Research Triangle Software Symposium
August 23 - 25, 2013
Successful Scala Project
Sunday - Aug 25 11:00 AM EDT - Raleigh
What happens when a team of traditional Java engineers decide to port a growing high-profile production system to Scala? By the title you can imagine it is a success but of course there's more to the story.
This talk will be a mix of lessons learned and a general lay of the land for what you can expect for your successful Scala project.
- How do you hire?
- What libraries do you use?
- What tooling is available?
- What contributes to the slow build times?
- What are the trade-offs with build tools?
- What are the best resources for learning?
Demian Neidetcher
Sr. Engineer at Time Warner Cable
About Demian Neidetcher
Demian Neidetcher is a Senior Engineer at Time Warner Cable working on customer portals and getting television content to IP devices. He first got the programming bug staying up late nights with his Commodore64.
He has been professionally writing software for over 15 years. Most of his experience is with JVM languages (Java, Scala, Groovy) in the telecommunications domain doing things like inventory systems for a long-haul carrier, integrating conferencing software and routing VoIP traffic including geo-spatial 911 call routing. He has worked for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to small start-ups. In every environment Demian has looked for pragmatic approaches, solutions and process to get teams delivering software that benefits users.