Join us Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 6:00 PM for free food and drinks. The lecture begins at 6:30 PM, followed by some great giveaways, such as books, training, and software. Our meetings are held at 11 Lea Avenue, Nashville, TN (directions).

Topic: Data Networking for Developers

With the emphasis on RESTful APIs and Service Oriented Architectures, it’s easy to forget the impact that network elements can have on application performance. In this talk, we will cover firewalls, load balancers, and caching from a network centric view. Then, we will cover how to map data flow throughout your application. We will follow that up with a discussion about how virtualization and storage can affect your application performance and how to account for it in your architectural design. Finally, we’ll investigate how to use New Relic for Application Performance Management, and Wireshark to make sure communications are occurring the way you expect them too.

Speaker: Jason Myers

Jason has spent 15 years on the infrastructure side of IT, and recently switched back to software development.  Currently a developer at Corrective Care Solutions and Worlds Old Intern at FoxyCart.  Jason blogs at www.binarydelusions.com and can be found on twitter at @jasonamyers.