Venkat! The Dont's of Functional, plus Latest Trends and AMA

6:00 : Announcements
6:05 - 6:45 : The Dont's of Functional Programming
6:45 - 7:30 : Latest Trends Interview and AMA
7:30 : Door Prizes

"The Dont's of Functional Programming", practices among developers across organizations that should be avoided.

Plus free form interview on the latest trends and your questions answered

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., and an adjunct faculty at the University of Houston.

He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with agile practices on their software projects.

Venkat is a (co)author of multiple books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. His latest book is "Pragmatic Scala: Create Expressive, Concise, and Scalable Applications." You can reach him by email at venkats@agiledeveloper.com or on twitter at @venkat_s.

Specialties: Internationally recognized in the area of software development practices, agile methods, and programming languages.