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Conquering a fear of Duck Typing

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June 05, 2013
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Conquering a fear of Duck Typing

lighting talk given at @dynlangchile

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Francisco Rojas

June 05, 2013

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Transcript

  1. Conquering a fear of Duck Typing Francisco Rojas @frojasg martes,

    4 de junio de 13

  2. What’s Duck Typing “When I see a bird that walks

    like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck” -- James Whitcomb Riley martes, 4 de junio de 13

  3. What’s Duck Typing martes, 4 de junio de 13

  4. And if doesn’t quack? martes, 4 de junio de 13

  5. Static typing Programmer martes, 4 de junio de 13

  6. How we reflect our fears martes, 4 de junio de

    13

  7. How we reflect our fears martes, 4 de junio de

    13

  8. How we reflect our fears martes, 4 de junio de

    13

  9. The Zen of Duck Typing martes, 4 de junio de

    13

  10. The Zen of Duck Typing martes, 4 de junio de

    13

  11. Static v/s Dynamic Typing martes, 4 de junio de 13

  12. Static Typing The compiler unearths type errors at compile time.

    Visible type information serves as Documentation Compiled code is optimized to run quickly martes, 4 de junio de 13

  13. Dynamic Typing There’s no compile/make cycle Source code doesn’t include

    explicit type information Metaprogramming is easier martes, 4 de junio de 13

  14. Above all, write tests. . . martes, 4 de junio

    de 13

  15. Embrace the dynamism martes, 4 de junio de 13

  16. Looking for a Job? We are looking for Developers cv.to

    alejandra.vial@ groupon.com martes, 4 de junio de 13