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Personal schedule for Neal Ford

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8:30am Monday, 07/20/2009

Introduction to JRuby

Java, Ruby
Location: Ballroom A2

Neal Ford (ThoughtWorks)

Average rating:

(3.80, 5 ratings)

JRuby is Ruby on the Java Platform, so it brings the advantages of Ruby to the JVM and the advantages of Java to Ruby. This session shows Ruby syntax and lots of integration techniques with Java, including building Swing-based UI's using Swiby and how to unit test Java code with JRuby. Read more.

1:30pm Monday, 07/20/2009

Introduction to Web Application Development Using Smalltalk Seaside

Emerging Topics, Programming, Web Applications
Location: Ballroom A1

Randal L. Schwartz (Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc.)

Average rating:

(4.00, 1 rating)

An introduction to the Seaside Smalltalk web development framework. Presumes basic knowledge of object-oriented programming using Smalltalk GUIs, such as Squeak or VisualWorks. Covers Seaside concepts of components and html templating, including continuations for advanced callbacks and some persistence solutions. Read more.

8:30am Tuesday, 07/21/2009

Practical Erlang Programming Tutorial

Emerging Topics, Linux, Programming
Location: Meeting Room J1/J4

Francesco Cesarini (Erlang Solutions Ltd)

Average rating:

(4.67, 9 ratings)

Practical Erlang Programming covers the basic, sequential and concurrent aspects of the Erlang programming language. You will learn the basics of how to read, write and structure Erlang programs. The target audience are software developers and engineers with an interest in server side applications and massively concurrent systems. The perquisites are basic programming knowledge. Read more.

1:30pm Tuesday, 07/21/2009

Django in the Real World

Python, Web Applications
Location: Meeting Room J1/J4

Jacob Kaplan-Moss (Revolution Systems, LLC)

Average rating:

(3.50, 4 ratings)

There's plenty of material (documentation, blogs, books) out there that'll help you write a site using Django... but then what? You've still got to test, deploy, monitor, and tune the site; failure at deployment time means all your beautiful code is for naught. This tutorial examines how best to cope when the Real World intrudes on your carefully designed website. Read more.

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