Strange Loop Conference Courses

Systems That Run Forever - Self-Heal and Scale

Explore architectural principles for building scalable, fault-tolerant systems using isolated parallel components, error detection, and live code upgrades, with insights from Erlang's design.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Pushing the Limits of Web Browsers

Explore advances in virtual machine technology and programming languages shaping web development's future, with insights from a veteran virtual machinist on JavaScript, V8, and Dart.

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

Chat with Felienne Hermans about - The Programmer's Brain

Explore cognitive aspects of programming, including memory, mental models, and code reading techniques. Learn about innovative approaches like syntax vocalization and the Hedy language for beginners.

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

Qbrt Bytecode - Interface Between Code and Execution

Explore Qbrt bytecode's innovative approach to language design, featuring built-in concurrency, asynchronous I/O, and multiple dispatch, aimed at simplifying complex runtime features for developers.

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

Dao Programming Language for Scripting and Computing

Explore Dao, a lightweight programming language with optional typing, expressive features, and simplified concurrent programming. Learn about its virtual machine, JIT compiler, and C/C++ binding generator.

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

Enso - Composing DSL Interpreters, Languages & Aspects

Explore Enso, a language workbench for creating DSLs with graphical and textual editing. Learn about schema-based language definition, interpreter implementation, and powerful language composition techniques.

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

Fast and Dynamic

Explore the evolution of dynamic language optimization, from Smalltalk to modern JIT compilers, and discover techniques to enhance performance in expressive programming languages.

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

Visualization Driven Development

Interactive visualizations for understanding algorithms: techniques and examples using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and D3 to supplement traditional testing and improve code comprehension.

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

Erlang for Authoritative DNS

Explore Erlang's suitability for building authoritative DNS servers, covering language features, development challenges, and performance optimization techniques for DNS server implementation.

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

Simplifying Asynchronous Code With Scala Async

Simplifying asynchronous programming in Scala using Async, enabling developers to write concurrent code that looks sequential and integrates seamlessly with Futures and Promises API.

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

Chrome Security Secret Sauce

Explore Chrome's security features, threats, and protective measures. Learn about browser exploits, phishing, SSL attacks, and defense strategies from Google's "Security Princess".

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

Software for Programming Cells

Exploring software for programming cells, including molecular circuits and genetic devices. Demonstrates a tool chain for characterizing genetic parts and compiling molecular programs into DNA.

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

Real-World Datomic - An Experience Report

Explore Datomic's architecture, indexing, and real-world implementation through a production system case study, emphasizing schema, query behavior, and transactor characteristics.

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

How Does Text Become Data

Explore concept-based text understanding and its applications in NLP. Learn to build models of human thinking for search engines, recommender systems, and classifiers using practical examples and code.

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

Philosophy of Scala Macros

Explore Scala macros' evolution, from def macros to advanced features like type macros and annotations. Learn about their design, use cases, and impact on metaprogramming in Scala.

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