staying ahead of the curve
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Trisha Gee (@trisha_gee)
Developer & Technical Advocate, JetBrains
Staying Ahead of the Curve
or:New Things Are
Dangerous, mmmkay
Let’s Learn Lambdas!
erm…
Let’s Go Parallel!
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Wait a minute…
Why?
1. For the Business
2. For the Team
3. For You
Why?
1. For The Business
Why? Real Time Data Analysis & Display
Why? New Market
Why? New Market
Automated Testing
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
DevOps
Why? Lean Startup & Geolocation
How?
Prototype
[
{
"openStreetMapId": "20980098",
"location": {
"coordinates": [151.2728552, -33.8931988],
"type": "Point"
},
"amenity": "cafe",
"cuisine": "coffee_shop",
"name": "Gloria Jean's"
},
{
"openStreetMapId": "27653001",
"location": {
"coordinates": [-1.6937433, 53.9043868],
"type": "Point"
},
"addr:city": "Otley",
"addr:country": "GB",
"addr:housenumber": "9",
"addr:postcode": "LS21 3HE",
"addr:street": "Mercury Row",
"amenity": "cafe",
"cuisine": "coffee_shop",
"gluten_free": "yes",
"is_in:town": "Otley",
"name": "The Walkway Cafe"
} ,
{
"openStreetMapId": "21554712",
"location": {
"coordinates": [151.9519968, -27.5601496],
"type": "Point"
},
"amenity": "cafe",
"created_by": "JOSM",
"cuisine": "coffee_shop",
Technology Limitations
How or Where?
• Spikes / prototypes• Use in non-production code
• Build / Deploy / Continuous Delivery Pipeline • Tests
• Use in internal tools• Use on a new project or service• Get the experts in (remember to share)
2. For The Team
Why? Painful Releases
Why? Code that’s hard to understand
Why? Testing is Hard and Inconsistent
How
Spike
Where
Test code
Technology Limitations
How or Where?
•Spikes / prototypes
•Use in non-production code• Build / Deploy / Continuous Delivery Pipeline• Tests
•Use in internal tools
•Skunkworks projects / hack days
3. For You
Why?
So Much Choice!
How or Where?
•User Groups
•Blogs & Tutorials
•Online courses
•Books
•Pet project
•Join an open source project
•Find a project at work
•Get a new job!
Why?
Because you want to
How or Where?
Culture of Continuous
Learning
When?
Preventing Premature Implementation•Brown Bags
•User Groups
•Hack days
•Skunkworks
•20% time
•Gold Card days
•Conferences
Risks
Benefits
Skilled People
Ready to adopt the right tool
…at the right time
Happy People
In Summary
Don’t Panic!
Lambdas: The Right Way
