Topic: Software Development
In this keynote, Tim and Etech program chair Rael Dornfest introduce you to the thinking and themes behind this year's conference and some of the people and projects they're watching and working with.
Steve explains the important distinction between software engineers and computer scientists. Hear what he thinks of XP and why software seems to be so much less reliable than the hardware on which it runs.
Whether you're already a PHP user, or haven't yet taken the plunge, you'll enjoy this interview with its humble creator--a true pioneer of the open-source movement. You'll also hear what's in the works for the next major release, PHP 5.0, and why Rasmus believes the Web will become "the interface to everything."
As anyone who's taken on a large-scale multi-party integration project will tell you, "the plumbing is the easy part." By far the greatest challenges come from reconciling semantic differences between systems and organizations. In this interview, Dave answers some of the hottest questions in today's world of semantics.
In his new book, the co-creator of Blogger says Amazon.com is an application, which he then dives into and brings up its buried treasures. Whether you're just a frequent book buyer, author, publisher, bookseller, or just want to make a few extra dollars referring traffic to Amazon, Paul has it all.
Network World named Anne one of the 50 most powerful people in networking. Hear her insights on these hot topics: When will security and reliable messaging be part of web-services products? Which web-services vendors offer the greatest interoperability? Is the web-services specification process effective or a disaster? Will the EAI vendors survive the shift to open protocols for integration? Will SCO's Linux lawsuits destroy open source's GPL? Is C# "Java--the next generation?"
More than 27,000 developers have registered to access data in XML format, and they're submitting nearly 10 million requests per day. They have a choice between REST and SOAP. Which one is more popular, and why? Find out what Amazon.com has learned from this experience, and what they recommend to others.
From The Stencil Group's report, Web Services Rules; Real-World Lessons from Early Adopters: Which companies are implementing web services and why? Are their projects large or small? Behind or beyond the firewall? Who's successful, who's not, and why? And will web services kill the traditional EAI vendors?
"Transactions 101" from the guy who literally wrote the book. ACID, TP monitors, asynchronous messaging, loose coupling, SOAP, RPC vs. document models, orchestration, and the state and future of standards.
