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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.
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Reactive Android
Benjamin Augustin takes the practical approach of a complex API to explain how RxJava and Functional Reactive Programming (FRP) can be used on every project to make one's life easier.
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Mini-talks: OS/App Inversion, Testing & Living Databases
Mini-talks on: OS/application inversion, testing, living databases, and rogue protocols.
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Scala.js: Safety and Sanity in the Wild West of Web Development
Haoyi Li introduces Scala.js and shows how to get started with it, building a number of small Scala.js applications to show its capabilities.
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JVM Optimization 101
Sebastian Zarnekow discusses JVM internal optimizations, presenting how the JVM sees through code to apply techniques like inlining, loop unrolling and escape analysis at runtime.
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Eclipse & Gradle–The Best of Both Worlds
Hans Dockter, Etienne Studer present an Eclipse plug-in for Gradle, demonstrating the integration between Eclipse and Gradle.