Personal schedule for Scott Stevenson

Learn how to master the most popular and powerful JavaScript library by writing less and doing more. Read more.

Packed with in-depth information and step-by-step guidance, this tutorial sets you on a path to create, maintain and extend sustainable software of high quality with PHP. You will learn how to plan, execute and automate tests for the different layers and tiers of a Web application. Read more.

You've heard that Functional programming (FP) is good for concurrency. Mastering FP will improve all the code you write. FP changes practices like TDD; learn how design is more structured and tests are more precise. See why FP-style functions and data structures are actually more reusable than objects. Leave with new tools that eliminate bloat, improve code quality, and speed development. Read more.

You use your editor all day, every day. But how much of that editor do you actually use? This tutorial explores many of the less widely known but more powerful features of the Vim editor, and explains how developers can greatly improve their productivity by optimizing, automating, or even eliminating the common coding tasks they perform every day. Read more.

CouchDB is a document-oriented database that uses JSON documents, has a RESTful HTTP API, and employs map/reduce views for querying data. This tutorial will teach web developers the concepts they need to get started using CouchDB in their projects. Libraries are available for CouchDB’s RESTful HTTP API in many programming languages and we will take a look at some of the more popular ones. Read more.

Ever wish you could live in a cabin in the woods? Geeks, with their high income, superior problem solving skills, and ability to work remotely, are often in a better position to realize such Thoreauvian dreams. Based on my own experiences of going from the cubicles of Silicon Valley to the backwoods of Northern California, the talk will cover the ins, outs, hows and whys of life in the woods. Read more.

Looking for an excuse to do some hands on experimenting with jQuery, the write less do more JavaScript library? Look no further than this workshop where we'll look at a variety of common jQuery uses! Read more.