User Conference Talks

2011 Presentations

	2011 Keynote Founder and CEO Christopher Seiwald describes the trend-setting changes to Perforce and other exciting developments. Christopher challenges you to envision the reach of SCM beyond just source code: together we can version everything. View more 2011 User Conference Presentations

2010 Presentations

	JavaScript in the Perforce Visual Clients See how applets can be used in P4V and P4Admin for custom dashboards, submit dialogs, new tabs, customized performance settings, and admin alerts. Find out also how the new central settings feature supports storage and deployment of applets directly from the Perforce server. (20:22 mins.)
	Agile Task Management with Perforce Get an in-depth look at a typical Agile developer's workflow using Perforce and Mylyn within Eclipse. See how developers can schedule and manage a task list and how those tasks eventually become completed with a submitted Perforce changelist. (35:26 mins.)
	Perforce Tunables Learn the mechanics of using tunables with the Perforce Server and clients. See which tunables are currently available, strategies for implementing them, and the effects tunables might have under certain circumstances, along with which ones should rarely be used and why. (27:57 mins.)
	Shelf Life: Shelving in Perforce Much has been made of the shelving feature in the 2009.2 Perforce release. In this talk, see how shelving works, along with a range of use cases for which shelving is a useful and powerful tool. (30:52 mins.)
	A Pattern in the Making: Bridging the SCM Maturity Gap See how to enable existing teams to bridge the SCM maturity gap and make effective use of SCM and SCM patterns. (25:41 mins.)
	P4Java: Talking Java with Perforce This talk presents working examples of P4Java integrations with J2EE applications, GUI plugins, standalone Java apps, and browser-based apps. (34:28 mins.)
	Large Products, Large Teams, Large Backlogs: Making it Work in a Distributed Agile Development Environment See how to manage and prioritize the challenges faced by companies with large products, teams, and backlogs, taken from development experiences in various industries around the world. (32:21 mins.)
	Developing and Maintaining an Ongoing Strategic Perforce Plan at Google Geoff descibes the tenets of the Google strategic plan for Perforce, usable by any Perforce customer regardless of company size. (36:33 mins.)

2009 Presentations

	Repository Structure Considerations for Performance This talk describes Perforce database structures and advises how to use this knowledge to help maximize server performance. (42:15 mins.)
	P4V Mythbusters: Fact or Fiction? Watch the experts bust Perforce myths with the coolest and newest features in P4V. (61:49 mins.)
	Adventures in Scripting Land This presentation shows how to use the P4Perl, P4Ruby, and P4Python APIs and explores their latest features and benefits. (47:30 mins.)
	Perforce + Java: The Best of Both Worlds This talk presents Perforce's new Java strategy and the thinking behind it, illustrated with real-world demonstrations of the Perforce + Java products at work. (47:49 mins.)
	The Content Creator's Label Describes a low-overhead alternative to branching for video game development, to enable a variegated group of content creators (game designers, artists, animators, writers, translators, sound technicians) to work concurrently. (37:28 mins.)
	Peer Code Review with Perforce Smartbear explains how Perforce supports lightweight code review practices that can succeed where more cumbersome methods fail. (44:10 mins.)
	Using Perforce to Achieve Agility A brief introduction to agile methodologies and the best practices that facilitate successful agile implementations, with a focus on SCM practices (including continuous integration). (42:55 mins.)
	The Sloth's Guide to Perforce Administration VMware describes how a small centralized group administers Perforce to support 25 products being developed by over 3,000 engineers. (51:27 mins.)
	Visualizing the Cost of Divergence This talk introduces a simple divergence cost model intended to help make strategic branching decisions. (48:55 mins.)
	Perforce Disaster Recovery at Google: Plans and Experiences Google describes the hardware, infrastructure, plans, and procedures that it uses to protect against disasters both small and large. (61:30 mins.)