Multithreading vs. Asynchronous Programming: The Architectural Shift
Tuesday, 10:30 AM EST - OPAL SAND
Most mainstream languages started out with support for multithreading. Threads were considered lightweight but that term is relative. Threads were not ideal from the point of view of resource utilization and they often lead to higher cost of deployment. There has been a greater emphasis on asynchronous programming in recent times, due to the nature of applications and the architectural patterns they tend to favor.
In this presentation we will discuss how this shift is transforming both the programming languages, the ecosystems, and how we develop applications.
About Venkat Subramaniam
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., creator of agilelearner.com, and an instructional professor 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 sustainable agile practices on their software projects.
Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at agiledeveloper.com. You can reach him by email at venkats@agiledeveloper.com or on twitter at @venkat_s.
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