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BDD Using Cucumber JVM and Groovy
Marco Vermeulen explains using Cucumber and Groovy to apply BDD to a project, using Gherkin for writing scenarios, Groovy for step definitions, Spock for new features, and running Cucumber features.
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Application Architecture in Groovy
Dan Woods presents the strengths and flexibility in Groovy, including its dynamic nature, categories and mixins, to create a powerful, maintainable, and simple application architecture.
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Building an Optimising Compiler for Dart
Vyacheslav Egorov details how some of Dart's language features affected the design of a new JIT Dart compiler and how the V8 JavaScript engine influenced the overall design.
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API-Driven Development for Both Ends
Jakub Nesetril presents a practical example of prototyping, developing and testing an application using a structured description of its API.
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Ember-Data, the Way Forward
Igor Terzic presents several cases where Ember Data is used in production, and outlines some of the features that are intended to be included in the future.
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Grails Transactions
Burt Beckwith discusses performing transactions in Grails, covering services, customizing transaction attributes (isolation, propagation levels), two-phase commit, using JMS, and testing the code.
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Leveraging Groovy for Capturing Business Rules
Paul King illustrates various DSLs written in Groovy, highlighting several logic solving APIs and looks at the pros and cons of the various approaches (including tool support, flexibility, lock-in).
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Visualization Driven Development
Jason Gilman demonstrates creating visualizations with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, D3, then connect them to a code.
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TypeScript: a Type System for Toolability
Luke Hoban introduces TypeScript and its implications for writing web applications and creating supporting tooling.
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Ember.js Advanced Patterns
Paul Chavard discusses advanced techniques for building large EmberJS applications with Ember Data.
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Creating Groovy DSLs that Developers Can Actually Use
Guillaume Laforge and Paul King show how to leverage Groovy to build a Mars rover controlling DSL, including metaprogramming techniques and integration mechanisms.