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Java Persistence and EJB3

EJB spec lead Linda DeMichiel covers the key aspects of the Java Persistence API including use of the EntityManager API, persistence units & persistence contexts, queries, ORM, etc.

Linda DeMichiel
on Jan 11, 2008

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Managing a high performance rails app without tearing your hair out

James Cox shows how to keep a Rails site's performance high. Tips include how to serve up pages faster, caching, hosting companies, and when to use SQL instead of ActiveRecord.

James Cox
on Jan 08, 2008

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Leveraging the Web for Services at Yahoo!

In this talk, recorded at QCon London, Mark Nottingham explains how Yahoo! leverages Web technologies to create a high-performance architecture for integrating multiple Yahoo! properties.

Mark Nottingham
on Jan 07, 2008

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Leading the Agile Way: Duty. Honor. Delivery.

In this video Mark Salamango and John Cunningham looked at their experiences of introducing Agile in the Army, and how frequent delivery offers Agile leaders a kind of "soft" but very effective power.

John Cunningham Mark Salamango
on Dec 31, 2007

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Introduction to Visual Studio Team System

Ken Jones provides a framework for utilizing Visual Studio Team System, (VSTS), to support a development team and build better applications.

Kevin Jones
on Dec 13, 2007

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MetaProgramming - Extending Ruby for Fun and Profit

MetaProgramming with Ruby presentation by Dave Thomas (PragDave) - learn to write programs that write code with Ruby, and how Ruby on Rails uses these techniques.

Dave Thomas
on Dec 07, 2007

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Architecture & Design

The Amazon.com Technology Platform: Building Blocks for Innovation

Amazon CTO Werner Vogels explains how Amazon.com has transformed from application to platform provider, and how this platform handles the increasing number of businesses that are built on it.

Werner Vogels
on Dec 06, 2007

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Eric Evans on DDD: Strategic Design

This talk introduces two broad principles for strategic design: 'Context mapping' - different groups model differently and 'Core domain' - the distilled shared vision.

Eric Evans
on Nov 30, 2007

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DDD: putting the model to work

This talk outlines some of the DDD foundations: How models are chosen and evaluated; How multiple models coexist; How to avoid the common pitfalls and how developers and domain experts work together.

Eric Evans
on Nov 06, 2007

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Leading From A Position Of No Power: A Customer’s Perspective of an Agile Team

Last year Agile coach Alexia Bowers walked a mile in a project customer's shoes, and told us at Agile2006 how it felt. She stressed the need to strive for creativity instead of cutting scope.

Alexia Bowers
on Oct 30, 2007

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Modifiability: Or is there Design in Agility?

Martin Fowler & panelists explore the myth that agile methods mean an absence of design. Design still happens in agile projects, but it shifts from an up-front phase to a continual evolution.

Martin Fowler
on Oct 15, 2007

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Architecture Evaluation in Practice

Dragos Manolescu shares insights from evaluating several architectures for Global 1000 companies, helpful for others about to embark on an architecture evaluation.

Dragos Manolescu
on Oct 03, 2007

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