"oscon2011" entries

Clojure: Lisp meets Java, with a side of Erlang

Stuart Sierra on why Clojure is catching on.

Stuart Sierra digs into Clojure: what it is, how it works, and why it's attracting Java developers.

Scale your JavaScript, scale your team

The challenges of building big JavaScript apps with big teams.

"High Performance JavaScript" author Nicholas Zakas discusses the issues that pop up when you build big JavaScript apps with big teams.

How is HTML 5 changing web development?

Remy Sharp on whether HTML is ready for prime-time production.

In this interview, OSCON speaker Remy Sharp discusses HTML5's current usage and how it could influence the future of web apps and browsers (hint: in time, we may not notice browsers at all.)

Why data and Java deserved OSCON sub-conferences

OSCON's co-chairs discuss the event's evolution and what to expect at this year's show.

In this inaugural OSCON 2011 sneak peek podcast, Edd Dumbill and I talk about the history and evolution of OSCON (now in it's 13th year) and our reasons for moving data and Java into their own sub-conferences.

Why OSCON Java?

OSCON Java will look at the language's role in data, mobile, enterprise, and cloud computing.

The Java community has always been a broad, fractious, interesting mess, capable of doing surprising things with little warning, and that's precisely why we're attracted to it.

Nominations open for the O’Reilly Open Source Awards 2011

Recognize an open source leader at OSCON.

The annual Open Source Awards recognize individual contributors who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and collaboration in the development of open source software.

Nominations open for the O'Reilly Open Source Awards 2011

Recognize an open source leader at OSCON.

The annual Open Source Awards recognize individual contributors who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and collaboration in the development of open source software.

Inviting participation in OSCON Data

A new data conference will be co-located with OSCON in July.

This year, data comes of age at OSCON. We're announcing a new conference on data tools and infrastructure, to be co-located with OSCON in July 2011.

Sarah Novotny joins OSCON for 2011

OSCON is returning to Portland in July 2011.

The O'Reilly Open Source Convention will be returning to Portland, Oregon, July 25-29 2011, with program chairs Edd Dumbill and Sarah Novotny.