Practical Java performance tuning
Techniques and optimizations from 20 years of Java development.
Software Engineering
Ideas, insights, and strategies for today’s software engineers.
How reactive applications adapt
The principles of reactive applications facilitate adaptation.
Sonic Pi on the Raspberry Pi
Music and code come together in this primer for educators who want to introduce programming to their students.
Learn a C-style language
Improve your odds with the lingua franca of computing.
Signals from the O’Reilly 2015 Solid Conference
Insight and analysis on the Internet of Things and the new hardware movement.
Opportunities and challenges in the IoT
A conversation with Cory Doctorow and Tim O'Reilly.
Seeed Studio electronics factory walkthrough
An update from the Pop-up Factory project.
The smartest way to program smart things: Node.js
The reasons to use Node.js for hardware are simple: it’s standardized, event driven, and has very high productivity.
An engineering manager’s guide to design patterns
Object-oriented design patterns are ideal for solving specific problems in application design.
Beacosystem evolution, hurdles, and resources
A look at the issues and trends in deploying beacon-based solutions.
Tying software and hardware together through art
The O'Reilly Solid Podcast: Andy Cavatorta and Jamie Zigelbaum on art that combines physical and digital.
Introducing reactive programming
This overview starts with the rationale behind reactive programming, and then dives deeper into real-world implementations in both Java and Scala.
Prototyping connected devices
The ubiquity of off-the-shelf micro controllers has empowered designers and engineers alike to build low-cost, sophisticated, and rapid Internet-of-Things prototypes
3D printing primer
A survey of 3D printing technologies and principles.
Rebooting a 1970s satellite with modern software and hardware
The O'Reilly Solid Podcast: Dennis Wingo on reestablishing contact with a satellite that had been silent for 17 years.
A new dawn of car tech: customization through software, not hardware
Three ways entrepreneurs can bring the rate of progress we’ve seen in computing and communication to car tech.
Translating your Objective-C project to Swift
A step-by-step approach to using Swift with Objective-C.
The Internet as material
Empowering the next phase of connected hardware innovation
Introduction to Autodesk Inventor
Discover how digital prototyping can reduce costs and speed up development.
A software engineer’s role traversal
Software engineer and author Jason Myers on changing roles in a changing market.
Why JavaScript and the Internet of Things?
There are a host of languages and technologies that can work with the Internet of Things. Here's why JavaScript is a smart option.
Elvis has left the ivory tower
Pragmatism now rules in team structure, technology, engineering practices, and operational innovation.
Who should and should not be talking to your fridge?
A reflection on the social impacts of smarter hardware in the physical world.
Let’s build a web application
In this live coding session you will watch Miguel Grinberg build a web application from scratch using Flask, the Python micro-framework.