Opening up Closure Library
Published August 30th, 2010 Under Coding, Open Source Tools, User Interface | Leave a Comment
Closure Library is the open-source JavaScript library behind some of Google’s big web apps like Gmail and Google Docs. This session will tour the broad library, its object-oriented design, and its namespaced organization. We’ll explain how it works and how to integrate it in your setup, both for development and optimized for a live application using Closure Compiler.
Neo4j: NOSQL and the Benefits of Graph Databases
Published August 30th, 2010 Under Database | Leave a Comment
Emil Eifrem overviews the trends leading to NOSQL (Not Only SQL), and the four emerging NOSQL solutions: key-value stores, plus column, document and graph databases. He also explains the internals of a graph database and an example of using Neo4j – a graph database – in production.
http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Neo4j-NOSQL-and-Graph-Databases
Developing PHP and MySQL Applications with Windows Azure
Published August 30th, 2010 Under Architecture, Database, Services | Leave a Comment
Learn how to build rich, multi-tier applications in the cloud using PHP and MySQL, taking advantage of new Windows Azure features. This session will cover using PHP, MySQL, and memcached in Windows Azure.
Retrospectives
Published August 30th, 2010 Under Agile, Project Management | Leave a Comment
Retrospectives are the Agile team’s most powerful tool for facilitating continuous improvement. We’ve all encountered teams that make the same mistakes and suffer the same pain over and over again. The good news is that it’s possible for just about any team to break this cycle by investing as little as an hour a week in learning to use retrospectives to systematically and incrementally improve performance. In this workshop, you will learn how to use Retrospectives to put your team on a path of continuous improvement.
Understanding SOA Security Patterns
Published August 30th, 2010 Under Architecture, Services | Leave a Comment
Jason Hogg makes a quick overview of security and application design followed by a more in-depth look at web services security, explaining the need for threat modeling through security design patterns. Hogg explains a number of design patterns related to processes, services and SOA security, detailing on how they can be applied to service-oriented systems.
http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Understanding-SOA-Security-Patterns
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