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Answering Listener Questions: Matt asks about the feasibility of finding remote work, online education, and the order of learning
8 mei 2015 · 18 min
Matt is a beginner developer who is making a shift to support his new life situation, in which he is unable to work a normal 9-to-5 job in an office. Matt sent me an email asking a few questions about this shift, and how he should begin to learn. Lees meer
Important Links:
Make it Stick
Episode about making small and fun things
A curated list of remote work resources
Remote: Office Not Required
How GitHub Works
This episode is sponsored by OneMonth.com. Head over to OneMonth.com/developertea to get started learning Ruby on Rails in just one month, and receive a limited-time 25% discount!
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Inspiration Episode: Brian Eno Teaches Us To Limit Our Options
7 mei 2015 · 3 min
In this week's inspiration episode starts with a quote from Brian Eno, a highly influential musician and audio engineer, about limiting options in order to better take advantage of our efforts.
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Scott Belsky, Part Two
6 mei 2015 · 17 min
Scott Belsky (@ScottBelsky) is the VP Products & Community at Adobe and cofounder of Behance. Scott is also a successful investor in major tech companies such as Periscope and Uber. Lees meer
Scott and I talk about the fundamental nature of creativity, why he created Behance, staying focused, the value of formal education, and what he wishes more people would ask him. Finally, at the end of the second part of the interview, Scott shares specific advice for developers who are wanting to work better with visionaries. Enjoy the interview!
Links:
Behance
ActionMethod (discontinued)
99U
Scott's book, Making Ideas Happen
99U Book Series
This episode is sponsored by Intuit. Check out the developer sandbox and API explorer at http://intuit.me/DevTea to get started building apps for millions of small business today!
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Scott Belsky, Part One
4 mei 2015 · 16 min
Scott Belsky is the VP Products & Community at Adobe and cofounder of Behance. Scott is also a successful investor in major tech companies such as Periscope and Uber. Lees meer
Scott and I talk about the fundamental nature of creativity, why he created Behance, staying focused, the value of formal education, and what he wishes more people would ask him. Finally, at the end of the second part of the interview, Scott shares specific advice for developers who are wanting to work better with visionaries. Enjoy the interview!
Links:
Behance
ActionMethod (discontinued)
99U
Scott's book, Making Ideas Happen
99U Book Series
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Answering Front-end Developer Interview Questions: Explaining the Importance of Standards for the Web
1 mei 2015 · 8 min
In today's episode, we discuss the importance of standards and standards bodies for web technologies, specifically for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript specs. Lees meer
Links:
Front-end Developer Interview Questions
HTML5 Boilerplate Organization
Mailing Lists for W3C
Today's episode is sponsored by DigitalOcean. Go to https://digitalocean.com to get started, and use the promo code "DeveloperTea" on the billing page after you create your account to get a $10 credit!
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Answering Listener Questions: Devin, a Non-Developer, Asks About Grasping Things That Go Over His Head, and Finding Starting Points
30 april 2015 · 11 min
In this episode, long-time listener Devin asks about how to grasp things that go over his head. You're not alone, Devin! In this episode, I give you (and others just like you) encouragement in the midst of your confusion, as well as some more practical advice for learning something new. Lees meer
Today's sponsor is OneMonth.com - go to OneMonth.com/developertea and enroll today to get 25% off your first month!
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Hampton Catlin, Part Two: Speedy Sass with libsass, Wordset.org and Open-Sourcing Our Words
29 april 2015 · 27 min
In today's episode, I talk with Hampton Catlin about fast Sass compilation with libsass, and then we discuss his latest project, Wordset, and why we need a truly open source dictionary. Lees meer
Links for the whole interview:
@hcatlin (tell him thanks for being on @developertea!)
@DeveloperTea
Ancient City Ruby
Hampton's Survey (Askr)
http://haml.info/
Heroku officially supports Puma
Chris Coyier (on preferring Sass)
@chriseppstein
@nex3, Natalie Weizenbaum
Rarebit
http://wordset.org
http://github.com/wordset
This episode is sponsored by Intuit. Check out the developer sandbox and API explorer at http://intuit.me/DevTea
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Hampton Catlin, Part One: Sass, the W3C, and (not) Being Data-Driven
27 april 2015 · 27 min
@hcatlin (tell him thanks for being on @developertea!) Lees meer
@DeveloperTea
Ancient City Ruby
Hampton's Survey (Askr)
http://haml.info/
Heroku officially supports Puma
Chris Coyier (on preferring Sass)
@chriseppstein
@nex3, Natalie Weizenbaum
Rarebit
http://wordset.org
http://github.com/wordset
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Weekly Inspiration - Happiness and Doing Our Best Work: 3 Practical Steps to Getting The Right Things Done and Finding Focus State Faster
24 april 2015 · 12 min
In today's inspiration episode, I discuss the importance of removing barriers between you and your most important work, and why that is such an important thing to do. I then discuss 3 practical steps you can try that have helped me get to my focus state, and get more meaningful work done every day. Lees meer
Today's episode is sponsored by DigitalOcean. Go to https://digitalocean.com to get started, and use the promo code "DeveloperTea" on the billing page after you create your account to get a $10 credit!
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Part Two: Culture and Connecting to Our Work with Pamela Vickers
23 april 2015 · 14 min
Pamela Vickers and I sat down at Ancient City Ruby to talk about culture, conferences, and ping pong. And it was awesome. Lees meer
@pwnela
RailsGirls Atlanta
PERMA
MINSWAN
Ruby Dramas
(Avoiding) Ruby Drama
Hampton's Ruby Survey
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Part One: Culture and Connecting to Our Work with Pamela Vickers
22 april 2015 · 11 min
Pamela Vickers and I sat down at Ancient City Ruby to talk about culture, conferences, and ping pong. And it was awesome. Lees meer
@pwnela
RailsGirls Atlanta
PERMA
MINSWAN
Ruby Dramas
(Avoiding) Ruby Drama
Hampton's Ruby Survey
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Answering Listener Questions - Clyde Asks About Learning to Code while on the Road
20 april 2015 · 13 min
In today's episode, Clyde asks about learning to code while on the road. If you've ever tried to focus in a new environment, or if you are learning to code while changing locations, this episode is for you! Lees meer
Today's episode is sponsored by Intuit. Check out http://intuit.me/DevTea to get started developing for millions of businesses, for free, today!
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Part 2: Ben Lesh on Reactive Programming at Netflix, Massive Data, and the Threadsafe Future
17 april 2015 · 40 min
Ben Lesh is a senior UI engineer at Netflix, where he works on projects that use reactive programming in JavaScript to manage massive amounts of data. Ben talks with me about a variety of topics, focusing on reactive programming and data stream processing. Ben also gives his advice to you, whether you are a young developer or well into your career. Make sure you Tweet at Ben at https://twitter.com/benlesh and thank him for coming on the show! Lees meer
Links:
Reactive all the Things, Ben's talk at ng-conf
BaconJS
RXJS
Jobs at Netflix
Today's episode is sponsored by DigitalOcean. Go to https://digitalocean.com to get started, and use the promo code "DeveloperTea" on the billing page after you create your account to get a $10 credit!
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Part 1: Ben Lesh on Reactive Programming at Netflix, Massive Data, and the Threadsafe Future
15 april 2015 · 22 min
Ben Lesh is a senior UI engineer at Netflix, where he works on projects that use reactive programming in JavaScript to manage massive amounts of data. Ben talks with me about a variety of topics, focusing on reactive programming and data stream processing. Ben also gives his advice to you, whether you are a young developer or well into your career. Make sure you Tweet at Ben at https://twitter.com/benlesh and thank him for coming on the show! Lees meer
Links:
Reactive all the Things, Ben's talk at ng-conf
BaconJS
RXJS
Jobs at Netflix
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How We Spend Our Days, How We Spend Our Lives, and One Way To Get a Better Grasp On Time
14 april 2015 · 9 min
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. But how can we get a better grasp on time? In this episode, I share a simple tip that exploits our brain's natural tendency to take shortcuts to help you better experience time and avoid the feeling of "time flying by" faster than you'd like. Lees meer
Today's episode is sponsored by OneMonth.com - go to http://onemonth.com/developertea to get 25% off your first month!
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Taking Best Practices and Advice with a Grain of Salt
13 april 2015 · 9 min
In this episode, we talk about "best practices" and advice, and what you should do with those things in your day to day life. Lees meer
Today's episode sponsored by Intuit! Head over to http://intuit.me/DevTea to get started!
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Ernie Miller and Human Development, Part Two (at Ancient City Ruby)
10 april 2015 · 20 min
I had the pleasure of attending Ancient City Ruby and interviewing a few folks while I was there. Ernie Miller was a speaker at ACR, and also sat down with me to talk about agile, humane development, and the implications of technically oriented people making a track switch to management. Thanks, Ernie! Don't forget to follow @erniemiller on Twitter and let him know you enjoyed hearing him on @DeveloperTea! Lees meer
Links:
Humane Development
erniemiller.org
@erniemiller
Agile is dead. (Long live agility.)
TDD is dead. Long live testing.
@DeveloperTea
developertea.com
Today's episode is sponsored by Intuit Developer. Get started developing applications for millions of business already using Quickbooks at intuit.me/DevTea today!
You can also give back to Developer Tea by going to https://developertea.com/donate!
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Estimating Sandwiches: Why the Gut Doesn't Work, and How Small Is Better
9 april 2015 · 9 min
This episode is all about estimation, and how important it is to focus on estimating small things, and understand the implications of scale on your estimations. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean, cloud SSD hosting that you can deploy in just 55 seconds. Use the code "DeveloperTea" to get $10 off today at http://digitalocean.com - plans start at just $5/month!
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Ernie Miller and Human Development, Part One (at Ancient City Ruby)
8 april 2015 · 18 min
I had the pleasure of attending Ancient City Ruby and interviewing a few folks while I was there. Ernie Miller was a speaker at ACR, and also sat down with me to talk about agile, humane development, and the implications of technically oriented people making a track switch to management. Thanks, Ernie! Don't forget to follow @erniemiller on Twitter and let him know you enjoyed hearing him on @DeveloperTea! Lees meer
Links:
Humane Development
erniemiller.org
@erniemiller
Agile is dead. (Long live agility.)
TDD is dead. Long live testing.
@DeveloperTea
developertea.com
Give back to Developer Tea by going to https://developertea.com/donate!
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Inspiration Episode #6: 4 Tips for Starting from Ground Zero, and Celebrating 500k listens!
6 april 2015 · 8 min
In today's episode, I'm ecstatic to announce 500k unique listens! That's half of a million, if you didn't already pick up on that. Lees meer
I'm looking forward to the 1 million mark with all of you!
I also discuss a few tips for starting from ground zero. Thank you for your support!
If you'd like to give back to Developer Tea, head over to http://developertea.com/donate - every donation is a huge help to making this show a reality 4 days a week!
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32: Rebecca Murphey on Scoutfiles, Hardware Hacking, and Chickens
3 april 2015 · 35 min
Today I interview Rebecca Murphey, one of the JavaScript community's most memorable voices and a genuine, kind person. Rebecca has been doing JavaScript for quite a few years, and you might know her from yayQuery and other jQuery-related things, her work at Bocoup, or her writing on rmurphey.com. Rebecca now works at BazaarVoice. In this interview, we discuss a myriad of things, including the difficulties of writing third-party JavaScript, working with hardware, and her open source efforts on Scoutfile. Lees meer
Thank you for listening! Remember, you can support the show by going to https://developertea.com/donate
Mentioned on the show:
BazaarVoice.com has some career opportunities
Alex Sexton - @slexaxton
Deploying JavaScript Applications
yayQuery
Paul Irish
Dojo Toolkit
socket.io
Scoutfile
Discussion about 14kb first round trip request
NodeJS
Johnny5
Bocoup
bo-coop
Arduino
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32: Rebecca Murphey on Third-party JavaScript Distribution at BazaarVoice
2 april 2015 · 31 min
Today I interview Rebecca Murphey, one of the JavaScript community's most memorable voices and a genuine, kind person. Rebecca has been doing JavaScript for quite a few years, and you might know her from yayQuery and other jQuery-related things, her work at Bocoup, or her writing on rmurphey.com. Rebecca now works at BazaarVoice. In this interview, we discuss a myriad of things, including the difficulties of writing third-party JavaScript, working with hardware, and her open source efforts on Scoutfile. Lees meer
Thank you for listening! Remember, you can support the show by going to https://developertea.com/donate
Mentioned on the show:
BazaarVoice.com has some career opportunities
Alex Sexton - @slexaxton
Deploying JavaScript Applications
yayQuery
Paul Irish
Dojo Toolkit
socket.io
Scoutfile
Discussion about 14kb first round trip request
NodeJS
Johnny5
Bocoup
bo-coop
Arduino
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Special News Episode: Spartan, ES8, and Apple Watch Retro
1 april 2015 · 11 min
In today's episode, I share some (insider) news with you that I think you'll find to be exciting.
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31: Listener Question from Jessica - "What exactly is a full-stack developer anyway?"
30 maart 2015 · 12 min
In today's episode, listener Jessica asks what a full stack developer is.
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30: Dan Denney, Part Two: Sending 1,000,000 HTML Emails for Code School and Memories from Front-End Design Conference
27 maart 2015 · 13 min
Dont forget, you can support the show by donating at https://developertea.com/donate Lees meer
Dan Denney is a wealth of knowledge, and in today's episode, he's joined me to share some of that knowledge with you. Dan is an HTML email craftsman at Code School. On today's episode, we talk all about HTML email and Dan's experience with Front End Design Conference. Make sure you follow Dan on Twitter: @dandenney. Full show notes can be found at https://developertea.com
Dan Denney (Twitter)
Code School
Front-End Design Conference
Litmus
Mailbox
Mandrill
Middleman
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Inspiration Episode #5: Software Is Not a Printing Press
26 maart 2015 · 5 min
In today's inspiration episode, I talk about the non-permanence of our work, and how that empowers us to make faster decisions.
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30: Dan Denney, Part One: Sending 1,000,000 HTML Emails for Code School and Memories from Front-End Design Conference
25 maart 2015 · 24 min
Dont forget, you can support the show by donating at https://developertea.com/donate Lees meer
Dan Denney is a wealth of knowledge, and in today's episode, he's joined me to share some of that knowledge with you. Dan is an HTML email craftsman at Code School. On today's episode, we talk all about HTML email. Make sure you follow Dan on Twitter: @dandenney. Full show notes can be found at https://developertea.com
Dan Denney (Twitter)
Code School
Front-End Design Conference
Litmus
Mailbox
Mandrill
Middleman
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29: Listener Questions - Eric Asks How to Keep Up with Dev News, and When (and Why) Should I Get a Masters Degree
23 maart 2015 · 19 min
In this episode, I answer listener Eric's questions about how to keep up with the news, and when to get a masters degree. Lees meer
Hacker News
Designer News
Cooper Press (weekly updates)
Google Alerts
An example of a Twitter list by Avdi Grimm
Developer Tea episode about formal design education
Digital Media degree, Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech online masters program
Thank you to our sponsor, Codeship: http://codeship.com - 20% off using code "DeveloperTea"
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28: Richard Schneeman, Part Two - How to Start Contributing to Open Source, and Testing Refrigerators
20 maart 2015 · 38 min
Richard Schneeman, Ruby developer at Heroku and awesome guy, joins me for the longest episode to date. Follow Richard on Twitter, @schneems! Lees meer
@Schneems
Testing the Untestable (about Refrigerators and testing)
Gowalla goes to Facebook
HipHop VM (Facebook PHP stuff)
What are Heroku buildpacks?
Jeffrey Way
Tuts+
Laracasts
Charlie Somerville
CodeTriage
DocsDoctor
Dogfooding
Derailed Benchmarks
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28: Richard Schneeman, Part One - How to Start Contributing to Open Source, and Testing Refrigerators
18 maart 2015 · 28 min
Richard Schneeman, Ruby developer at Heroku and awesome guy, joins me for the longest episode to date. Follow Richard on Twitter, @schneems! Lees meer
@Schneems
Testing the Untestable (about Refrigerators and testing)
Gowalla goes to Facebook
HipHop VM (Facebook PHP stuff)
What are Heroku buildpacks?
Jeffrey Way
Tuts+
Laracasts
Charlie Somerville
CodeTriage
DocsDoctor
Dogfooding
Derailed Benchmarks
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Inspiration Episode #4: Learning Like Children through Play
17 maart 2015 · 8 min
Children learn at an incredible rate. They also play significantly more than the average adult. Many studies have shown the importance of play for children in the learning process - so the question is, why don't we practice "play" as adults? Lees meer
Episode 4: Learning About Learning
Support Developer Tea: https://developertea.com/donate
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27: Ensuring Professionalism - Rules I Practice
16 maart 2015 · 15 min
In this episode, I discuss some of my personal rules for maintaining a reputation of professionalism. Lees meer
Support Developer Tea: https://developertea.com/donate
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26: To Generalize, or to Specialize, that is the Question... Part Two
13 maart 2015 · 11 min
Should you be a generalized programmer or a specialized programmer? Generalized programmers learn a wide range of languages and/or frameworks, while a specialized programmer becomes an expert in something very specific. There are pros and cons to both, and in this episode, we'll discuss both. Lees meer
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Inspiration Episode #3: The Day the Beatles Were Rejected
12 maart 2015 · 6 min
Unless you're extraordinarily lucky, you'll be rejected multiple times in your life. Whether in your personal or professional life, rejection is a normal part of life, even for the best of the best (like the Beatles). In this episode, I encourage you to move past your rejection. Lees meer
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26: To Generalize, or to Specialize, that is the Question... Part One
11 maart 2015 · 12 min
Should you be a generalized programmer or a specialized programmer? Generalized programmers learn a wide range of languages and/or frameworks, while a specialized programmer becomes an expert in something very specific. There are pros and cons to both, and in this episode, we'll discuss both. Lees meer
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25: "What Should I Build?" - 5 Tips for Better Idea Generation
9 maart 2015 · 15 min
In this episode, I answer a question I've received from many listeners: How do I come up with an idea for something to build? Lees meer
This question is somewhat complex, but we'll cover 5 basic tips for idea generation.
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24: Scott Jehl on Responsible Responsive Design and Progressive Enhancement, Part Two
6 maart 2015 · 22 min
Scott Jehl is a designer and developer working at Filament Group. Scott is also an author and speaks regularly at conferences like An Event Apart. In this interview, Scott and I discuss progressive enhancement and his book, Responsible Responsive Design. Lees meer
Mentioned at some point in the interview:
ScottJehl.com, Scott's Twitter, Scott's GitHub
Filament Group
Responsible Responsive Design (book)
Designing with Progressive Enhancement (book)
Critical (Addy Osmani)
Critical CSS (Filament Group)
loadCSS
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Inspiration Episode #2: Coding for Humans
5 maart 2015 · 4 min
Today, I talk about coding for humans in this special Inspiration episode. Remember, computers are only what you tell them to be!
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24: Scott Jehl on Responsible Responsive Design and Progressive Enhancement, Part One
4 maart 2015 · 23 min
Scott Jehl is a designer and developer working at Filament Group. Scott is also an author and speaks regularly at conferences like An Event Apart. In this interview, Scott and I discuss progressive enhancement and his book, Responsible Responsive Design. Lees meer
Mentioned at some point in the interview:
ScottJehl.com, Scott's Twitter, Scott's GitHub
Filament Group
Responsible Responsive Design (book)
Designing with Progressive Enhancement (book)
Critical (Addy Osmani)
Critical CSS (Filament Group)
loadCSS
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23: When to Adopt New Technology: A Simple Value-based Rubric
2 maart 2015 · 14 min
In today's episode, at the request of a listener I discuss the tradeoffs of choosing to adopt a new technology versus using what you already know, even when what you already know might not be the best tool for the job.
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22: Why Should Developers Build Their Own "Brand"?
27 februari 2015 · 20 min
In today's episode, I discuss even further why it's important to create a brand for yourself. Make sure you check out my interview with John Sonmez to hear more about why a developer might want to build their own brand!
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Bonus Weekly Inspiration #1: Functionality Versus Elegance
24 februari 2015 · 4 min
Today's bonus episode is the first weekly inspiration mini-episode! Today's quote comes from Steve McConnell, author of Code Complete. Lees meer
Thank you for supporting Developer Tea with your listens! We just reached the 200k unique listens mark, and that's thanks to you!
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20: Thoughts on Unicorns: Answering a Listener Question
23 februari 2015 · 13 min
In this episode, I answer a listener question about what route he should take in his technical education. Spoiler: I actually do have an opinion and recommendation to this question. Lees meer
For a significant part of this episode, I discuss the concept of the famed "unicorn" developer, and why they're in such high demand.
Note: I accidentally called the listener a "guest" - probably because I consider everyone who listens to the show my personal guests 3 times a week. :)
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19: Ben Orenstein from Thoughtbot, Part Two
20 februari 2015 · 29 min
I'm excited to be interviewing Ben Orenstein from Thoughtbot. Ben is a brilliant craftsman of a developer, and in this episode we discuss what it takes to be a craftsman. This is the second part of the interview, so be sure to check out the previous episode for the first part! Lees meer
Giant Robots Smashing into Other Giant Robots (podcast)
Upcase
Vim for Rails Developers
Vim resources on Upcase
Trailmix.life
Ben's personal site and writings can be found here: http://benorenstein.com
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19: Ben Orenstein from Thoughtbot, Part One
18 februari 2015 · 15 min
I'm excited to be interviewing Ben Orenstein from Thoughtbot. Ben is a brilliant craftsman of a developer, and in this episode we discuss what it takes to be a craftsman. This interview is split into two parts, so be sure to check out the next episode for the second part! Lees meer
Giant Robots Smashing into Other Giant Robots (podcast)
Upcase
Vim for Rails Developers
Vim resources on Upcase
Trailmix.life
Ben's personal site and writings can be found here
Ben on Twitter, @r00k: https://twitter.com/r00k and on GitHub, @r00k: https://github.com/r00k
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18: Listener Questions
16 februari 2015 · 12 min
Around 1:00, Brett asks how to become an “advanced developer.” Lees meer
Programming Paradigms Stanford Course: https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/programming-paradigms/id495054064
Paul Graham’s essays on Lisp
Python
Django
Wordpress
Whiteboard
Around 8:10, Daniel asks how to make writing tests less boring and more joyful.
Justin's article about adding tests to a non-TDD app
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17: Volt and Isomorphism with Ryan Stout, part two
13 februari 2015 · 12 min
Today I'm joined once again by Ryan Stout, the developer behind the powerful new Ruby web framework Volt. Ryan and I continue discussing why he created Volt, and some of the motivations for developers to move towards "isomorphic development". Lees meer
Check out Volt: VoltFramework.com
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17: Volt and Isomorphism with Ryan Stout, part one
11 februari 2015 · 12 min
Today I'm joined by Ryan Stout, the developer behind the powerful new Ruby web framework Volt. Ryan and I discuss why he created Volt, the motivations for developers to move towards "isomorphic development", and how Volt addresses some of those motivations. Lees meer
Ryan Stout on Twitter: @ryanstout (note: not to be confused with @stoutryan, the comedian.)
Check out Volt: VoltFramework.com
Support Developer Tea: http://www.developertea.com/buy-me-tea
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16: Stigmas, Stereotypes, and Pizza
9 februari 2015 · 10 min
In this episode, we talk about stigmas and stereotypes. Lees meer
As developers, and as humans, we have a responsibility to treat each other fairly. We also have a responsibility to our craft.
In this episode, I discuss the one thing that developers should be measured by.
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Bonus Episode: Thank you for a GREAT first month!
7 februari 2015 · 12 min
The first month of Developer Tea was officially marked yesterday, and in this episode, I'd like to thank you. I also challenge you towards the end of the episode. Thank you so much for listening to the show!