Host:
Randy Shoup
Have you ever browsed to a site like eBay or Amazon and wondered, or even fantasized about what software architecture they may have used, and what insights their teams must have after solving such complex and large-scale problems?
This track will give you an exclusive chance to learn directly from some of the most well-known and high-volume web applications in the world. In previous QCons, this track featured Amazon.com, MySpace.com, SecondLife, eBay, Linked-In, Yahoo!, Orbitz.com, and the BBC.com. This year will feature Facebook, Linked-In, and even more case studies of some of the most notable large scale systems in the world.
Host:
David Anderson
Kanban has been described as "the first new Agile method for 5 years," by Sanjiv Augustine, while others have commented in 2009 that they "haven't seen buzz like this since the birth of XP." What is Kanban all about? Why is it creating such a buzz? How does it fit with other Agile methods? And when would you choose to use it? Kanban is based on a very simple principle - agree a limit to work-in-progress, and pull new work only when something is finished. From this simple principle a whole set of emergent rules have evolved into the latest collaborative game of software development. Experts who've been using Kanban in the field for several years will talk about how they use Kanban, how and why they adopted it, the effects it had on the culture of their organization and how they see the future of Lean software development evolving.
Host:
Stefan Tilkov
What exactly is The Cloud? What should it be? There is a diversity of answers to this question and this session will explore at least two of them. Will the Cloud be a collection of (mostly) proprietary platforms, or will it truly be the next incarnation of the Web (a utility with open standards and protocols enabling ubiquitous computing)?
Host:
Dion Stewart
This track will explore the concept of software development as a craft and why that is so appealing to the agile community. Speakers will address the concept of software craft, agility as a craft, and becoming a master craftsman.
Host:
Joseph Yoder
If you think Architecture is about enterprise products, big
technologies, committee-generated standards and expensive vendor
"solutions", then this track is probably not for you. On second
thoughts, perhaps it is.
Host:
Steve Freeman
Many organisations have adopted Agile development practices over the
past ten years and are now discovering that there's more to it than
iterations and stand-ups. One of the best features of the Agile movement
was that it reset the balance between the business and technical sides
of a software organisation. True Agility--the ability to respond rapidly
to change--requires both good business decision- making and strong
technical skills and practice.
Host:
Dylan Schiemann
The browser is emerging as the new client platform. AJAX, RIA, and the ongoing JavaScript performance races are fueling this development. This is most notably applied for front-end applications of SaaS and/or cloud applications, but increasingly also as a platform in it's own right, as we are starting to see browser-based applications that are not tied to a specific back-end system, but rather exists in them selves or integrate a number of other web-based services.
Host:
Ola Bini
The last few years have seen a resurgence in the use of alternative languages. Solutions built on top of languages like Python, Ruby, Groovy and Scala is becoming more common, both to build integration solutions and full-fledged systems. In this track we will look at some of the languages and how they are used in the enterprise, what benefits they give and what to look out for.
