Leveraging the Web for Services at Yahoo!
Category: Web Development > Other      Posted: 07 Jun 08

In this talk, recorded at QCon London, Mark Nottingham explains how Yahoo! leverages Web technologies, specifically HTTP-based caching using Squid, to ...

Java Persistence and EJB3
Category: Languages > Java      Posted: 07 Jun 08

This talk covers the key aspects of the Java Persistence API and its role in the development of EJB 3 app, including use of the EntityManager API, pers...

Len Bass on Architectural Trade Off Analysis Method
Category: Architecture > IT Architect      Posted: 07 Jun 08

Len Bass from SEI presents the Architectural Trade Off Analysis Method and its relation to architectural evaluation questions: criteria for evaluation,...

Rich Internet Applications with Flex and AIR
Category: Web Development > Flex      Posted: 07 Jun 08

In this presentation from QCon San Francisco, Cristophe Coenraets discusses the benefits of Flex for Rich Internet Application (RIA) development, the A...

Using AOP in the Enterprise
Category: Languages > Java      Posted: 07 Jun 08

SpringSource CTO and AspectJ project lead Adrian Colyer discusses where Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) should be used, practical applications of AOP...

Jim Webber on "Guerilla SOA"
Category: Architecture > SOA      Posted: 07 Jun 08

In one of the most entertaining presentations on the topic ever, Dr. Jim Webber debunks myths about the mainstream ESB concept and explains how a light...

Scala: Bringing Future Languages to the JVM
Category: Languages > Java      Posted: 07 Jun 08

In this presentation, Lex Spoon discusses the Scala programming language. Topics covered include the origin of Scala, the philosophy behind Scala, the ...

Venkat Subramaniam's Pragmatic Factors for Agile Success
Category: Methodology > Project Managment      Posted: 07 Jun 08

At NFJS Venkat Subramaniam, author with Andy Hunt of "Practices of an Agile Developer," shared his pragmatic approach to some of the important technica...

Laurence Moroney on Silverlight
Category: Platforms > Windows      Posted: 07 Jun 08

Laurence Moroney provides an overview of the features of Silverlight and coming enhancements. He introduces the designer/developer continuum, the JavaS...

The Power of Javascript
Category: Web Development > Javascript      Posted: 07 Jun 08

Glenn Vanderburg makes the case for Javascript, a language long overlooked. This presentation from JAOO 2007 shows how its OOP model and other language...

Automating Business Value with FIT and Fitnesse
Category: Methodology > Project Managment      Posted: 07 Jun 08

Agile communities consider stories “done” when the acceptance tests (also called story tests) are shown to the customer. Originally, this was a manual ...

Business Natural Languages Development in Ruby
Category: Languages > Ruby      Posted: 07 Jun 08

Jay Fields presents his concept of Business Natural Languages (BNL). BNLs are a type of Domain Specific Language, designed to be readable by any subjec...