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Domain Expert DSLs
Magnus Christerson discusses about using DSLs to freely express the domain knowledge using familiar tools. Henk Kolk presents a concrete example addressing pension fund issues and based on a DSL.
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Presentation: The Ethics of Error Prevention
We are charged with the task of writing software that is reliable, sturdy, and trustworthy. Michael Feathers examines error-prevention in the history of our discipline and considers possible futures.
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Digg, An Infrastructure in Transition
Joe Stump, Lead Architect at Digg.com, talks about Digg.com’s architecture, the challenges faced, the solutions adopted, and the lessons learned running a large web site.
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YELLOWPAGES.COM: Behind the Curtain
A look at how YELLOWPAGES.COM, one of the highest-traffic websites in the U.S., was written using Ruby on Rails and scaled to handle the traffic. Also: the reasons for using Ruby on Rails.
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Rich Internet Applications with Flex and AIR
Christophe Coenraets presents Flex and AIR, two technologies from Adobe used to create, deploy and run Rich Internet Applications, and he demos some applications built with them.
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Taming Effects with Functional Programming
Simon Peyton-Jones advertises the need for programming purity achieved especially through use of functional languages and the increased attention given to functional programming.
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Community-Based Innovation: From Sports Equipment to Software
Sonali K. Shah talks about innovations produced by community users. Contrary to the general perception, most innovations are not created by firms but by individuals.
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Frameworks and DDD: Keeping the Model Clean
Tim McCarthy talks about preserving the purity of the domain model while using frameworks. The presentation is targeted at developers and demoes a .NET SharePoint real application.
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Pipes and Y! Query Language
Jonathan Trevor presents two Yahoo! technologies: Pipes and Y! Query Language (YQL). While Pipes is limited to Yahoo web services, YQL can process any structured data with an URL.
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Ruby VMs: A Comparison
A look at the different Ruby virtual machines (JRuby, MagLev, IronRuby, Rubinius, MacRuby) and how to choose what fits best within the enterprise.
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10 Tips for Successful Agile Transitions
Joshua Kerievsky boils down the key issues that will help you and your organization to transition to Agile methods successfully - and these aren't the same old pieces of advice you hear everyday.
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Using REST to aid WS-* - building a RESTful SOA Registry
In this presentation, WSO2 co-founder Paul Fremantle talks about the experience of creating a SOA governance solution for WS-* web services using RESTful HTTP and Atom/AtomPub.