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The Revenge of method_missing() 4.67
Convinced that nobody can bully method_missing() and get away with it, Nusco resolved to present a talk about it. When is method_missing() appropriate, and when should you pick an alternative metaprogramming magic spell instead? Is method_missing() really dangerous? What are the common metho…
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Must It Always Be About Sex? 4.7
Why do some people keep talking about diversity? Who cares if we're all the same? So long as we're not technically discriminating against anyone, that means we're good, right? If we only get applications from white dudes, that must mean that white dudes are the only ones out there. Right? Ri…
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Contextual jQuery in Practice 4.87
Building on the principles taught last year in my session titled "Contextual jQuery" (See http://bit.ly/contextualjquery for a video), we'll take off the kid gloves and dive into the techniques you will need to write adaptive, reusable and responsible jQuery. Techniques that will be covered …
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Digital Manufacturing: 7 Lessons Learned on the Assembly Line
A quick trip through time from the beginning, to the industrial revolution, to the digital manufacturing age to understand the processes and motivations behind the way we build products.
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Making Drupal Meetups and Events Rock
“Come for the software, stay for the Community”. The Drupal Community, as a whole, is composed of many smaller, local communities. If the smaller communities didn't exist, where would the Drupal Community really live? This panel discusses how meetups and events in different regions around t…
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SQL Database (Windows Azure)
SQL Database is part of the Windows Azure platform: a suite of services providing hosted computing, infrastructure, Web services, Reporting services and data services. The SQL Database component provides the relational database functionality of SQL Server, but it also provides functionality …