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Personal schedule for Allison Randal

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8:30am Monday, 07/20/2009

Finding the Swan in Squeak's Ugly Duckling

Programming
Location: Ballroom A8

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

Average rating:

(4.00, 2 ratings)

Squeak Smalltalk is wholly unlike any other open source programming tool you've worked with - and mostly in good ways. Unfortunately, it's the bad ways that make the first impression. This hands-on tutorial will help you get past the unfamiliar and the unwieldy so that you can take advantage of the elegant and productive environment that lies underneath. Read more.

1:30pm Monday, 07/20/2009

Git 101

Programming
Location: Ballroom A4/A5

Scott Chacon (GitHub)

Average rating:

(4.31, 13 ratings)

Git is a new distributed version control system that is fast, flexible, works offline and supports powerful local branching and easy merging that encourages non-linear workflows and makes developers far more productive and efficient. This tutorial will introduce you to Git, rid you of your SVN sins, and teach you how to become more efficient and productive as a programmer. 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

Using Drupal

PHP, Web Applications
Location: Meeting Room J3

James Walker (StatusNet Inc), Addison Berry (Lullabot)

Average rating:

(4.64, 11 ratings)

Drupal is a highly modular, Open Source Content Management System with a wealth of powerful add-on modules. Learn to harness it all and build dynamic websites with Drupal from authors of the book, Using Drupal. Read more.

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