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Actor-based Programming
Summary
Jamie Ridgway explains what actors are, why we need them, what they are helpful for, the languages built around this programming paradigm, along with some demos showing actor-based apps.
Bio
Jamie Ridgway is currently employed by HP as a SOA architect and has over 16 years of software development experience. He holds BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from the University of Southern Mississippi. His computing interests cover a broad spectrum including SOA, cloud computing, highly concurrent systems, and mobile development.
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Hidden slides
by Marcos Vinícius de Paiva Célio,
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Presentation skills?
by Andrew Joyner,
Re: Presentation skills?
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E language and AsyncScala
by Constantine Plotnikov,
Can't download slides: Access Denied
by Rajiv Abraham,
Hidden slides
by Marcos Vinícius de Paiva Célio,
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Hello people!
The presenter was presenting himself ?
I could not see the slides.
Next time, be cautious, you have to focus on the slides too.
Sincerelly.
Re: Hidden slides
by Craig Harris,
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If you do not maximize the video the slides are shown below the video on the web page.
The slides change in sync with the video.
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by Qn Yoska,
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use IE (e.g.), instead of Chrome....
Presentation skills?
by Andrew Joyner,
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Why are these senior and experienced people so bad at presentations? He's about as engaging as a wet towel. Bullet points and text everywhere, he's reading the slides, bad graphics, no passion, no audience interaction. This is a great example of how to send your audience to sleep. Just give out the slides and sit down, your presence is completely unnecessary until you learn how to present.
E language and AsyncScala
by Constantine Plotnikov,
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Nice presentation and gives a good overview of Actor-based frameworks.
But it fails to mention one of most usable languages for asynchronous programming: E (www.erights.org). It uses more fine grained asynchronous components (Actor = Vat in E, asynchronous componets live in Vat) because of this, much there are much more scenarios where memory could be safely shared between components.
There was a presentation on this language on infoq.com: www.infoq.com/presentations/From-E-to-EcmaScript
I have also implemented concepts from E in Scala (asyncobjects.sf.net/asyncscala).
Re: Presentation skills?
by Joern Dinkla,
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This is not true. This is a technical presentation and no marketing bla bla. I like the style.
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by Rajiv Abraham,
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Hi,
I can't download the slides,getting an Access Denied Message. I can download the video though. Is this a bug or feature? I am logged on.