Abstract In this session I will get you started with real-time cloud native streaming programming with Java, Golang, Python and Apache NiFi. If there’s a preferred language that the attendees pick, we will focus only on that one. I will start off with an introduction to Apache Pulsar and setting up your first easy standalone … Read More
Abstract This discussion will cover the ins and outs of migrating an existing native iOS/Android app to Flutter. For developers considering migrations, we’ll discuss comparing technologies, key architectural considerations, and more. The efficiency potential for mobile apps to be write-once can’t be overstated, but it’s important to understand what the real costs are. NeuroFlow’s Director … Read More
Abstract Historically, getting your software into a “server environment” required coordination with a tightly controlled infrastructure or operations team. Bottlenecks, both technical and bureaucratic, resulted in delays, waning developer productivity, and crushed morale. Luckily for developers, cloud providers came to the rescue with ways to quickly get started with infrastructure. The democratization of cloud-based infrastructure … Read More
Abstract Typed languages versus untyped languages: we duke it out in this panel. Apologies for the missed recording, but we hope you enjoy what remains as it was a lively conversation! About Richard Feldman Richard is the creator of the Roc programming language, the host of the Software Unscripted podcast, and the author of Elm … Read More
Abstract “All happy cloud deployments are alike; each unhappy cloud deployment is unhappy in its own way.” — Leo Tolstoy, Site Reliability Engineer At Gruntwork, I’ve had the chance to see the cloud adoption journeys of hundreds of companies, from tiny startups to Fortune 50 giants. I’ve seen those journeys go well. I’ve seen those … Read More
Abstract Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) is a well-designed, lightweight messaging protocol that can be used for communication between mobile clients, microservices, and IoT devices. Unlike HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and other messaging protocols, MQTT is a low bandwidth, low latency alternative for IoT device transmissions, which is far more suitable because these devices may … Read More
Abstract In the beginning there was client-mainframe. And in the modern web era, there is client-server, with many services hosted in the cloud. But blockchain is a whole new paradigm for transaction processing between publishers and their customers. This speech reviews salient features of blockchain and NFTs that make them different than normal enterprise databases. … Read More
Abstract I don’t know about you, but I spent a lot of 2020 walking with my husband outdoors. We are fortunate to have miles of walking trails in our community and even during the most severe lockdown, we were able to log over four miles a day. I know the scientific evidence for being outside … Read More
Abstract Project Amber is an OpenJDK project delivering productivity focused language improvements to Java. In this presentation we will be covering key changes delivered by project Amber in recent Java versions, understand the theme and motivations behind these changes, and peek into the future to see where Project Amber is leading the Java language! If … Read More
Abstract In the last decade, the Single Page Application (SPA) architecture and the JSON API has begun to supplant the original Multi-Page Application architecture of web. This has allowed much more sophisticated web applications to be built and the approach has been formalized by libraries such as React and Vue. In the last few years, … Read More
