Venkat Subramaniam
Central Iowa Software Symposium
Des Moines · August 3 - 4, 2018
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.
Presentations
JavaScript: The Fascinating Parts
JavaScript is no longer that scary nasty language. There are so many wonderful features in the modern versions of this language that I can't stop praising it. In this presentation we will focus on some of the most exciting features of the language that make programming in JavaScript a pleasant experience.
Developing with React: Components, State management, and Testing
In this presentation, we will dig deeper into creating applications with React.
Improving Quality of JavaScript Code
JavaScript is a very powerful and ubiquitous language. At the same time, it is also a language that is often misunderstood and misused. Better quality code greatly reduces the effort and time to maintain software. So, there is a good incentive to improve quality of code.
A Practical Introduction to React
React is a very targeted library for creating rich front end. While React does fairly well what it intends to provide, developing a practical application requires more than using React alone.
Using Reactive APIs of Java
Reactive Programming is no longer an esoteric idea. Many libraries and tools have started providing excellent support for this idea of programming. So much that Java 9 has embraced this idea by including it into the specification. In this presentation we will take a dive into what reactive programming looks like from the Java specification point of view.
What's Brewing beyond Java 9
After years of stagnation, Java is one of the most vibrant languages of current times. Java 8 saw several improvements and Java 9 a few more. Well, that's only the beginning. Come to this talk to learn about where Java is heading, what's brewing in the language and the ecosystem, well beyond Java 9.
Core Software Design Principles
Creating code is easy, creating good code takes a lot of time, effort, discipline, and commitment. The code we create are truly the manifestations of our designs. Creating a lightweight design can help make the code more extensible and reusable.
Java 9: The Key Parts
Everyone (including your humble speaker) talks about Modularization. For once, let's focus on other interesting and exciting parts of Java 9 that does not involve modularization. In this presentation we will talk about key improvements and additions to the Java language and the JDK introduced in Java 9.
Automated Testing JavaScript
JavaScript is one of the most powerful and yet perilous languages. It is arguably the most ubiquitous language, the king of the client side programming the web. The dynamic nature of the language offers many benefits, but the weak typing and lack of tooling can make changes unpredictable, that is, if we're not careful. Automated testing can greatly alleviate the pains and lead to more fruitful development.
Completable Futures: The Promises of the Java World
Traditionally Java has supported multithreading. Asynchronous programming in Java is a bit of novelty. Java 8 introduced CompletableFuture to bring the features of JavaScript promises to the Java land. In this presentation we will learn about this feature and how to make use of it.