ACCU Conference Courses

A Generic Talk About Go

Explore Go's generics and recent language features through live coding, demonstrating their practical applications, benefits, and potential pitfalls in software development.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Practices That Make Continuous Integration

Explore practices enabling Continuous Integration for fast workflow, increased feedback, stability, and throughput. Learn to gain benefits beyond tooling for better software delivery.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Breaking Enigma With the Power of Modern C++

Explore modern C++ techniques to crack the Enigma code, comparing historical methods with contemporary computing power for cryptanalysis and performance optimization.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Micro-Service Delivery Without the Pitfalls

Explore strategies for effective micro-service architecture implementation, focusing on contract testing to avoid configuration issues and ensure seamless integration in distributed systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Improving C++ Compilation Times - Tools & Techniques

Explore practical tools and techniques to enhance C++ compilation speed, including benchmarking, precompiled headers, unity builds, and reducing dependencies between components.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Maths - The Fun Parts

Explore fun mathematical concepts through programming, including Sets, Groups, and Graphs. Discover the joy of abstract math ideas by writing code to understand their inner workings.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Test-Driven Development of C++ Embedded and System-Level Software

Learn TDD techniques for C++ embedded and system-level software, covering design principles, unit testing, dependency injection, and integration testing strategies to improve code quality and developer productivity.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Standard Attributes in C and C++

In-depth exploration of standard attributes in C and C++, covering syntax, semantics, use cases, and guidelines for effective implementation across various language versions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Gilding the Rose - Refactoring-Driven Development

Explore refactoring as a powerful design tool for understanding, improving, and revealing new possibilities in code. Learn practical techniques through the Gilded Rose kata to simplify and enhance software development.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Becoming a Head of Software Architecture - You are in Charge, Now What?

Guidance for new Heads of Software Architecture: strategies to deliver value, shape legacy systems, and work effectively with teams while navigating organizational politics and decision-making processes.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

A Tour of C++ Recognised User Type Categories

Explore C++ user type categories, their advantages, and pitfalls. Learn about trivial, standard layout, implicit-lifetime, aggregate, literal, and structural types to write better code and avoid undefined behavior.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Lessons from 20 Years of Debugging C++ Code

Comprehensive guide to debugging C++ code, covering crash analysis, reproducibility, bug localization, and effective fixes. Insights from real-world examples and practical tools for efficient problem-solving.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Software Development - Social, Environmental and Economic Sustainability

Explore how agile practices can reduce energy consumption and promote environmental, social, and economic sustainability in software development, with practical insights and assessment tools.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

C++ Standard Views - The Design, the Traps, and How to Use Them and How to Use Something Better

Comprehensive exploration of C++20 views, their design challenges, pitfalls, and practical usage. Discusses alternatives and improvements for better implementation in C++ programming.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Managing External APIs in Enterprise Systems

Explore techniques for encapsulating external APIs in enterprise systems, focusing on efficient interfaces, managing changing requirements, and minimizing codebase impact through abstraction.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk