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What Elixir is About
José Valim introduces Elixir and some of the most important features: data types, modules, async, collections, parallelism, streams, etc.
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Compile-time Computations in C++14
Peter Sommerlad covers compile-time computations available in C++14: constexpr functions and constants, literal types, variable templates, variadic templates and what can be expected in the future.
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Distributed Eventually Consistent Computations
Christopher Meiklejohn looks at applying two techniques together, deterministic data flow programming and conflict-free replicated data types, to create highly available and fault-tolerant systems.
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Taking the Pain out of Real-time Mobile Back-end Development
Mandy Waite shows how to get started with Firebase before walking through a live demo of building a multi-user, collaborative mobile app that provides real-time updates to its users.
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What can e(fx)clipse do for you to Develop JavaFX Applications and IDE Plugins?
Thomas Schindl presents new tooling features in e(fx)clipse 1.0, runtime APIs and components such as the Code Editor and 3D Viewer, and tooling APIs that can be used in other IDE plug-ins.
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Why UI Testing is Sooo Hard
Ivan Inozemtsev discusses the automated testing difficulties of an Eclipse-based application’s UI, introducing the RCP Testing Tool, how it helps and how it is implemented underneath.
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Unit Testing
Kevlin Henney discusses unscalable tests, tricks and tips that make tests more specification-like and scalable to large codebases, and choosing between scenario-based and property-based test cases.
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Java 8 in Anger
Trisha Gee uses Java 8 streams and lambdas to build an app consuming a real-time feed of high velocity data, using services to make sense of the data, and presenting it in a JavaFX dashboard.
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Beating Hand Tuned Assembly in Compiled Languages
David Richardson presents the optimization techniques employed to set three world speed records using a combination of code generation and hardware specific optimizations.
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Extending Eclipse Flux
Martin Lippert and John Arthorne demo the creation of a cloud service with Flux, connecting it to a running Flux environment, and implement some basic features for a sample language.
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Large-scale Scientific C++ For Casual Coders: Why You (Should) Care
Axel Naumann introduces the use of C++ for storing and analyzing petabytes of C++ objects at CERN, and more generally in High Energy Physics.
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Java for Low Latency - You’ve Got to Be Joking!
John Davies walks through and demonstrates how to reduce latency while increasing throughput in applications, with demos using Java 8 and lambdas.