Announcing 1st DevClub.lv

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    For the first time in history we are organizing DevClub.lv. The main goal of DevClub is bringing people together to discuss different topics, getting input from all participants and of course from speakers. The first gathering takes place on June 21st at 19.00 at TechHub Riga
     
    Topics for the first meeting are:

    Ingus Rūķis from Draugiem Group will talk about “Scaling“
    Draugiem.lv is the biggest social network in Latvia with around 500k daily active users. This talk will introduce you to technology behind draugiem.lv and some of the architecture design decisions made to scale the portal.
    Aldis Ērglis from FMS will talk about “Service oriented Architecture“
    SOA for long time is buzzword in Software development field. Technology leaders as Oracle, Microsoft and dozens of others deliver to market plenty of
    tools that support SOA. What is real usage and benefits of SOA for Latvian software developers remains question. Author will explain real benefits of SOA and what are common usage scenarios  
    Aleksandr Motsjonov from ZeroTurnaround.com will talk about “CoffeeScript – let’s add some sugar!”
    In this talk I will show roots of CoffeeScript awesomeness and explain why everyone who write JS should try it! Talk will be mostly in hands-on mode. So, expect lot of code mixed with HTML5 features and server-side JS.

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Sell in 200msec? – Darja Krushevskaja

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Дарья Крушевская с рассказом о том как происходит естественный отбор в мире онлайн рекламы. Место для рекламы на сайте должно продать за 200мс – это время, пока открывается страница. За эти 200мс должно произойти уйма всяких действий – аукционы, алгоритмы, и ещё куча всякой всячины – смотрите видео!

Real-life unit tests

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Все презентации и статьи про юнит-тесты ограничиваются простыми примерами: факториал, числа фибоначчи, игра в боулинг. В жизни всё намного сложнее. Я готов показать применение юнит-тестов на реальном проекте, в котором используется база данных, сервлеты и пр.