Until recently, layered architecture was the most common way of organizing large applications or modules. We’ve learned from practice that it has limitations:
- business rules tend to escape or be duplicated in UI and/or data layer
- switching from a database to another is very difficult
- adding another UI to the application (eg. mobile or smart client) requires heavy changes
- changing a library used by the application with another is often complex and risky
A new architecture style has appeared in the recent years that tackles this problem: Hexagonal Architecture, or Ports & Adapters. Its intent is to allow more flexibility by cleanly separating business rules from everything else.
Johann Martinsson and Rémy Sanlaville have described the basics of Hexagonal Architecture and then shown an example of such an architecture.
Enjoy their presentation @ I T.A.K.E. Unconference 2014 edition. Curious about 2015 edition?
Check out more about I T.A.K.E. Unconference 2015 or see directly the Schedule.
Call for Speakers Opened
Send your proposal to become a speaker at I T.A.K.E. Unconference 2019. This year we are interested in specific topics, and choosing one of them might get you closer to becoming a speaker.
To increase your chances to become accepted, here are some tips:
#1. Get into the attendees shoes
If you have a very clear idea of who your audience is going to be, make the exercise to think from their point of view. They choose to attend your session, and they expect the best value from their investment.
#2. Customize, customize, customize
Every audience is unique, so craft your proposal according to what you know about your audience and about the event. Try to bring an original approach for each session you submit.
#3. Pay attention to details
When you apply, make sure you have an excellent title, a clear description of what you want to present and a strong personal bio.
#4. Invest time in your application
Although it might seem at hand, making a proposal takes time. Make sure you follow the guidelines offered by the organizers and when in doubt, ask for more details. Make sure you offer the details requested in the application.
#5. And a little extra thing
You’ve seen the call, you got your information in order and you are pretty sure you want to make a submission.
You can read more in detail about our tips here.
Have any questions about the call for papers or the Unconference? Let us know in the comments.
I T.A.K.E Unconference 2016 – IInd day videos & slides
And…it’s a wrap: 2 days of intense & complex program, almost 300 participants, +30 sessions & +30 speakers. During the 2nd day of the event, 16 speakers from 11 countries shared their knowledge on Microservices, Autotesting & Design, Quality Practices, Architecture & Technical Leadership.
Watch the videos from the event here. Find below the presentations from day 2. The slides from day 1 are here.
Continous Deployment
Andrey Adamovich – Patterns for infrastructure as a code
Tugberk Ugurlu – Zero Downtime Deployment Golden Rules & Docker Changes the Way You Develop and Release Your Scalable Solutions
Thierry de Pauw – Continuous Delivery is more than just Tooling_Its a Culture
Thomas Sundberg – Definition of Done – Working software in production
Autotesting & Design
Thomas Sundberg – How deep are your tests
Franziska Sauerwein – Introduction to Outside in Test Driven Development (London School)
Alexandra Marin – Error-proof your mobile app
Ricardo Mendez – Flexibility Through Immutability
Quality Practices
Houssam Fakih – Never Develop Alone – always with a partner
Andrey Adamovich – Visualising Codebases
Architecture
Milen Dyankov – Microservices and Modularity
Clement Bouillier, Jean Hellou, Florent Pellet & Emilien Pecoul – Workshop around CQRS & Event sourcing
Technical Leadership
Hugo Messer – How to successfully manage remote teams
Flavius Stef – Is management dead
A few thoughts from the participants
- Very glad I attended, well worth the trip from UK
- It was a very well organised event. I really enjoyed it, the speakers have been inspiring and well prepared 🙂
- It was a pleasant learning environment – I hope you will continue to bring high-quality speakers in the event
Meet the speakers – Part I. Registration on!
Live coding. Architecture & Software Design. Quality practices. DevOps. Technical Leadership. And more…
These are just a few of the topics you will hear about at the 4th edition of I T.A.K.E Unconference 2016, taking place in the heart of Bucharest, 19-20 May! We are going to welcome you with an intense program and an amazing line-up of speakers!
We are honored to welcome a great number of top-notch speakers, from 16 countries, to share their stories about the latest technologies and trends. In this blog post, we will share more about 5 speakers and more will come later.
Alastair Smith, Software Developer at Redgate Software Ltd., Cambridge, UK
Test-Drive your Database (Live coding)
Learn how to make database development fun again, by applying all your favourite modern development practices to your SQL code!
Andreas Leidig, Developer, Agile Mentor at msgGillardon AG, Bretten, Deutschland
Are your Mocks mocking at you ? (Live Coding)
How reliable are your mocks when it comes to integration?
Thomas Sundberg, Developer at Think Code AB, Stockholm, Sweden
You find bugs, even with 100% test coverage. Why? Let me show you. And how to address it using TDD
Sandro Mancuso, Software Craftsman, founder of Codurance at Codurance, London, UK
Session to be announced
Clément Bouillier, Software Craftsman at DevLyon, Lyon, France
CQRS & EventSourcing (Workshop)
Learn by yourself the basics about these concepts, through coding with prepared koans
Want to challenge the current programming practices as these software craftsmen are doing? Want to experience new techniques, debate on the existing ones or even pair program in the I T.A.K.E Unconference space?
Get your Super Early Bird ticket today!
Stay tuned. We will continue publishing more about the program, speakers and the dynamic learning practices awaiting you.
Thrilled to see you in May!