Lone Star Software Symposium: Austin

July 22 - 24, 2011 - Austin, TX


Marriott Austin Airport Hotel
4415 South IH-35
Austin, TX   78744
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Programming in Functional Style

Functional Programming has been gaining popularity in recent times. If you've wondered what functional programming is or how you can make use of it, this session is for you.

Learn what functional style is and how you can make use of that in languages like Scala and Groovy. You will also learn how you can structure your Java code to make use of this style of programming to the extent possible.


About Venkat Subramaniam

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with agile practices on their software projects, and speaks frequently at international conferences and user groups. Venkat is also an adjunct faculty and teaches CS courses remotely at the University of Houston. He is author of ".NET Gotchas," coauthor of 2007 Jolt Productivity Award winning "Practices of an Agile Developer," author of "Programming Groovy: Dynamic Productivity for the Java Developer" and "Programming Scala: Tackle Multi-Core Complexity on the Java Virtual Machine" (Pragmatic Bookshelf).

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