Please join us Wednesday, May 16th for the third installment of "Code Social", presented by AnythingSocial and FoodCalc and sponsored by ModCloth and TaskRabbit. We are extremely excited to once again be able to bring to you a series of in depth technical and user engagement presentations by some of the top developers in the industry. As always catered food and drinks will be provided by the hosts.
Please RSVP using the following link: http://codesocial3.eventbrite.com/
Agenda:
6:00pm - 6:45pm
- Doors open, networking, food and beverages
6:45pm - 8:00pm
- Presentations
- Richard Millan - Managing Complexity
- Vitaly M. Golomb - Design Driven Development
- Ian Duggan - Mocking HTTP-based API's with Hoodwink
8:00pm - 8:30pm
- More networking and beverages
More about the speakers and sessions:
Richard Millan - Managing Complexity
Abstract:
SOA promises scalability, but it is easy to introduce brittleness and overcomplicate an architecture when the right pieces are not introduced. How does a simple application become complex as time passes by? Distributed systems require a different workflow and perspective. What are the key components that are needed to keep the system reliable and easy to maintain while reducing the overall complexity?
Bio:
Richard Millan is a Rails engineer at Modcloth. He leads the team that is responsible for building the applications used to bring products to the online store, and is actively evolving the system into a distributed architecture.
Vitaly M. Golomb - Design Driven Development
Abstract:
At the core of a successful technology company or product is an elegant solution to a painful problem. Art is an exercise in self-expression. Design ? Art. Design is all about solving problems. Design Driven Development ensures that the first version of your app or service provides the target audience the solution (and experience) they need and not just a checklist of features.
Bio:
Vitaly is an entrepreneur and award-winning designer with over 15 years in early stage Internet and software products and professional services. Founder and CEO of Keen Systems, the first cloud-based business automation and ecommerce engine for Print Service Providers. Vitaly is also an active startup advisor focused on product strategy/business models, user experience, user interfaces, brand development, and inbound marketing/user acquisition.
Ian Duggan - Mocking HTTP-based APIs with Hoodwink
Abstract:
HTTP-based API's abound -- some are RESTful and other, not so much. We'll spend some time exploring the options available for mocking them (and writing mocks for them) form both dev and test environments. Mocking improves speed of development, iteration time, and decoupling, while also removing the requirement that the API exists before you start coding to it.
Bio:
Ian is a veteran software developer and CEO of AnythingSocial, a custom software development shop located in San Francisco. His first program was 10 PRINT "HELLO" 20 GOTO 10, written in Applesoft Basic on Apple ][ Plus in 1980. He's still waiting for it to complete.
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