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Application Services on the Web: SalesForce.com
Dave Carroll describes Force.com as a platform for creating enterprise applications in the Cloud using web service APIs, server side logic, service oriented application support and ALM services.
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DSLs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
In this panel recorded during OOPSLA 2008, the panelists talk about the benefits and drawbacks of using DSLs.
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Making Roles Explicit
Udi Dahan, The Software Simplist as he calls himself, explains why sometimes it is not enough to apply good OOP and patterns lessons. He introduces a new principle: make roles explicit.
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Interactive Websites with Comet and DWR
In this session filmed during QCon London 2008, Joe Walker presents Comet, a long polling AJAX method used for updating the browser’s page, and DWR, a Java library for writing web sites using AJAX.
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REST, Reuse, and Serendipity
In this talk, recorded at QCon London 2008, Steve Vinoski explains how a RESTful architecture can further reuse in unforeseen circumstances.
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The Evolution of Lisp
Guy L. Steele Jr. and Richard P. Gabriel reenact their presentation called “The Evolution of Lisp” which took place during ACM History of Languages Conference in 1993.
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Executable User Stories with RSpec and BDD
An introduction to BDD and how to make plain text User Stories executable with RSpec's Story Framework, which is written in Ruby, but runs against production code written in any programming language.
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Amazon Web Services: Building Blocks for True Internet Applications
Jeff Barr discusses Amazons Web development services including: Simple Queue, Simple Storage, Simple DB, and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), explaining how they address development issues.
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GWT-Gears: The Browser is the Platform
This presentation covers the use of GWT and Gears to create Web applications that can also be used when Web connection is not possible. Together these technologies make your browser your "platform."
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Evolving the Java Platform
Ola Bini talks about the current status of the JVM regarding languages running on top of it and the need to evolve in order to support dynamic languages.
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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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