functional programming

In this Spring in Scala talk, Jan Machacek compares Scala to the other languages on the Java platform. Find out that Scala code gets compiled to regular Java bytecode, making it accessible to your Spring code.

Join the 2011 Progressive Scala Tutorials to learn, innovate and share skills, the latest ideas, technologies and best practices for the development of scalable enterprise systems with Scala technologies, agile software development practices and software craftmanship and learn straight from the creators and core committers!

Robert Pickering's Beginning F# Workshop is a two day course that will teach you all about F#, an exciting new language that has evolved from a Microsoft Research project into a first class citizen of Visual Studio 2010.

Miles Sabin, makes a return to Skills Matter this September, bringing intensive training for developers who have mastered the essentials of core Scala.

Iulian Dragoș, Scala expert and right-hand to Martin Odersky, will be personally delivering Odersky's Scala workshop over two days this June.

Tomas Petricek and Phil Trelford have formed a formidable F# combo to explain concepts that you need to write modern applications for .NET using F#, C# with LINQ as well as current and upcoming .NET technologies that arise from functional programming ideas.

David Pollak -- the creator of the Lift framework -- will be making a special appearance at Skills Matter this October. For one day only, on October 12, David will be presenting his Lift Basics Workshop to an exclusive audience. Attendees will learn directly from the master how to create dynamic, interactive, secure web sites using Lift.

This is the first Progressive F# Tutorials, a 2-day, 2-track conference. Speakers lined-up include Chris Marinos, Tomas Petricek, Robert Pickering, Phil Trelford, Zach Bray, Dave Thomas, with more to follow.

After 3 successful years, The Progressive .NET Tutorials are back for another year of learning and sharing skills, the latest ideas, technologies and best practices for the development of scalable enterprise systems with modern .NET technologies and agile software development practices.