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8:30am Monday, 07/19/2010
Git 101 Tutorial
Tools & Techniques
 Location: Portland 255
Tags: git, vcs, scm, github, version_control
Please note: to attend, your registration must include Tutorials.
Scott Chacon (GitHub)
Average rating: ****.
(4.16, 51 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.
1:30pm Monday, 07/19/2010
The Seductions of Scala
Java
 Location: D137/138
Tags: java, languages, scala
Please note: to attend, your registration must include Tutorials.
Dean Wampler (Think Big Analytics)
Average rating: ***..
(3.90, 20 ratings)
Scala is a hybrid object-functional language for the JVM. Java programmers can easily migrate to Scala as an improved Java, then learn to exploit its powerful support for Functional Programming. Developers from other languages can exploit the JVM's power and rich libraries using a state-of-the-art language. Come learn why Scala is seductive; why it meets the needs of the modern developer. Read more.
8:30am Tuesday, 07/20/2010
Building a NoSQL Data Cloud
Cloud Computing
 Location: Portland 251
Tags: cloud, nosql, databases
Please note: to attend, your registration must include Tutorials.
Krishna Sankar (TCS)
Average rating: **...
(2.42, 26 ratings)
This tutorial will provide an in-depth tutorial on various forms of NOSQL (NotOnlySQL) datastores (key/value, data structure store, document store and wide column stores) for working with semi- structured data. The data ranges from web logs to social and knowledge graphs to configuration data stores for cloud infrastructures and other domains. Read more.
1:30pm Tuesday, 07/20/2010
Introduction to Web Application Development Using Smalltalk Seaside
Programming Languages
 Location: D139/140
Tags: web_development, smalltalk, seaside, continuations, content_management
Please note: to attend, your registration must include Tutorials.
Randal L. Schwartz (Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc.), Tom Phoenix (Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc.)
Average rating: ****.
(4.33, 6 ratings)
Smalltalk is easy to learn, rapid to develop, many implementations to choose from. With Seaside, you can build large complex web applications easily. In this fast-paced course, learn the basics of Smalltalk, and the best parts of Seaside (new for Seaside 3.0!). Read more.
11:30am Wednesday, 07/21/2010
Financial Incentives in Open Source
Business
 Location: E145/E146
Tags: community, bounties, awards, contracts
Moderated by:
Rob Lanphier (Wikimedia Foundation)
Panelists:
Todd Crowe (Todd Crowe Web Design & Development), Leslie Hawthorn (Red Hat), Stormy Peters (GNOME Foundation), Donald Smith (The Eclipse Foundation)
Average rating: **...
(2.33, 3 ratings)
Many contributors to open source projects do so without financial motivation. It's still reasonable to believe that given the right financial incentives, development communities could achieve more. This panel will explore the different methods for motivating communities with financial incentives and other goodies, and discuss the thorny issues that arise when commerce collides with community. Read more.
  • Intel
  • Microsoft
  • Google
  • Facebook
  • Rackspace Hosting
  • (mt) Media Temple, Inc.
  • ActiveState
  • CommonPlaces
  • DB Relay
  • FireHost
  • GoDaddy
  • HP
  • HTSQL by Prometheus Research
  • Impetus Technologies Inc.
  • Infobright, Inc
  • JasperSoft
  • Kaltura
  • Marvell
  • Mashery
  • NorthScale, Inc.
  • Open Invention Network
  • OpSource
  • Oracle
  • Parallels
  • PayPal
  • Percona
  • Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
  • Rhomobile
  • Schooner Information Technology
  • Silicon Mechanics
  • SourceGear
  • Symbian
  • VoltDB
  • WSO2
  • Linux Pro Magazine

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