January 2016 Blog Posts (4)

Open Source Bridge CFP (Portland <3)

Open Source Bridge is a conference in Portland, Oregon. It's in June and that's a great time to be in Portland. This year, OSCON is going to be in Austin. OSB's call for papers is open now. There are lots of reasons to pick Open Source Bridge as a conference destination this year. Check out the …

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Added by Michael Levin on January 26, 2016 at 9:48am — No Comments

.Net Opensourced?

The Microsoft people have open sourced .Net! Read about it here: http://radar.oreilly.com/2015/06/net-open-source.html



Have you tried it? I can't wait! The architecture is simple and hasn't changed enough to mess you up if it's been a while since you used it.



I want to hear all about your Open Source .Net adventures. Yes, there's a .Net group here on Codetown. Just take a look around...



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Added by Michael Levin on January 24, 2016 at 9:48am — No Comments

Comparing JavaScript Frameworks

Here's a great article by Uri comparing Ember, Angular and Backbone:

https://www.airpair.com/js/javascript-framework-comparison

Have you got a case study or experience to add?

Added by Michael Levin on January 11, 2016 at 5:30am — No Comments

2 FREE EBOOKS! JAVA 8 AND FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING!

Introducing Java 8

by Raoul-Gabriel Urma

Offers a practical tutorial to some of the core Java 8 features and gets you programming quickly with Java 8.http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/introducing-java-8.csp



Object Oriented vs Functional Programming

by Richard Warburton

Explains the similarities and differences…

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Added by Michael Levin on January 7, 2016 at 1:53pm — No Comments

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