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Functions + Messages + Concurrency = Erlang
This highly technical presentation discusses Erlang and three models of concurrent programming along with challenges posed by concurrency and how Erlang resolves them.
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Responsive Design
Kent Beck shares the importance of a programmer's intention to design and a small set of strategies he uses when designing.
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AtomServer: The Power of Publishing for Data Distribution
Chris Berry & Bryon Jacob presented the Atom Syndication Format, the Atom Publishing Protocol, the Atom Stores, the AtomServer and how they can be used by giving a concrete example.
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Eclipse, Mylyn and the TFI
This presentation provides an overview of Mylyn's task management features including offline editing, background synchronizations, change notifications, and extending Mylyn's frameworks.
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Democratic Political Technology Revolution
This presentation explores the radical evolution in political technology 2004-2008 and how political start-ups built innovative social applications that raised $1/2 billion and elected a President.
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Beyond Agile: Cultural Patterns
Willem and Marc introduce cultural patterns that can be found in software organizations. By understanding the cultural patterns then you can better adapt your practices.
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Designing Enterprise IT Systems with REST
In this presentation, Stuart Charlton explains how hypermedia and dynamic interfaces change the way architects and developers look at enterprise systems and their interactions.
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The Joys and Pains of a Long Lived Codebase
Jeremy D. Miller shares lessons learned while developing a project over 5 years. He talks about his mistakes, what to avoid and how to design, code and test better.
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Building a Large Scale SaaS Application
Dan Hanley, at QCon London 2008 addresses the challenges of building large scale SaaS applications. Using examples from three Magus application frameworks, Dan exposes principles of SaaS development.
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Introduction to SpringSource dm Server
Rod Johnson introduces the dm Server by taking a high-level look at it, trying to clear up some misconceptions about what dm Server is, and showing some of the internal workings of the server.
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Testing Your Presentation Layer
Yehuda Katz shows how to test a web app's UI using technologies such as Johnson (Ruby to Javascript bridge), jspec (BDD for Javascript), Webrat and others.
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Born To Cycle
We know that small increments that produce progress toward a goal is a way for teams to work successfully. Does it work well because the individuals on the team are hardwired to work in cycles?