Randal L. Schwartz

Randal L. Schwartz
General Manager, Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc.

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Randal L. Schwartz is a renowned expert on the Perl and Smalltalk programming languages, having contributed to a dozen top-selling books on the subject, and over 250 magazine articles. Schwartz runs a Perl and Smalltalk training and consulting company (Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc of Portland, Oregon), and is a highly sought-after speaker for his masterful stage combination of technical skill, comedic timing, and crowd rapport. And he’s a pretty good Karaoke singer, winning contests regularly.

Books authored/coauthored:

  • Programming Perl (multiple editions)
  • Learning Perl (multiple editions)
  • Learning Perl on Win32 Systems
  • Learning Perl Objects References and Modules (multiple editions)
  • Effective Perl Programming: Writing Better Programs with Perl
  • Object Oriented Perl
  • Randal Schwartz’s Perls of Wisdom

Magazine articles and columns:

  • UnixReview Magazine
  • PerformanceComputing Magazine
  • SysAdmin Magazine and Website
  • WebTechniques Magazine and Website
  • Linux Magazine and Website
  • The Perl Journal E-Magazine
  • Apple Developer Works Website

Regular contributor to online forums:

Podcast producer:

Sessions

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
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.
10:45am Thursday, 07/23/2009
Persistence Solutions with the Smalltalk Seaside Web Framework
Databases, Emerging Topics, Programming, Web Applications
 Location: Ballroom A2
Randal L. Schwartz (Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc.)
Average rating: ***..
(3.80, 5 ratings)
Nearly all Web Applications need persistent solutions to be effective. For Perl and Ruby, the choice is generally "use an Object-Relational Mapper to put data into an SQL database", but with Smalltalk's object model, pure-object storage is also available as an option. We'll look at ORM and Object solutions for web apps built with Seaside, including a few commercial solutions like GemStone/S Read more.
  • Intel
  • Microsoft
  • Google
  • SourceForge.net
  • Sun Microsystems
  • Facebook
  • Gear6
  • Kaltura
  • Liferay
  • MindTouch
  • MySpace.com
  • Novell, Inc.
  • Open Invention Network
  • Rackspace Cloud
  • Schooner Information Technology
  • Silicon Mechanics
  • Symbian Foundation
  • Twilio
  • WSO2
  • Yabarana Corporation

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