Ajax Pioneer: Sam Stephenson, Prototype
Sam Stephenson, creator of the Prototype library, sat down and recorded himself remotely and talked about what excited him about new Prototype versions, browsers, and the state of Ajax in general.
JavaScript: The Good Parts
In JavaScript there is a beautiful, highly expressive language that is buried under a steaming pile of good intentions and blunders. The best nature of JavaScript was so effectively hidden that for many years the prevailing opinion of JavaScript was that it was an unsightly, incompetent abomination. This session will …
Spec#
Spec# is an experimental programming system that seeks to push the envelope in specification and verification technology. The system includes the .NET object-oriented programming language Spec#, which is a superset of the C# language, adding type features like non-null types and contract features like pre- and postconditions and object invariants. …
Just-In-Time Scalability: Agile Methods to Support Massive Growth
In the course of six months IMVU’s user base quadrupled in size. At the start of this period we were bottlenecked on a single central database. During these six months we evolved IMVU’s architecture to use caching with memcached, replication, horizontal and vertical partitioning to support this growth. We’ll look …
The PMI Agile Community of Practice
An interview with Jesse Fewell about the new PMI agile community of Practice.
What The Ruby Craftsman Can Learn From The Smalltalk Master
This session will highlight some of the most fundamental and timeless best practices described in Kent Beck’s book “SmallTalk Best Practice Patterns†in the context of Ruby development. The Ruby community has fostered a great pioneering spirit at its core. Rubyists eagerly investigate new tools, approaches and programming techniques to …