Programming Concurrency (Full Day)
ÜberConf
Denver · July 12 - 15, 2011
About this Presentation
Starting threads is easy, benefiting from them without being burnt is hard. The multithreading API in Java has evolved quite a bit since the early stages. There are three options for concurrency in pure Java today: the modern JDK API, the Software Transaction Memory, and the actor based concurrency. In this workshop, using practical examples—all in pure Java, you will dive deep into all three of these options, learn how to use these, learn their pros and cons, and clearly understand which option to pick when.
In this workshop, using practical examples—all in pure Java, you will dive deep into all three of these options, learn how to use these, learn their pros and cons, and clearly understand which option to pick when.
Founder @ Agile Developer, Inc.
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., creator of agilelearner.com, and an instructional professor at the University of Houston.
He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects.
Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at agiledeveloper.com. You can reach him by email at venkats@agiledeveloper.com or on twitter at @venkat_s.