Sessions at OSCON 2012 about Application

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Tuesday 17th July 2012

• An Introduction To Evented IO Programming In Node.JS , From The Experts

  by Rik Arends and Bert Belder

  Want to write Node.JS applications and want someone to show you the ropes? In this workshop we will go through a quick paced introduction to node.JS, and will introduce the basic principles of writing evented IO applications. For the more advanced developers it will be interactive on the depth of certain subjects.

  • Application
  • Node.js
  • Workshop

  At 9:00am to 12:30pm, Tuesday 17th July

  In Portland 256, Oregon Convention Center

Wednesday 18th July 2012

• Permission or Forgiveness?

  by Anna Martelli Ravenscroft and Alex Martelli

  Grace Murray Hopper's famous motto, "It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission", has many useful applications -- in Python, in concurrency, in networking, as well of course as in real life. However, it's not universally valid. This talk explores both useful and damaging applications of this principle.

  • Application
  • permissions
  • Python

  At 1:40pm to 2:20pm, Wednesday 18th July

  In D135, Oregon Convention Center

• Speech Enabling Android Applications

  by Simon MacDonald and Bryce Curtis

  Do you have Siri envy? Are you sick of those smarmy iOS developers touting the benefits of their platform? Well you shouldn’t be as most iOS developers will never be able to hook into the private Siri API. Instead why don’t you learn more about the android.speech package and enable Speech Recognition and Text to Speech functionality in your Android apps today. This presentation will give a brief overview of the basics and best practices of Speech Recognition. Then we will quickly put together an application using Speech Recognition for input and TTS for output that can answer almost any question you put to it.

  • Android
  • Application
  • speech technology

  At 2:30pm to 3:10pm, Wednesday 18th July

  In F150, Oregon Convention Center

• The Secret Diaries of a Performance Tuning Superhero

  by Steve Burton

  As applications become more distributed, virtual and elastic, many organizations are losing their grip on application performance and scalability. This session will use customer case studies to look at the biggest performance bottlenecks of the past year, as well as best practices around finding and troubleshooting them.

  • Application
  • Performance
  • Scalability

  At 2:30pm to 3:10pm, Wednesday 18th July

  In E147, Oregon Convention Center

  Coverage slide deck

Thursday 19th July 2012

• A Look at The Network: Searching for Truth in Distributed Applications

  by Scott Andreas

  This session explores the concept of the network as a source of truth for distributed applications and offers a deep-dive into higher-level problems that often manifest early at level 3. Tying network and application behavior together offers a powerful cocktail for finding and fixing problems in distributed applications quickly while also ensuring timely responses to clients spread across the net.

  • Application
  • Distributed
  • Network

  At 2:30pm to 3:10pm, Thursday 19th July

  In D139-140, Oregon Convention Center

  Coverage slide deck