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A Gentle Introduction to Ember
Tom Dale demoes creating an RSS reader in Ember.js, a JavaScript framework for creating complex web applications.
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Software for Your Head
Jim McCarthy makes a passionate call for developers to rise up to their call and make their software great, sharing their light with the entire world.
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Is It Really Possible to TDD iOS Apps?
Phil Nash discusses the challenges and practical consideration regarding doing TDD on mobile devices, providing advice for such development on iOS.
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Introduction to Stratos
Paul Fremantle introduces Stratos/Stratos Live, explaining some of the design decision made for it, the tenancy model used, and some of its capabilities.
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Understanding Indexing Without Needing to Understand Data Structures
Zardosht Kasheff suggest using 3 rules for indexing SQL databases: Retrieve less data, Avoid point queries, and Avoid sorting.
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Y Not? - Adventures in Functional Programming
Jim Weirich uses Y-Combinator as a tool to explain the nature of functional programming.
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Expressing Abstraction - Abstracting Expression
Ola Bini attempts to answer a few questions: Why are new languages still being created, Is it worth choosing languages strategically, and Does language actually matter?
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Speed and Innovation through Architecture
Jan Bosch discusses the importance of speed and innovation in software development, covering Innovation Experiment Systems, a 3 layer product model, and the role of architecture and scalability.
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Relational Programming in miniKanren
Daniel P. Friedman and William E. Byrd demonstrate miniKanren, a simplified version of KANREN - a declarative logic programming system with relations embedded in a pure functional subset of Scheme.
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Building Cloud Services with Riak
Andy Gross reports on how Basho used Riak and Erlang to build their cloud storage service.
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Asynchronous User Interfaces - How to Lie, Cheat and Steal
Alex MacCaw discusses the importance of asynchronous UIs, suggesting using Spine, an MVC JavaScript framework, to avoid blocking the UI, storing state + rendering on the client, and preloading data.
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Gaming Happiness At Work
Dan Mezick introduces Gaming Happiness at Work, then discusses related goals, rules and scoring, the relationship between games and happiness, and how to bring it all together in work meetings.