This document provides an agenda for the ShRUG 5 Scottish Ruby Conf Edition conference held in April 2010. The conference included talks on various Ruby topics such as "Rocket Fuelled Cucumbers", "Pure RSpec", "From Artist to Programmer", and "Dependent Types". The agenda outlines the schedule for talks on both Friday and Saturday, including sessions, breaks for lunch and coffee, and a retrospective at the end to discuss what went well and could be improved for future conferences. The document concludes with suggesting two local pubs, The Tap, as locations for the post-event socializing.
A version of the Conflict Resolution Diagram / Evaporating Cloud talk/workshop I prepared for a SCiO Open Day in Manchester: http://www.scio.org.uk/node/760
These are the slides to a lightning talk on I gave at the PHPNW meetup on 6 Aug 2013. It's an incomplete, slightly skewed look at how I apply Personal Kanban myself. - Ash
Charla/taller realizado en la Universidad de La Rioja para las sesiones de "Loading...". Era una breve presentación de Ruby, Ruby on Rails y una parte práctica con Ruby on Rails 3.
A version of the Conflict Resolution Diagram / Evaporating Cloud talk/workshop I prepared for a SCiO Open Day in Manchester: http://www.scio.org.uk/node/760
These are the slides to a lightning talk on I gave at the PHPNW meetup on 6 Aug 2013. It's an incomplete, slightly skewed look at how I apply Personal Kanban myself. - Ash
Charla/taller realizado en la Universidad de La Rioja para las sesiones de "Loading...". Era una breve presentación de Ruby, Ruby on Rails y una parte práctica con Ruby on Rails 3.
JRuby on Rails - RoR's Simplicity Meets Java's Class (a case in point)Darshan Karandikar
Slides from my talk at RubyConf India 2012. This is a case in point for a highly productive & scalable enterprise application development platform with JRuby on Rails.
When we started to architect an enterprise micro-blogging solution as part of the internal collaboration platform for a large customer (henceforth referred by dummy name 'CustCollab'), the next immediate question was “Which web application development framework to use?”. Simplicity, productivity, ability to deliver high quality of service (QoS), especially performance & scalability, & alignment with CustCollab's technology stack were our top criteria for framework selection. After considerable research on state-of-the-art, we zeroed in on 2 frameworks – 1) “Ruby on Rails” (RoR) for its super simplicity & productivity & 2) “Java Enterprise Edition” (JEE) for its obvious “enterprise” class, high QoS & greater alignment with CustCollab's technology stack. But we just couldn't rule out either one, since each framework had been proven to deliver qualities not so proven in the other framework. Naturally, we started dreaming of a framework which can deliver best of both worlds! And in reality, there lived such a framework – 'JRuby on Rails'!
In this talk I will focus more on our experience of how JRuby, & hence JRoR, has done a fantastic job of delivering best of RoR & JEE worlds to an enterprise application w.r.t multiple 'quality of service' attributes like scalability (parallel processing, Garbage Collection, compilation, caching, advanced database connection pooling etc.), productivity, extensibility, security (especially CSRF), session management, reusability, total cost of ownership (alignment with existing/preferred technology stack) etc.
With the help of the real world 'CustCollab Micro-blogging' case in point, this presentation demonstrates how the distant, isolated worlds of RoR & JEE can synergize with the help of the JRuby bridge to result in a highly productive & scalable enterprise application development platform.
I hope it encourages others to adapt JRuby, & hence Ruby, in the enterprise. After all, as promised by the JRuby dev. team, the JRuby improvisation is well capable of delivering the best of both Java & Ruby worlds, & hence deserves greater attention in the enterprise world!
Presentation given at the Scottish Ruby Conference 2010. It was mainly a practical demo, so please watch the video at http://video2010.scottishrubyconference.com/show_video/9/1
My presentation from RedDotRubyConf 2013 in Singapore. Turned out to be a reflection on whether I'd still be a Rubyist in another 5 years, and what are the external trends that might change that. Short story: Yes! Of course. I'll always think like a Rubyist even though things will probably get more polyglot. The arena of web development is perhaps the most unpredictable though.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
JRuby on Rails - RoR's Simplicity Meets Java's Class (a case in point)Darshan Karandikar
Slides from my talk at RubyConf India 2012. This is a case in point for a highly productive & scalable enterprise application development platform with JRuby on Rails.
When we started to architect an enterprise micro-blogging solution as part of the internal collaboration platform for a large customer (henceforth referred by dummy name 'CustCollab'), the next immediate question was “Which web application development framework to use?”. Simplicity, productivity, ability to deliver high quality of service (QoS), especially performance & scalability, & alignment with CustCollab's technology stack were our top criteria for framework selection. After considerable research on state-of-the-art, we zeroed in on 2 frameworks – 1) “Ruby on Rails” (RoR) for its super simplicity & productivity & 2) “Java Enterprise Edition” (JEE) for its obvious “enterprise” class, high QoS & greater alignment with CustCollab's technology stack. But we just couldn't rule out either one, since each framework had been proven to deliver qualities not so proven in the other framework. Naturally, we started dreaming of a framework which can deliver best of both worlds! And in reality, there lived such a framework – 'JRuby on Rails'!
In this talk I will focus more on our experience of how JRuby, & hence JRoR, has done a fantastic job of delivering best of RoR & JEE worlds to an enterprise application w.r.t multiple 'quality of service' attributes like scalability (parallel processing, Garbage Collection, compilation, caching, advanced database connection pooling etc.), productivity, extensibility, security (especially CSRF), session management, reusability, total cost of ownership (alignment with existing/preferred technology stack) etc.
With the help of the real world 'CustCollab Micro-blogging' case in point, this presentation demonstrates how the distant, isolated worlds of RoR & JEE can synergize with the help of the JRuby bridge to result in a highly productive & scalable enterprise application development platform.
I hope it encourages others to adapt JRuby, & hence Ruby, in the enterprise. After all, as promised by the JRuby dev. team, the JRuby improvisation is well capable of delivering the best of both Java & Ruby worlds, & hence deserves greater attention in the enterprise world!
Presentation given at the Scottish Ruby Conference 2010. It was mainly a practical demo, so please watch the video at http://video2010.scottishrubyconference.com/show_video/9/1
My presentation from RedDotRubyConf 2013 in Singapore. Turned out to be a reflection on whether I'd still be a Rubyist in another 5 years, and what are the external trends that might change that. Short story: Yes! Of course. I'll always think like a Rubyist even though things will probably get more polyglot. The arena of web development is perhaps the most unpredictable though.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and Grafana
ShRUG 5 - Scottish Ruby Conf edition
1. ShRUG 5
April 2010
Scottish Ruby Conf Edition
Slides prepared by http://shrug.org/
Ashley Moran
PatchSpace Ltd @shruggers
2. Plan of Action
Planned talks
James Almond: Rocket-Fuelled Cucumbers
Ashley Moran: Pure RSpec
Session Rundown - random comments
Quick retrospective
Pub
4. Pure RSpec
Jon "Lark" Larkowski @L4rk
Hashrocket http://www.hashrocket.com/
http://pure-rspec-scotruby.heroku.com/
5. Sessions: Friday
QM Theatre Great Hall Library
Registration, coffee, and shortbread
Introduction and Keynote by Jim Weirich
Break
Denormalizing Your Rails Stonepath: State-Based
Rocket Fuelled Cucumbers
Application Workflows in Ruby
I Think I Finally Understand Fun with Ruby and Cocoa on The Joy of Painting with
Mocks OSX systems Ruby
Getting the most out of Teaching programming using
Pure RSpec
ActiveRecord 3 with Arel Ruby
Lunch
The next step in Web Dev IronRuby: The Ruby & .NET
From Artist to Programmer
with Document Databases Love Child
Break
Arduino and Ruby mixed in
Rack Middleware Goodies Breaking things with Ruby
with a little shoes
Distributed Architectures UNIX: Rediscovering the
From 'mate .' to 'rake release'
with Rack wheel
6. Sessions: Saturday
QM Theatre Great Hall Library
Coffee and shortbread
Welcome back and Keynote by Tim Bray
Break
Oh S***: How to bring a big RTW (Real Time Web): WTF
Vim for the modern Rubyist
Rails website down (What's That For)?
MacRuby for Ruby
Write Bad Code A rumble in the jungle?
Developers
10 most common Errors in Notitia linguarum -
JavaScript for Rubyists
Rails apps Multinational Ruby
Lunch
Dependent Types: A Look At 12 hours to rate a Rails
Gittin Down to the Plumbing
The Other Side application
Genetic Algorithms with Just another Jar File? Using
You're Doing it Wrong
Ruby JRuby in your Java projects.
Break
Tales of the Resistance; A Dialog on the Ruby Insurgency