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ACCU 2012 24-04-12

ACCU is a community of programmers who care about programming. It is a forum for interacting and meeting with like minded programmers through discussions, the written word and conferences. ACCU is dedicated to raising the standard of programming.

ACCU 2012 is the annual conference which takes place in Oxford between 25th - 28th April. The conference digs deep into software development, software architecture, project management, software testing and programming culture and best practices.

ACCU 2012 consists of 1 day of Tutorials followed 4 conference days spread over 5 tracks! Speakers include Allan Kelly, Jurgen Appelo, Kevlin Henney, Charles Bailey, Tim Lister, Tom Gilb and many more! Choose from 3 pre-conference tutorials as follows:

  • The C++11 Standard Library - New Features, new Tools, new Patterns, new Pitfalls by Nico Josuttis
  • The Art of Garbage Collector Tuning (for the SUN/Oracle HotSpot JVM) by Angelika Langer and Klaus Kreft
  • Advanced IT Design and Architecture by Tom Gilb
View the full schedule for the Tutorials and the 4 conference days here.

Registration Is Open!

  • ACCU-members: Pre-Conference Tutorial Day Ticket = £175, 4-day Conference Ticket = £595.
  • Non-ACCU members: Pre-Conference Tutorial Day Ticket = £200, 4-day Conference Ticket = £695.
Other ticket options are available including 1-day Conference tickets and discounted rates for Students. Full details can be found here.

SPECIAL SKILLS MATTER COMMUNITY DISCOUNT!
We are delighted to announce that the organisers of ACCU are offering non-ACCU Members in the Skills Matter Community an exclusive discount of £50 off the price of the full 4-day Conference! To book your ticket with the £50 discount applied, please use promocode SM50 when registering. This discount is only available for bookings made before 1st April so hurry before the offer runs out!

On Twitter? Follow the conference on twitter: @accu2012, #accu2012

Tuesday 24th April 2012
 Track 1
   SIMON SEBRIGHT - SHAREPOINT FOR THINKING DEVELOPERS IN 5 MINS
: ACCU 2012: Simon Sebright - Sharepoint For Thinking Developers In 5 Mins View the podcast here...
   
   PHIL NASH - WHY I DO WHAT I DO
: ACCU 2012 - Why I do What I Do - Phil Nash View the podcast here...
   
   MATT TURNER: FLUENCY
: ACCU 2012 - Fluency - Matt Turner View the podcast here...
   
   BERNHARD MERKEL: FIND(ING) BUGS IS EASY
: ACCU 2012 - Find(ing) bugs is easy - Bernhard Merkel View the podcast here...
   
   CHARLES BAILEY - THE RANT OF THREE
: ACCU 2012 - The Rant Of Three - Charles Bailey, ACCU 2012, The Rant Of Three, Charles Bailey View the podcast here...
   
   FRANK BIRBACHER - STYLE C++ FOR VERSION CONTROL
: ACCU 2012 - Style C++ For Version Control - Frank Birbacher View the podcast here...
   
   DOMINIC ROBINSON: THE BEARD HEURISTIC
: ACCU 2012 - The Beard Heuristic - Dominic Robinson View the podcast here...
   
   CHRIS OLDWOOD - NOT ONLY, BUT ALSO…
: ACCU 2012 - Not Only, But Also… - Chris Oldwood View the podcast here...
   
   DIOMIDIS SPINELLIS - NAME !SHAME: RATIONAL NAMING
: ACCU 2012 - Diomidis Spinellis - Name !Shame: Rational Naming View the podcast here...
   
   ERIK SCHLYTER - TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES PATTERN
: ACCU 2012: Erik Schlyter - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pattern View the podcast here...
   
   ANDERS SCHAU KNATTEN - AUTOMATE ALL THE THINGS
: ACCU 2012 - Automate All The Things - Anders Schau Knatten View the podcast here...
   
Wednesday 25th April 2012
 Track 1
 09:30     TIM LISTER ON PROJECT PATTERNS: FROM ADRENALIN JUNKIES TO TEMPLATE ZOMBIES
: In this talk, Tim will start the talk with some examples from the book project. He will then let the audience offer up some of their own patterns. View the podcast here...
   
Thursday 26th April 2012
 Track 1
 09:30     PHIL NASH: THE CONGRUENT PROGRAMMER
: Phil Nash: Why do we do what we do? Are we doing what we want to do? The way we want to do it? How can we use the answers to these questions to get better at whatever it was we were doing in the first place? View the podcast here...
   
 11:00     PETER SOMMERLAD: C++11 FOR THE REST OF US. SIMPLER CODE WITH MORE POWER - PART 1
: Peter Sommerlad:Prof. Peter Sommerlad is head of IFS Institute for Software at FHO/HSR Rapperswil. Peter is co-author of the books POSA Vol.1 and Security Patterns. His goal is to make software simpler by Decremental Development: Refactoring software down to 10% its size with better architecture, testability and quality and functionality. View the podcast here...
   
 11:00     DIDIER VERNA ON DSLS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EXTENSIBLE LANGUAGES
: The purpose of this presentation is to envision the process of DSL design and implementation from the perspective of extensible GPLs, and to show how the capabilities of the original application's GPL can have a dramatic impact on DSL conception. View the podcast here...
   
 15:45     HENRIK BERGLUND - IS SCRUM INCOMPATIBLE WITH YOUR BRAIN?
: When you start using Scrum, interesting things start happening in your brain. This talk will show you how to handle this and other basic human issues that occur when you start working on changing and improving. View the podcast here...
   


SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE PODCASTS
Oren Eini aka Ayende Rahien:Sharding And Scaling with RavenDB, Scaling with RavenDB
Oren Eini aka Ayende Rahien : 15th May 2012
View Podcast: Sharding And Scaling with RavenDB,
John Zablocki:Developing with Couchbase, Developing with Couchbase
John Zablocki : 9th May 2012
View Podcast: Developing with Couchbase,
Chris Harris:MongoDB and Document Databases, Document Databases
Chris Harris : 9th May 2012
View Podcast: MongoDB and Document Databases,
David Mytton:MongoDB performance at scale, MongoDB performance
David Mytton : 9th May 2012
View Podcast: MongoDB performance at scale,
John Zablocki:The Couchbase Server Tutorial, The Couchbase Server Tutorial
John Zablocki : 9th May 2012
View Podcast: The Couchbase Server Tutorial,
Chris Harris:Hands-on MongoDB, Hands-on MongoDB
Chris Harris : 9th May 2012
View Podcast: Hands-on MongoDB,
Tom McMillen:CouchDB at the Hut Group, CouchDB at the Hut Group
Tom McMillen : 9th May 2012
View Podcast: CouchDB at the Hut Group,
Jim Webber:Managing Highly Connected Data in Neo4j, Neo4j Highly Connected Data
Jim Webber : 9th May 2012
View Podcast: Managing Highly Connected Data in Neo4j,
Nicki Watt:Neo4j Tales from the Trenches: A recommendation Engine Case Study, Neo4j Tales from the Trenches
Nicki Watt : 9th May 2012
View Podcast: Neo4j Tales from the Trenches: A recommendation Engine Case Study,
Oren Eini aka Ayende Rahien:RavenDB: A 2nd generation document database, RavenDB
Oren Eini aka Ayende Rahien : 9th May 2012
View Podcast: RavenDB: A 2nd generation document database,
Phil Jones:The challenges and rewards of using RavenDB, RavenDB: challenges & rewards
Phil Jones : 9th May 2012
View Podcast: The challenges and rewards of using RavenDB,
Oren Eini aka Ayende Rahien:RavenDB Crash Course, RavenDB Crash Course
Oren Eini aka Ayende Rahien : 9th May 2012
View Podcast: RavenDB Crash Course,
Ian Robinson:A Programmatic Introduction to Neo4j, Neo4j Intro
Ian Robinson : 3rd May 2012
View Podcast: A Programmatic Introduction to Neo4j,
Brian Sletten:Information Resources : Moving Beyond Objects, Moving Beyond Objects
Brian Sletten : 3rd May 2012
View Podcast: Information Resources : Moving Beyond Objects,
Anirvan  Chakraborty:Connecting to Neo4j using Spring Data, Connecting to Neo4j using Spring Data
Anirvan Chakraborty : 3rd May 2012
View Podcast: Connecting to Neo4j using Spring Data,
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