Is there going to be online access during/after the event? I would greatly value seeing this, but probably not enough to travel from the UK to Chicago :).
On Tuesday, 4 February 2014 12:06:06 UTC, Jay Fields wrote: > > tl; dr: I'm presenting "Lessons Learned from Adopting Clojure" in > Chicago on Feb 11th: > > http://www.eventbrite.com/e/goto-night-with-jay-fields-tickets-10366768283?aff=eorgf > > > Five years ago DRW Trading was primarily a Java shop, and I was > primarily developing in Ruby. Needless to say, it wasn't a match made > in heaven. Fast forward five years, Clojure is the second most used > language in the firm, and the primary language for several teams > (including mine). Clojure wasn't the first language that I've > introduced to an organization; however, it's unquestionably the most > successful adoption I've ever been a part of. The use of Clojure has > had many impacts on the firm: culturally, politically, and > technically. My talk will discuss general ideas around language > selection and maintenance trade-offs, and specific examples of what > aspects of Clojure made it the correct choice for us. > > A few highlights > > - Where to first introduce a new language and your role as the > language care-taker. > - REPL driven development, putting TDD's 'rapid feedback' to shame. > - Operations impact of adding a language - i.e. get ready for some DevOps. > - Functional programming, the Lisp Advantage, and their impact on > maintainability. > > Of course, no good experience report is all roses. The adoption has > seen several hurdles along the way, and I'll happily to describe those > as well. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
