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Cascalog: Logic Programming over Hadoop
Alex Robbins introduces Cascalog, a Clojure library for writing declarative Hadoop jobs.
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The Fundamentals of JVM Tuning
Charlie Hunt presents the fundamentals of JVM tuning and provides advice for developers on writing a Java application that performs well at runtime.
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API Conf Panel: Emerging Automation Layers on Top of Today’s APIs
The panelists present various approaches to API automation, sharing from their experiences.
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Between Fluffy Bunnies and Command & Control: Agile Adoption in Practice
Benjamin Mitchell shares experiences gained working with teams over the last five years, highlighting mistakes that were made following simplistic guidance and outlining key examples that worked.
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Next Top Data Model
Ian Plosker shares a number of techniques for establishing the data query patterns from the outset of application development, designing a data model to fit those patterns.
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Accelerating Agile: Hyper-performing without the Hype
Dan North shares insight on how really high-performing teams work, the patterns and ideas being genuine experiences from practitioners. This is Agile in actuality. Agile is an attitude, not a rulebook
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Effective Java Reloaded
Matt Stine revisits a subset of techniques and practices from Joshua Bloch’s book “Effective Java.”
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People over Process: Applying It in Real World Software Development
Glen Ford shares from his technical experience in industry, and particularly from his learning at zeebox, Unibet and BBC R&D over the last few years - focusing on practical application.
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API Conf Panel: API Design Best Practices
Jakub Nesetril, Tony Tam, Kirsten Jones share tools and tips for building great APIs.
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Cheating Decline: Acting Now to Let You Program Well for a Really Long Time
Brian Marick shares insight into how one can remain a programmer throughout his career.
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Beyond Contracts: An Exploration into Unified Specifications
Paul deGrandis emphasizes the importance of using specification-as-a-value, a way of unifying core.contracts, test.generative, and external systems under a single common specification in Clojure.
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Building Hypermedia APIs with HTML
Jon Moore discusses the pros and cons using HTML for an API media type, as well as the particulars of implementation patterns, from representations to building programmatic HTML clients.