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Fast and Dynamic
Maxime Chevalier-Boisvert discusses making dynamic languages faster providing various examples of optimizations: SmallTalk, LISP machine, Google V8 and others.
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Programming in the Cloud - Groovy as an Extension Language for Oracle ADFm
Jim Driscoll discusses using ADFm to create and change Groovy scripts at runtime and debugging a live system with JWDP.
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Ember Reusable Components and Widgets
Sergey Bolshchikov discusses building complex UIs with Ember.js by combining Handlebars templates and Ember.View.
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Metaprogramming With The Groovy Compiler - Part 2/2
Jeff Scott Brown discusses Groovy’s compile time metaprogramming capabilities.
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Why Ruby Isn't Slow
Alex Gaynor explains how he solved the usual Ruby VM speed problems with Topaz, a high performance VM built on the same technologies that power PyPy.
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Scala vs Idris: Dependent Types, Now and in the Future
Miles Sabin and Edwin Brady exemplify what can be done with a language with dependent types, what are the limitations and what could be done in the future when dependent types reach maturity.
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Raft - The Understandable Distributed Protocol
Ben Johnson discusses the Raft protocol and how it works. Raft is a consensus distributed protocol.
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The Present and Future of the Web Platform
Brendan Eich surveys interesting developments in the Web platform, analysing emergent trends, and making some predictions.
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JavaScript Frameworks Panel: Which Is the Right Framework for Me?
The panelists discuss JavaScript tooling: how to select them, benefits of compiling to JavaScript, differences between MVC solutions, using one framework for both client and server, etc..
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Insights from Using Ember.js in the Field
Stefan Fochler shares best practices on using Ember.js to master the needs of real-world web applications, discussing what worked well and what didn't.
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Stop Hitting Yourself: CSS Design Patterns That Scale
Kevin Lamping presents patterns for writing CSS for very large websites.
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Metaprogramming With The Groovy Runtime - Part 1/2
Jeff Scott Brown discusses Groovy’s runtime metaprogramming capabilities and the Meta Object Protocol (MOP).