data on Troubled Markets - Quantitative Portfolio Management Technology at BGI

Eoin Woods explains how Barclays Global Investors (BGI) designed Apex to meet the challenges it faces and the Java technologies which were chosen for an architecture with variations on standard J2EE.

Eoin Woods
on Nov 05, 2009

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01:08:53
Data Grid Design Patterns

Brian Oliver explains a number of data grid design patters: Command, Functor, Messaging, and Push Replication. He also mentions some traditional patterns used so far and Coherence Incubator.

Brian Oliver
on Nov 04, 2009

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59:36
Thoughts on the Generic vs. Specific Tradeoff

Stefan Tilkov offers guidelines for the architect looking for a solution to his problem. Should it be a generic or a specific one? He compares several such solutions outlining the pros and cons.

Stefan Tilkov
on Nov 03, 2009

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56:46