Schedule: Development sessions

Web 2.0 Architectures Download sample chapter from “Web 2.0 Architectures“
By James Governor, Dion Hinchcliffe, and Duane Nickull

At the end of the day, a web application has to be able to handle mobile users, 10+ browser versions, and an API. Early decisions about architecture and tools can often prevent headaches down the road. In this track we examine the latest platforms, architectures, and tools being used across some of the largest websites of the day. This track emphasizes things that you can use now, with an eye to the future.

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9:00am Tuesday, 05/04/2010

I Made a Map of the Internet - And Other Lessons About Speeding Up Websites

Location: 2006

Tom Hughes-Croucher (Jetpacks for Dinosaurs)

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I have made a map of everything involved in getting from your computer, via your ISP, to a web site and back. It's exhaustive, but that's the point. Where the heck should we optimize? This talk will take the audience on a journey through the guts of the internet to learn how and where to optimize for speed. Read more.

10:05am Tuesday, 05/04/2010

Top 10 Pitfalls to Avoid in RIA Development

Location: 2006

Anthony Franco (EffectiveUI)

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There are many ways to successfully design and develop software, yet even more ways to fail. Under the polite umbrella of “lessons learned,” we explore the pitfalls of inefficient workflows, worst practices and poor communication that will ensure the demise of any software project. You will take away valuable information about what NOT to do when expecting to get decent software out the door. Read more.

11:10am Tuesday, 05/04/2010

Billions of Hits: Scaling Twitter

Location: 2006

John Adams (Twitter)

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Growing from hundreds, to thousands, to billions of requests per day is an extremely difficult challenge. In this session, we'll share some of the challenges faced on a daily basis by the Twitter Operations team in delivering Tweets to millions of users on the real-time web and mobile devices. Read more.

1:30pm Tuesday, 05/04/2010

Designing Social Applications for the Next Phase of Web2.0: Data

Location: 2006

Jamie Taylor (Metaweb)

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User Generated Content powered the early phases of Web2.0, but as collaborative social applications mature, Web2.0 now produces high value "socially generated data." Social network design and information architecture influence the creation and quality of User Generated Data. This talk examines how design decisions impact network structure, and how network structures effect User Generated Data. Read more.

2:35pm Tuesday, 05/04/2010

Evolving the Social Web with OAuth 2.0

Location: 2006

Luke Shepard (Facebook)

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OAuth has paved the way for seamless web experiences where users can flow data across sites without sharing their passwords. Now, social experiences are moving away from a single webpage across the whole web, and to mobile devices - and the protocols that support them are changing as well. Read more.

11:00am Wednesday, 05/05/2010

What to Expect from Browsers in the Next Five Years: A Perspective

Location: 2006

Moderated by:

Dion Almaer (Set Direction)

Panelists:

Ben Galbraith (Walmart.com), Douglas Crockford (Yahoo! Inc.), Brendan Eich (Mozilla), Charles McCathieNevile (Opera Software), Alex Russell (Google), Giorgio Sardo (Microsoft Corporation)

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As browsers become the most important piece of software you will use, what can consumers and developers expect to be in the next generation of browsers. What will the top browser makers think of next and how will it be implemented? The panel will have the top movers and shakers of the browser industry who will butt heads to predict the future. Read more.

1:30pm Wednesday, 05/05/2010

A Guide to NoSQL for the SQL Minded

Location: 2006

Brian Aker (Data Differential)

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The evolution of website design has lead back to the fundamental question asked by developers when building websites, "Is SQL really worth it?". This talk will go through the pro's and con's of how to choose a data store and give a survey of what is out there in both the SQL and NoSQL world. NoSQL is not about building a better hammer, it is about choosing the right tool for the right job. Read more.

2:35pm Wednesday, 05/05/2010

The Future of Web Performance Optimization

Location: 2006

Steve Souders (Google)

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Starting at Velocity 2009 major web companies have shared how making their web sites faster resulted in increased revenue, improved user metrics, and reduced operating costs. Latency has become a part of Adwords Quality Score, ad exchange realtime bidding, and Google search rank, resulting in dramatically larger audiences for web sites and ad networks that are fast. Read more.

3:40pm Wednesday, 05/05/2010

The Innovative APIs Fueling Location on the Web

Location: 2006

Adam DuVander (ProgrammableWeb)

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Thanks to widespread mobile growth, location is returning to the web and it's more than a simple map mashup now. There are many powerful services available to store, access and present geographic data--on your desktop, laptop and mobile devices. Find your user's location, access your geo database in the cloud and, yes, put it all on a map. Read more.

11:00am Thursday, 05/06/2010

Fighting Spam at Flickr

Location: 2006

Mikhail Panchenko (Urban Airship), Simon Batistoni (Yahoo! Inc (Flickr))

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Spam is the unpleasant, grimy underbelly of the social web. Social sites cannot afford to ignore spam; it damages their credibility and ruins the user experience. This talk will detail the lessons of Flickr's past false starts in fighting spam, as well as what we are doing to be more efficient at curtailing it. We will cover both technical and human sides of the problem and some solutions. Read more.

1:00pm Thursday, 05/06/2010

RIA Problems You Never Knew Existed

Location: 2006

Kevin Hoyt (Adobe Systems, Inc.)

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A lack of foresight, or simply inexperience, can lead to serious Rich Internet Application (RIA) architecture problems. This session will explore some of these problems and their solutions. We will start by thinking about efficient user interface (UI) delivery and rendering, move to examining large scale data delivery, and close with a round-up on topics like service versioning and data security. Read more.

2:05pm Thursday, 05/06/2010

Web Services Provider Worst Practices

Location: 2006

Adam Trachtenberg (LinkedIn)

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If we learn best from failure, then this talk is your opportunity to get a PhD in what not to do in a Developer Program. Though real world examples, hear the mistakes others have made and how they diagnosed and repaired them. API providers, share your stories and learn what you're doing wrong -- and how to fix it. API consumers, see where you're being mistreated and fight back! Read more.

3:10pm Thursday, 05/06/2010

Harnessing the Power of HTML5 Web Sockets to Create Scalable Real-time Applications

Location: 2006

Peter Lubbers (Kaazing ), Brian Albers (Kaazing )

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In this session, Brian Albers and Peter Lubbers— co-authors of Pro HTML5 Programming (Apress, 2010)—will demonstrate the powerful simplicity of HTML5 Web Sockets, using real-world examples. Read more.