Strange Loop Conference Courses

Spanner - Google's Distributed Database

Explore Google's Spanner: a planet-scale distributed database with innovative features like lock-free strong reads and globally consistent snapshots, enabled by GPS and atomic clocks.

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

Native Speed on the Web - JavaScript and asm.js

Exploring asm.js: Compiling C++ to JavaScript for near-native web performance. Demos, limitations, and future directions of this approach to optimize JavaScript execution while maintaining compatibility.

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

How to Teach Your Kid to Code with Hopscotch

Explore visual programming for kids using Hopscotch, an iPad app designed to introduce coding concepts without syntax hurdles. Learn techniques and sample projects to start teaching children programming.

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

Java Puzzlers - Strange Loop Edition

Explore Java's quirks and pitfalls through entertaining puzzles. Learn to identify and avoid common programming traps while sharpening your Java skills with industry experts Bob Lee and Josh Bloch.

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

Patterns for Scalable Web Services in Go

Explore Go's features and packages for building scalable web services, covering HTTP, JSON, reflection, testing, deployment, logging, and more. Learn battle-ready patterns for production.

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

Generation Minecraft - Kids Building Software

Exploring how Minecraft motivates kids to create on computers, featuring live demonstrations by young players and discussing strategies for encouraging digital creativity in children.

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

Servo - Designing and Implementing a Parallel Browser

Explore Servo, an experimental browser engine designed for multi-core hardware, focusing on parallelization and security through Rust. Learn about its goals, design, and potential impact on web browsing.

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

Finding a Way Out

Exploring the future of programming beyond current paradigms, reimagining software creation for improved insight and reduced complexity in modern development.

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

Daimio - A Language for Sharing

Explore Daimio, a new language for secure functionality sharing. Discover architectural possibilities, security techniques, and comparisons to similar systems. Witness practical applications in browser-based projects.

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

Gershwin - Stack-based, Concatenative Clojure

Explore Gershwin, a stack-based language fusing Clojure and Factor concepts. Learn about its unique features, implementation, and seamless Clojure interop while building a program during the presentation.

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

BODOL, or How to Accidentally Build Your Own Language

Explore language design principles and prototype development using functional programming, inspired by Clojure and Haskell. Learn about BODOL, a unique toy language combining Lisp and Haskell features.

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

Functional Reactive Programming in Elm

Explore Functional Reactive Programming in Elm, a powerful approach for creating interactive web interfaces and games with concise, readable code. Learn key concepts and see live coding of a Mario game.

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

Making Software Development Make Sense to Everyone

Exploring ways to make software development more inclusive and accessible, addressing challenges in diversity, education, and communication within the field.

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

What Is a Strange Loop and What is it Like To Be One?

Explore the concept of "I" and self-awareness through Gödel's incompleteness theorem with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Hofstadter, as he revisits and clarifies ideas from his influential works.

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

Riding the Stream Processing Wave

Explore LinkedIn's stream processing challenges, innovations in machine learning applications, and advancements in nearline processing. Learn about state management and offline-online convergence in large-scale data systems.

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