podcast
details
.com
Print
Share
Look for any podcast host, guest or anyone
Search
Showing episodes and shows of
Noel Rappin
Shows
Maintainable
Noel Rappin: Reviving the Pickaxe— A Journey through Ruby's Legacy
In this episode of the Maintainable Software Podcast, Robby is joined by Noel Rappin, Staff Engineer at Chime Financial, and the mind behind the latest edition of the classic Programming Ruby book, affectionately known as the "Pickaxe." Noel delves into the intricate process of modernizing a legacy technical book and the lessons learned along the way.Episode Highlights[00:05:32] A Legacy Revisited: Noel Rappin reflects on the process of updating the Programming Ruby book, navigating the balance between preserving its legacy and making it relevant for today’s Ruby community.[00:10:17] The Challenges of Modernizing: Noel discusses the co...
2024-09-03
43 min
Ruby for All
Updating The PickAxe Book with Noel Rappin
The 1st edition of Programming Ruby, commonly known as "The PickAxe" book, came out in 2001. Now, in 2022, Noel Rappin is releasing the beta of the 5th edition, updated for Ruby 3.2. Why should you pick up the book? To get mind on how Ruby works, what makes it unique, and how Ruby developers think about Ruby.These are some of the topics we cover:How Noel decided the book was ready for early access Noel gives the history of the PickAxe bookWhy Noel decided to update the bookWhat will be...
2022-11-03
21 min
Code and the Coding Coders who Code it
Episode 11 - Noel Rappin
Noel Rappin joins the show to talk about his new book, "Programming Ruby 3.2", best known as the "Pickaxe Book". Noel talks about his adventures working on a legacy book and even having to deal with some legacy code in a legacy book. The Pickaxe Book is one of the biggest, and oldest, books on my shelf so it's no surprise that this was a beast of an update.@noelrap on Twitternoelrappin.comRuby DiscordThe Ruby Learning CenterPurchase "Programming Ruby 3.2" from The Pragmatic BookshelfDiscussions on devtalk.comReport Errors on devtalk.comSend us some love.
2022-11-01
38 min
Standing moonsault podcasts
What's hip 1979/5 : de Kurtis Blow au JPC gang (épisode de Noël)
Bonjour et bienvenue à l'écoute ou au visionnage de What's hip ! Mon nom est Terry Laire, et aujourd'hui encore, on va s'écouter une heure de rap de cette fin d'année 1979 ! Et qui dit fin d'année dit évidemment chansons de Noël ! Et dans ce domaine, le rap ne fait pas exception ! On commence tout de suite avec un titre qui conte une histoire de Noël sans oublier de parler de danser et d'être le meilleur MC, dans le style inimitable du rap. C'est Kurtis Blow qui nous interprète Christmas rappin, et attendez-v...
2021-06-16
59 min
Remote Ruby
Advocating for Junior Devs, Hotwire and HTMX
[00:04:17] Chris asks the guys if they submitted a talk to RailsConf 2021. Andrew tells us about a virtual talk at a meetup he’s giving in June.[00:08:53] Chris tells us about something he helped start a long time ago called LaunchCode.[00:11:58] Find out what Chris’s submission to RailConf 2021 is on. [00:16:54] Chris helps Andrew understand Turbo better. [00:25:40] Jason talks about wondering what it would be like to shove turbo into React Native since he’s built stuff in it. Chris shares his ideas.
2021-03-12
47 min
The Ruby Blend
Episode 12: The State of the Rails Community with Julian Rubisch
Panelists Andrew Mason Nate Hopkins GuestsJulian RubischSponsorLinodeShow Notes[00:00:38] Julian tells us all about himself and his background. He also tells us how long he's been programming professionally and with Ruby on Rails.[00:04:24] Nate is wondering what Julian's observation is about the relationship between music and programming or any type of artistic endeavor in programming. Nate mentions a book by Paul Graham called, "Hackers and Painters."[00:06:43] Nate found it interesting that as an experienced progra...
2020-05-14
38 min
Greater Than Code
170: The Case for Vanilla JavaScript with Chris Ferdinandi
00:53 - Chris’s Superpower: Derailing conversations and having a knack for taking complex tasks and breaking them down into smaller, simpler parts that people find easy to understand. 01:44 - The Pitch for Vanilla JavaScript 03:06 - Peoples’ Biggest Challenge as a Developer Having Trouble Keeping Up Adding Processes and Tools Make it More Difficult to Get Started “The Right Way To Do It” 05:50 - The Problem With The Way We Do Things Today Front-End Development Back-End Developers Move to Front-End 08:30 - Modern Web Development The Use of Frameworks Package Managers “The Cascade is...
2020-02-19
1h 09
Capsule.
Capsule S2E2 - Encore Noël
Dans ce second épisode, on discute de noël en petit comité Musique : Kurtis Blow - Christmass Rappin'MYD - The Sun
2019-12-20
1h 13
Christmas Songs Time
Christmas Songs Time | R&B XMAS pt2 | Episode 07 ( Christmas, Noel, Natale, Xmas, 2019 )
Christmas Songs Time Presents// R&B XMAS pt2 \\1- Sleigh Ride2- What Do the Lonely Do At Christmas3- Christmas Rappin'4- Silver Bells (Stereo)5- I Want To Come Home For Christmas6- It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year7- Give Love on Christmas Day8- Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental)9- Little Drummer Boy10- Give Love On Christmas Day11- 1-09 Santa Baby12- What Child Is This_13- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow...
2019-12-16
00 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 72: Teaching Testing and Design
Teaching Testing and Design Guests Betsy Haibel: CTO at Cohere. Blogs at betsyhaibel.com. Avdi Grimm: Head Chef at RubyTapas. Blogs at avdi.codes. Penelope Phippen: Works at Google, makes Rubyfmt, helps make RSpec, and is on the board of Ruby Central. Blog. Summary After the discussions on testing and design in episodes 68 and 69, I had so much I still wanted to talk about in testing, design, and teaching testing and design. So I convened a panel with previous Tech Done Right Guests Avdi Grimm, Betsy Haibel, and Penelope Phippen to help me...
2019-10-09
49 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 71: Supporting Innovation With Mike Todasco
Supporting Innovation With Mike Todasco Guest Mike Todasco: Senior Director of Innovation at PayPal Summary Today on the show we have Mike Todasco, the Senior Director of Innovation at PayPal. We talk about what innovation means at a company, and how to encourage innovation both if you are a PayPal sized company and if you aren’t. Mike also shares some information about PayPal’s internal innovation tournament and how they offer incentives for innovation. Notes 01:38 - What does the Senior Director of Innovation at PayPal do?
2019-09-25
36 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 70: How To Buy Software With Ashley Quinto Powell
How To Buy Software With Ashley Quinto Powell Guest Ashley Quinto Powell: Director of Business Development at Table XI. Summary Today on the show, we have Ashley Quinto Powell. Ashley and I have run a workshop together called How to Buy Software aimed at people who want to buy custom software but aren't sure what the process will be like. In this episode, we try to compress a four-hour workshop into a 45-minute podcast. Ashley will talk about what to expect from the sales process and then Ashley will interview me...
2019-09-11
33 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 69: Teaching and Learning with Sandi Metz
Teaching and Learning with Sandi Metz Guest Sandi Metz:: Author of Practical Object-Oriented Development in Ruby and 99 Bottles of OOP. sandimetz.com Summary Today on the show we have Sandi Metz, author of Practical Object Oriented Design in Ruby and co-author of 99 bottles of OOP. I’ve literally been trying to get Sandi as a guest since we started recording the show and I’m thrilled that we’ve finally been able to connect. We talk about OOP and TDD, maybe going down a test-driven rabbit hole for a while, and also t...
2019-08-28
50 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 68: Pragmatic Programmer at 20 with Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt
Pragmatic Programmer at 20 with Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt Guests Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt: Authors of The Pragmatic Programmer and publishers of The Pragmatic Bookshelf. Summary I’m very excited to have Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt on the show today. Dave and Andy are the authors of the Pragmatic Programmer, which has a 20th anniversary edition that is out now, and they are the publishers of the Pragmatic Bookshelf, where they have (full disclosure) published my books a time or two. We talk about what’s changed in the new...
2019-08-14
52 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 67: Civic Software with Alex Pedersen and Abhi Nemani
Civic Software with Alex Pedersen and Abhi Nemani Guests Alex Pedersen: Co-founder of Polco. Abhi Nemani Founder of EthosLabs. Summary This week, we have Alex Pedersen of Polco and Abhi Nemani of EthosLabs. They're both involved in various uses of technology to increase civic engagement. We'll talk about how technology can improve the public sector and why technologists should be interested in public sector work. Notes 02:09 - Technology and Civic + Political Engagement 06:14 - Risks of Making the Government More Technological 10:01...
2019-07-31
21 min
This Agile Life
Inconsistent at Best
In this thrilling episode of This Agile Life, Jason asks for advice from Craig, Amos and Lee on what kind of metrics development teams can provide so there is some level of predictability as to new when features will be available to users or potential customers. Craig I Estimate this Talk will be 20 Minutes Long, Give or Take 10 Minutes by Noel Rappin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBMwT53oGsM Concolic testing, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concolic_testing * Concolic = concrete + symbolic Lee #NoEstimates Project Planning Using Monte Carlo Simulation, https://www.infoq.com/articles/noestimates-monte-carlo/ ActionableAgile, https://actionableagile.com/ ...
2019-07-18
00 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 66: Stories and Community with Ariel Caplan
Stories and Community with Ariel Caplan Guest Ariel Caplan: Co-Host of Dev Empathy Book Club, Backend Developer at Cloudinary, and Flatiron School Alum. Personal Site Summary Our guest this week is Ariel Caplan. Ariel is a developer at Cloudinary and the Founder of the Dev Empathy Book Club. At RailsConf this year, Ariel gave a keynote about culture and stories using examples from Israeli and American children's literature. In our conversation, we focus on the stories that developers tell ourselves about who is successful, what it takes to be successful, and...
2019-07-17
38 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 65: Managing Pain and Suffering at Work with Amy Newell
Managing Pain and Suffering at Work with Amy Newell Guest Amy Newell:: Director of Engineering at Wistia. Previous Director of Engineering at PatientsLikeMe. RailsConf 2019 - Failure, Risk, and Shame: Approaching Suffering at Work by Amy Newell Summary Our guest this week is Amy Newell. Amy is the Director of Engineering at Wistia, and she gave a talk at RailsConf this year entitled “Failure, Risk, and Shame: Approaching pain and suffering at work”. We have what I hope is an uplifting conversation about failure and pain, how to recognize it, and how to s...
2019-07-03
35 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 64: AI and Privacy with Bärí A. Williams
AI and Privacy with Bärí A. Williams Guest Bärí A. Williams: VP of Legal, Business, and Policy Affairs at All Turtles, a startup advisor in the tech industry, and a published author in the New York Times, WIRED, Fortune, and Fast Company. Bärí writes at bariawilliams.com. Summary Our guest this week is Bärí A. Williams, the VP of Legal, Business, and Policy Affairs at All Turtles. She provides legal guidance to startups working with Artificial Intelligence. Bärí was a keynote speaker at RailsConf this year, you can se...
2019-06-19
34 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 63: Software Consulting With Chad Pytel
Software Consulting With Chad Pytel Guest Chad Pytel: CEO, Co-Founder, and Developer of thoughtbot. Summary Our guest this week is Chad Pytel. Chad is the CEO of thoughtbot, which is a design and development firm known in the world for its support of open source projects like paperclip and shoulda. Chad and I talk about how to make short consulting projects work, the importance of hiring, why thoughtbot makes their internal guides public, and how they continue to be able to support open source. It's a great conversation about how thoughtbot...
2019-06-05
41 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 62: Food and Design Thinking
Food and Design Thinking TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Guests Rex Chekal: Director of Digital Strategy and Product Designer at Table XI. Jessie Shternshus: Founder and Owner of the Improv Effect. Chemia Davis: Innovation Methods Conductor and Member of the Tyson Foods Innovation Lab. Santi Proano: Experimental Brand Dreamer for Yappah Foods and Member of the Tyson Foods Innovation Lab. Summary In this episode, we have a slightly different topic for Tech Done Right - food. Table XI has...
2019-05-22
37 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 61: Tech For Good With Andrew Means and Sean Marcia
Tech For Good With Andrew Means and Sean Marcia TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Guests Andrew Means: Data Analysts 4 Social Good, The Good Tech Fest, Big Elephant Studios. Sean Marcia: Ruby For Good, Code For Good. Summary Our guests this week are Andrew Means of Data Analysts for Social Good and Sean Marcia of Ruby for Good. Both of them run organizations that are involved with using technology to helping non-profits that could use even some simple software or...
2019-05-08
33 min
Code with Jason
002 - Stimulus and Webpacker with Noel Rappin
In today's episode, I talk to developer and author Noel Rappin about Webpack, Webpacker, and Stimulus.Noel Rappin on TwitterNoel Rappin's WebsiteTech Done Right PodcastTable XITake My Money: Accepting Payments on the Web
2019-05-01
32 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 60: Jumpstarting Your Side Project With Dicko Sow
Jumpstarting Your Side Project With Dicko Sow TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Guest Dicko Sow: Founder of Yodi Naturals. Summary Our guest this week is Dicko Sow. Dicko is a software developer at a technical consultancy, but recently she has been spending her time building out a side project called Yodi Naturals. We talk about how she chose the project, how important it was to plan the project, the technical decisions, and what Dicko learned putting together...
2019-04-24
35 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 59: Building Git with James Coglan
Building Git With James Coglan TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Guest James Coglan: Author of Building Git and JavaScript Testing Recipes. More at jcoglan.com/. Summary Our guest today is James Coglan. James has written an extraordinary programming book called Building Git. In it, he describes the inner workings of the Git source control tool by re-implementing a substantial part it in Ruby, including commits, diffs, branching, and networking. Along the way he shows not just how...
2019-04-10
41 min
Technology Leadership Podcast Review
Incremental Bumps and Swiss Army Knife Approaches
Mary and Tom Poppendieck on The Modern Agile Show, Daniel Mezick on Agile Uprising, Jennifer Tu, Zee Spencer, Thayer Prime, and Matt Patterson on Tech Done Right, James Colgan on This Is Product Management, and Matt Kaplan on Build by Drift. I’d love for you to email me with any comments about the show or any suggestions for podcasts I might want to feature. Email podcast@thekguy.com. This episode covers the five podcast episodes I found most interesting and wanted to share links to during the two week period starting March 18, 2019. These podcast epi...
2019-03-29
11 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 58: Agriculture And Technology with Orlando Saez
Agriculture And Technology with Orlando Saez TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Guest Orlando Saez: Co-founder and CEO of Aker Technologies. Summary Our guest today is Orlando Saez. Orlando is the co-founder and CEO of Aker, a precision crop diagnostic data and service company. We're going to talk about what that means and more generally, about how technology and agriculture intersect. We'll talk about how Orlando got into the agriculture and technology space and who his customers are...
2019-03-27
34 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 57: Unlearn with Barry O'Reilly
Unlearn With Barry O'Reilly TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Summary Our guest today is Barry O’Reilly, author of the book “Unlearn: Let Go of Past Success to Achieve Extraordinary Results”. In it, he sets out a process for defining outcomes, identifying behaviors that might help or hinder reaching the outcomes, and then unlearning existing behaviors and relearning new ones. We talk about how that process works, how to use it yourself, how it might fail, and what Barry unlearned for himsel...
2019-03-13
39 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 56: Developer Hiring
Developer Hiring TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com or find us at http://tablexi.com.workshops Today on the show, we're talking about hiring with Jennifer Tu and Zee Spencer of Cohere, Thayer Prime of Team Prime, and software consultant Matt Patterson. We talk about the entire developer hiring process from how to advertise your company to potential candidates, through coding tests and interviews, and all the way to the final decision process. It's a great conversation with a lot of different perspectives and...
2019-02-27
44 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 55: Engineering Management With Allison McMillan
Engineering Management With Allison McMillan TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com or visit the web at http://tablexi.com/workshops. Guest Allison McMillan: Engineering Manager at GitHub; Atom; Creator of the Parent Driven Development Podcast. Blogs at DayDreams in Ruby. Summary Today on the show we’re talking about engineering management. Allison McMillan is an engineering manager for the Atom team at GitHub. We talk about what her role is within the team, how she helps her team gr...
2019-02-13
38 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 54: Code Style and Community with Sam Phippen and Justin Searls
Code Style and Community with Sam Phippen and Justin Searls TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com or visit http://www.tablexi.com/workshops. Guests Sam Phippen: Developer Advocate at Google and member of the RSpec Core Team Justin Searls: Cofounder of Test Double Summary On this episode, we’ve got Sam Phippen and Justin Searls back for their third round on the show. Both of them have been working on new Ruby tools to better standardize your team’s style and...
2019-01-30
47 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 53: Tribal Knowledge and Onboarding with Annie Sexton
Tribal Knowledge and On-boarding with Annie Sexton TableXI offers training for developers and product teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Guest Annie Sexton: Core Support Engineer at Heroku. Traveler. Amateur graphic novelist. More at momotarocomic.com/. Summary Developers and teams build up a lot of knowledge about their code and their process which never gets written down and which makes it harder together to get new team members up to speed. Our guest, Annie Sexton, is a support engineer for Heroku and has to deal with not...
2019-01-16
36 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 52: Small, Sharp Developer Tools With Brian Hogan
Small, Sharp Developer Tools With Brian Hogan TableXI offers training for developers and product teams! For more info, visit http://tablexi.com.workshops or email workshops@tablexi.com. Guest Brian P. Hogan: Editorial Manager for DigitalOcean, Author of Small, Sharp, Software Tools: Harness the Combinatoric Power of Command-Line Tools and Utilities, teacher, student, and musician. More info at bphogan.com. Summary Developers use a variety of tools other than their programming language to get their jobs done. This week, we talk about those tools with Brian Hogan, an Editorial...
2019-01-02
41 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 52: Small, Sharp Developer Tools With Brian Hogan
Small, Sharp Developer Tools With Brian Hogan TableXI offers training for developers and product teams! For more info, visit http://tablexi.com.workshops or email workshops@tablexi.com. Guest Brian P. Hogan: Editorial Manager for DigitalOcean, Author of Small, Sharp, Software Tools: Harness the Combinatoric Power of Command-Line Tools and Utilities, teacher, student, and musician. More info at bphogan.com. Summary Developers use a variety of tools other than their programming language to get their jobs done. This week, we talk about those tools with Brian Hogan, an Editorial...
2019-01-02
41 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 51: Becoming a Senior Engineer with Jamey Hampton
Becoming a Senior Engineer with Jamey Hampton TableXI offers training for developers and product teams! For more info, visit http://tablexi.com/workshops or email us at workshops@tablexi.com. Guest Jamey Hampton: Senior Software Dev at Agrilyst and panelist on Greater Than Code. Blogs at jamey-alea.com. Summary On this episode, we're talking about becoming a senior engineer. When you first become a senior engineer, you suddenly have new job responsibilities that aren't coding and they aren't management. It's not clear how to balance your time or evaluate...
2018-12-12
39 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 50: Your First Open Source Contribution with VM Brasseur
Your First Open Source Contribution with VM Brasseur TableXI offers training for developers and product teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com or go to http://tablexi.com/workshops. Guest VM Brasseur: Open Source consultant, Vice President of Open Source Initiative, and Author of Forge Your Future with Open Source. vmbrasseur.com. Summary The Open Source world is large. It’s also complex and difficult to manage, especially for a novice. Our guest this week is VM Brasseur, who is the Vice President of the Open Source Initiative an...
2018-11-28
39 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 49: Accessibility With Luisa Morales
Accessibility With Luisa Morales TableXI is offering training for developers and product teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com or see our offerings at http://tablexi.com/workshops. The Table XI inclusive meeting Kickstarter is ongoing as this episode is released, see http://tablexi.com/kickstarter for more information. Guest Luisa M. Morales, luisam.com. Summary As many as 15 to 25 percent of your site’s potential users may have trouble accessing it due to some kind of disability. How can you design your site to allow yo...
2018-11-14
35 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 48: Meetings and Inclusion with Katie Gore and Mark Rickmeier
Meetings and Inclusion with Katie Gore and Mark Rickmeier The inclusion card deck discussed in this episode is now live on Kickstarter. Go to https://www.tablexi.com/kickstarter to get your deck. TableXI is offering training for developers and product teams! For more info, got to http://tablexi.com/workshops or email workshops@tablexi.com. Guests: Mark Rickmeier: CEO of Table XI. Katie Gore: Founder and Director of speech IRL. Summary Today we are talking about meetings. Any group software activity is going to have meetings, and...
2018-10-27
38 min
From the Beginning
Noel Rappin from Tech Done Right
In this episode we’re talking with Noel Rappin, Principal Software Engineer at TableXI and host of Tech Done Right, which is Table XI’s podcast about building software to develop better careers, companies, and communities.We talk with Noel about the benefits of having a rotating co-host, the difficulty of bootstrapping online community discussions and what’s motivating vs what feels like work when it comes to podcasting. Be sure to connect with Noel, Table XI and Tech Done Right:Noel Rappin (@noelrap)TableXI (@tablexi)Tech Done Right (@tech_done_right)Other Podcast...
2018-10-18
30 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 47: Empowering Entry-Level Developers with Mercedes Bernard
Empowering Entry-Level Developers with Mercedes Bernard TableXI is offering training for developers and product teams! For more info, email go to http://tablexi.com/workshops. Guest Mercedes Bernard: Senior Software Engineer at DevMynd. mercedesbernard.com. Summary How can your company empower your entry-level developers to grow their skills and advance their careers? If you are an entry-level developer, what are skills that are important for growth. Mercedes Bernard, a Senior Software Engineer at DevMynd, joins Tech Done Right to talk about empowering entry-level developers. We talk about giving people...
2018-10-10
37 min
2Devs - Desmistificando o mundo da programação
Testes, Testes, TEEEEEEEESTES!
Hoje temos convidados (Anderson Fernandes e Tony Messias)! Esse episódio está Iradíssimo!!! Esperamos que vocês gostem =) Falamos Sobre Teste de Software. TDD, ATDD, BDD e toda a sopinha de letras envolvidas. Diferença entre Testes manuais, automatizados Mocks, como usamos e porque eles podem ser problemáticos Continuous Integration e suíte de testes que demoram muito pra rodar Sigam a gente! Twitter Se Inscrevam RSS (para nos acompanhar em qualquer aplicativo) ITunes (Apple) Spotify Links: Guides e Docs Episódio 2devs (ci...
2018-10-02
59 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 46: 20 Years of Web Development with Avdi Grimm and Sarah Mei
20 Years of Web Development with Avdi Grimm and Sarah Mei TableXI is offering training for developers and product teams! For more info, visit http://tablexi.com/workshops. Guests Sarah Mei: Founder of RailsBridge, Director of Ruby Central, Software Architect at Salesforce. Avdi Grimm: Creator of the RubyTapas Screencast Series and author of Exceptional Ruby and Confident Ruby. avdi.codes. Summary What has changed in web development in the last 20 years, and what do those changes say about the next 20? I recently realized that Avdi Grimm, the head chef of Ruby Tapas...
2018-09-19
48 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 45: Failure Management and Response with Nickolas Means
Failure Management and Response with Nickolas Means TableXI is offering training for developers and product teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Guest Nickolas Means | nickol.as | VP of Engineering at MuveHealth Summary How can you learn from an engineering team's failure? Can you take the examples of how others have dealt with engineering problems to improve your team's day-to-day operations. Our guest is Nickolas Means, a software manager at Muve Health, who is fascinated by engineering failures. We talk about what you can learn from studying disasters...
2018-09-05
42 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 44: Learning Programming Languages and Strategies With Katrina Owen
Learning Programming Languages and Strategies With Katrina Owen Table XI is offering training for developers and product teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com or go to http://www.tablexi.com/workshops Guest Katrina Owen: Blog | Katrina’s Talks Summary What's a good way to learn a new programming language that focuses on solving problems and not merely syntax? Katrina Owen is the creator of Exercism, a tool for getting beyond "hello world" in new programing languages. She is also the co-author of 99 Bottles of OOP, and the pr...
2018-08-22
42 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 43: Rubyists in Other Languages with James Edward Gray II and Steve Klabnik
Rubyists in Other Languages with James Edward Gray II and Steve Klabnik TableXI is offering training for developers and product teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Guests Steve Klabnik: Blog James Edward Gray II: Blog Summary Ruby is great. But it's not the best tool for everything. On this episode, I talk to James Edward Gray II and Steve Klabnik. Both James and Steve have made substantial contributions to the Ruby and Rails community, and they now both spend lots of time using other languages. We talk about what...
2018-08-08
48 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 42: Technical Speaking with Saron Yitbarek
Technical Speaking With Saron Yitbarek TableXI is offering training for developers and product teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Summary Presenting a technical talk can be an important part of a developer's career. In this episode, we're talking about how to perform a technical talk with Saron Yitbarek. Saron runs the CodeNewbie Podcast, and others, and organizes and coaches speakers for the Codeland Conference. Saron and I both have some thoughts and opinions about how to deliver a good technical talk. This episode has a lot of tips about how...
2018-07-25
49 min
Greater Than Code
089: Something Something Agile with Noel Rappin
Greater Than Code Episode 001: Taking Payments on the Web with Noel Rappin 02:58 – Noel’s Superpower: Extrapolating and Explaining Consequences of Tech Decisions to Others 06:24 – Cultural Patterns of How Organizations Develop Software; Should this process be standardized? 16:07 – Agile Adoption: Pros and Cons The Leprechauns of Software Engineering: How folklore turns into fact and what to do about it by Laurent Bossavit The Journal of Irreproducible Results 26:40 – Making Decisions Without No Scientific Evidence 32:05 – Metaphors for Software Engineering and Legitimizing the Profession 38:33 – Trust-Driven Development 44:12 – Decision Making...
2018-07-18
57 min
Greater Than Code
089: Something Something Agile with Noel Rappin
Greater Than Code Episode 001: Taking Payments on the Web with Noel Rappin 02:58 – Noel’s Superpower: Extrapolating and Explaining Consequences of Tech Decisions to Others 06:24 – Cultural Patterns of How Organizations Develop Software; Should this process be standardized? 16:07 – Agile Adoption: Pros and Cons The Leprechauns of Software Engineering: How folklore turns into fact and what to do about it by Laurent Bossavit The Journal of Irreproducible Results 26:40 – Making Decisions Without No Scientific Evidence 32:05 – Metaphors for Software Engineering and Legitimizing the Profession 38:33 – Trust-Driven Development 44:12 – Decision Making...
2018-07-18
57 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 41: Apprenticeship with Megan Tiu, Kara Carrell, and Alyssa Ramsey
Apprenticeship with Megan Tiu, Kara Carrell, and Alyssa Ramsey TableXI is offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Get your FREE career growth strategy information and techniques! Summary What is an apprenticeship program, how is it different from an internship, and how can your company benefit from having one? In this episode, we’re talking about technical apprenticeships with Megan Tiu of Women Who Code. Megan and I have both run apprenticeships at various companies. We’re also joined by Table XI’s current appren...
2018-07-11
37 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 40: Diversity and Inclusion at Small Companies with Meara Charnetzki, Michael Donnelly, and Elena Valentine
Diversity and Inclusion at Small Companies with Meara Charnetzki, Michael Donnelly, and Elena Valentine TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Get your FREE career growth strategy information and techniques! Summary What can a small company do to improve its diversity and inclusion practices when your company just isn't changing personnel quickly enough to improve via hiring? Here to discuss this are Meara Charnetzki from Table XI, Michael Donnelly from the FWD Collective and Elena Valentine from Skill Scout. We'll all...
2018-06-20
38 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 39: Organizing Technical Conferences
Organizing Technical Conferences TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, go to http://tablexi.com/workshops. Get your FREE career growth strategy information and techniques! Summary I've been attending technical conferences for years, and I've always wondered about the hidden challenges involved in putting a conference together. In this show, four of the best conference organizers I know join me to share their secrets and stories. Marty Haught, organizer of many conferences including RubyConf and RailsConf, Jen Remsik and Jim Remsik, who organize the Madison+...
2018-06-06
49 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 38: Diverse Agile Teams with Marlena Compton, Betsy Haibel, and Jennifer Tu
Diverse Agile Teams with Marlena Compton, Betsy Haibel, and Jennifer Tu TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Get your FREE career growth strategy information and techniques! Guests Marlena Compton: Organizer of PearConf. Betsy Haibel: CTO at Cohere. Jennifer Tu: Co-Founder at Cohere. Summary How do common Agile practices like pair programming and retrospectives work when you have diverse teams? How can you make sure that underrepresented team members have their voices heard, and how does doing so improve...
2018-05-23
47 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 37: Your First 100 Days Onboarding A New Employee With Shay Howe and John Gore
Your First 100 Days Onboarding A New Employee With Shay Howe and John Gore TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Get your FREE career growth strategy information and techniques! Guests John Gore: Founder of CultureScape; Everyone Onboard. Shay Howe: ActiveCampaign Design Team Leader; Lead Honestly Summary Tech Done Right is looking at onboarding from both sides. In this episode we talk with Shay Howe and John Gore about onboarding from the company side. We talk about what a new...
2018-05-09
43 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 36: Your First 100 Days at a New Company with Katie Gore and Elizabeth Trepkowski Hodos
Your First 100 Days At A New Company with Katie Gore and Elizabeth Trepkowski Hodos TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Get your FREE career growth strategy information and techniques! Guests Katie Gore: Founder and President of speech IRL. Elizabeth Trepkowski Hodos: Founder of Elizabeth Hodos: Corporate Improv Training Summary Tech Done Right is looking at onboarding from both sides. In this episode we talk with Katie Gore and Elizabeth Trepkowski Hodos about onboarding from...
2018-05-09
42 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 35: AI and the Future of Design and Development with Zach Pousman
AI and the Future of Design and Development with Zach Pousman TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Get your FREE career growth strategy information and techniques! Rails 5 Test Prescriptions is updated, available, and shipping! Summary What does AI mean for the future of design, development? Can I be replaced by an AI algorithm? Today, we talk to Zach Pousman, from the consultancy Helpfully. Zach thinks a lot about artificial intelligence and how it might impact the future of...
2018-04-25
46 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 34: Programming Languages and Communication With Kerri Miller
Programming Languages and Communication With Kerri Miller TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Get your FREE career growth strategy information and techniques! Rails 5 Test Prescriptions is updated, available, and shipping! Guest Kerri Miller: Senior Developer at TravisCI and Ruby Community Member. Co-Organizer of the Open Source and Feelings Conference. Blog. Summary Why is Smalltalk the Elizabethan English of programming languages? Why has it been so influential, and how does the programming language you use...
2018-04-11
47 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 33: Back in the Testing Weeds with Sam Phippen and Justin Searls
Back in the Testing Weeds with Sam Phippen and Justin Searls TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Get your FREE career growth strategy information and techniques! Rails 5 Test Prescriptions is updated, available, and shipping! Guests Sam Phippen: Tech Lead at DigitalOcean and member of the RSpec Core Team Justin Searls: Co-founder of Test Double Summary I'm back in the testing weeds with Sam Phippen, lead maintainer for RSpec-Rails, and Justin Searls, co-founder of Test Double and...
2018-03-28
41 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 32: React Native with Gant Laborde, Ed LaFoy, and Brent Vatne
React Native with Gant Laborde, Ed LaFoy, and Brent Vatne Get your FREE career growth strategy information and techniques! TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Rails 5 Test Prescriptions is updated and available for purchase! Guests Gant Laborde: Chief Technology Strategist at Infinite Red. Gant on Medium. Ed LaFoy: Director of Mobile Development at TableXI. Brent Vatne: React Native and Expo Developer at Expo. Summary After many attempts at cross-platform mobile...
2018-03-14
43 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 31: Building New Products With Neil Patel
Building New Products With Neil Patel Guest Neil Patel: Co-Founder of Crazy Egg, Hello Bar, and Kissmetrics, Serial Entrepreneur, and Marketer. Blog. Things we Do TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Get your FREE career growth strategy information and techniques! Rails 5 Test Prescriptions is updated and available for purchase! Summary How can you take an idea, find a development team to realize your vision, and then improve it? And once the vision...
2018-02-28
25 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 30: Designing Applications for Health Care with Kyoko Crawford and Mark Yoon
How to Design Applications for Doctors and Patients Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right Also, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! The newsletter is back! For more information on upcoming episodes, sign up at http://techdoneright.io/newsletter Guests Mark Yoon: Developer and Director of Talent at Table XI Kyoko Crawford: CEO of SkinIO. Summary How do you design for both doctors and patients, two very different audiences that need the same data? If you are designing health care technology, how do you...
2018-02-14
44 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 29: Developers from the Perspective of Product Owners
Developers from the Perspective of Product Owners Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right Also, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! The newsletter is back! For more information on upcoming episodes, sign up at http://techdoneright.io/newsletter Guests Cat de Merode: VP of Product at PeaPod Matt McNamara: Product Manager Summary Have you ever wondered what it's like to work with a software team? Perhaps you are a developer wondering what you seem like from the outside? Or maybe you are starting...
2018-01-31
39 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 28: Open Source and Companies with Nell Shamrell-Harrington
Open Source and Companies with Nell Shamrell-Harrington Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right Also, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Guest Nell Shamrell-Harrington: Senior Software Development Engineer at Chef, CTO of Operation Code. nellshamrell.com Summary What's it like to run an Open Source project as part of your day job? How does open source change when it's backed by a company? Why is it useful for a company to run open source projects? Nell Shamrell-Harrington, who runs the Habitat project for Chef is on the...
2018-01-16
39 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 27: Marketing and Building an Audience with Suzan Bond
Marketing and Building an Audience With Suzan Bond Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right Also, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Guest Suzan Bond: Host of the Indiedoes Podcast, Founder of Bet On Yourself and Bet On Your People. Summary Are you a developer that wants to create your own content and build an audience? Suzan Bond joins the show to talk about how to bet on your self. We talk about how to be comfortable marketing, how to present yourself as a credible source for...
2018-01-03
40 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 26: Podcasting and Audio Stories with Dr. Ed Livingston
Podcasting and Audio Stories with Dr. Ed Livingston Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right Also, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Guest Dr. Ed Livingston: Practicing surgeon and Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA. Deputy Editor for Clinical Reviews and Education. Summary How can your company use podcasting to make their content available and relevant for a whole new audience? Dr. Ed Livingston joins the show to discuss how the Journal of the American Medical Association is using podcasting to connect with their audience. We...
2017-12-13
46 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 25: The Social Responsibility of Coding with Liz Abinante
The Social Responsibility of Coding with Liz Abinante Follow us on Twitter @tech_done_right, and please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Guest Liz Abinante: Senior Software Engineer at GitHub and occasionally acts as Ruby Documentation Empress at RubyTogether. Blogs at lizabinante.com. Summary What responsibility do developers have for the consequences of their code? Liz Abinante joins the show to talk about overlooked consequences, big and small, and what you can do if you find your self being asked to do something you think is unethical...
2017-11-29
41 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 24: Ruby Tapas and Avoiding Code with Avdi Grimm
Ruby Tapas and Avoiding Code with Avdi Grimm Follow us on Twitter @tech_done_right, and please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Guest Avdi Grimm: Creator of the RubyTapas Screencast Series and author of Exceptional Ruby and Confident Ruby. avdi.codes Summary Avdi Grimm has been creating the RubyTapas screencast series for five years. In this episode Avdi and I talk about why he decided to do RubyTapas, and what makes a good episode. We also talk about the resources that helped us when we were learning...
2017-11-15
41 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 23: Live Panel: Hiring Developers in (and out of) Health Care
Live Panel: Hiring Developers in (and out of) Health Care Follow us on Twitter @tech_done_right, and please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Guests Mark Yoon Director of Talent at TableXI Liz Vellojin Strategic Lead at Outcome Health Lia James Branding and Talent Consultant at HumanPredictions Summary Hiring and retaining developers is hard. If you are in the health care industry, and require some specialized knowledge it's even harder. Joining the show for a live panel discussion are Lia James, Branding and Talent Consultant at Human Predictions...
2017-11-01
1h 20
Tech Done Right
Episode 22: Nonviolent Conversation with Nadia Odunayo
Nonviolent Communication With Nadia Odunayo Follow us on Twitter @tech_done_right, and please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Guest Nadia Odunayo, nadiaodunayo.com, Co-host of Ruby Book Club, director at Ignition Works. Summary Do you have interactions with co-workers where one or both of you get angry and defensive, and everybody ends up frustrated? Today we talk to Nadia Odunayo about "Nonviolent Communication", a way to communicate that honestly addresses issues, explaining how you feel without harming the other person, and getting everybody to the point...
2017-10-18
41 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 21: How Set Design Can Inform Software Architecture With Betsy Haibel
How Set Design Can Inform Software Architecture With Betsy Haibel Follow us on Twitter @tech_done_right, and please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Guest Betsy Haibel or betsyhaibel.com, co-founder of Cohere Summary Any profession that requires you to hit a budget and a deadline while balancing the project vision with practical logistics has a lot to say to software architects and project managers. Betsy Haibel was a professional theatrical set designer before becoming a software developer and architect, and we talk about how set design...
2017-10-04
41 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 20: Developer Bootcamps and Computing Education with Jeff Casimir and Mark Guzdial
Developer Bootcamps and Computing Education with Jeff Casimir and Mark Guzdial Follow us on Twitter @tech_done_right, and please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Guests Mark Guzdial: Professor in Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech and Computer Science Education Researcher. Jeff Casimir: Executive Director at The Turing School. Summary How do people learn computing? Who learns best from traditional computer science education and who from bootcamps? How can we teach people who are not developers but who need to learn some programming to do their jobs? Jeff Casimir, the...
2017-09-20
51 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 19: Navigating the JavaScript World: A Panel Discussion
Navigating the JavaScript World Follow us on Twitter @tech_done_right, and please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Guests Zach Briggs | theotherzach.com Trek Glowacki Melanie Sumner | melsumner.com Marques Woodson Summary How do professional JavaScript programmers choose new tools or evaluate frameworks? What are the most important concepts in JavaScript development these days? This panel discussion was recorded live on Aug 24, 2017 with Zach Briggs, Trek Glowacki, Melanie Sumner, and Marques Woodson. Learn about their biggest JavaScript career battles and what resources they use to keep up to date.
2017-09-06
1h 05
Tech Done Right
Episode 18: Agile UX Product Design with Yana Carstens and Jeff Patton
Agile UX Product Design with Yana Carstens and Jeff Patton Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Guests Jeff Patton: Author of User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product and owner of Jeff Patton & Associates. Yana Carstens: Senior User Experience Designer at TableXI. Summary Agile practices help you build software. UX design helps you build the right software. Teams often struggle integrating UX design into agile practice. In this episode, Jeff Patton, author of User...
2017-08-23
39 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 17: The Elm Programming Language With Corey Haines
The Elm Programming Language With Corey Haines Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Guest Corey Haines: CTO of Hearken, creator of code retreats, and author of Understanding the Four Rules of Simple Design. Summary Want to build great front-end apps without having to deal with the entire JavaScript ecosystem? Corey Haines joins the show to talk about Elm, a front-end language and framework that is type safe, has great build tools, and a full-fledged MVC framework to create client interactions...
2017-08-09
45 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 16: Open Source: The Big Picture with Nadia Eghbal
Open Source: The Big Picture with Nadia Eghbal Follow us on Twitter @tech_done_right, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, and please sign up for our newsletter! Guest Nadia Eghbal: Works on Open Source Initiatives at GitHub, Author of Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure; Read her essays on Open Source on Medium Summary The Internet runs on Open Source. Open Source runs on maintainers and contributors. Is that sustainable? We talk to Nadia Eghbal about her work documenting and analyzing the Open...
2017-07-26
36 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 15: Agile Teams and Escaping Velocity with Doc Norton and Claire Podulka
Agile Teams and Escaping Velocity with Doc Norton and Claire Podulka Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right, leave us a review on iTunes, and please sign up for our newsletter! Guests Doc Norton: Co-Founder and CEO of CTO2. Claire Podulka: Project Manager at Table XI. Summary How can you tell whether an agile software team is successful? Many teams use a single measure: velocity. Doc Norton, author of Escape Velocity, and Claire Podulka join the show to discuss why velocity is not a useful measure: it...
2017-07-12
44 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 14: From Idea To Company With Maci Peterson and Alicia Drucker
From Idea To Company With Maci Peterson and Alicia Drucker Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, and please sign up for our newsletter! Guests Maci Peterson: Co-founder and CEO of On Second Thought. Alicia Drucker: Director of Software Delivery at Table XI Summary How does an idea become a pitch become a company? Join Maci Peterson, founder of the startup On Second Thought, and Alicia Drucker, from Table XI, to discuss how a bad text can lead to a...
2017-06-28
40 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 12: Managing For Career Development with Claire Lew and Dan Hodos
Managing For Career Development with Claire Lew and Dan Hodos Follow us on Twitter @tech_done_right, leave us a review on iTunes, and please sign up for our newsletter! Guests Claire Lew: CEO of Know Your Company Dan Hodos: Table XI’s Director of Operations Summary How can you get honest feedback from co-workers, even when you are their manager? How can you support your team's career growth and support them as they improve their skills? Claire Lew, the CEO of Know your Company, and Dan Ho...
2017-05-31
36 min
Frontmatter
Noel Rappin, Author of Trust-Driven Development
In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Noel about his first encounters with computers, his career, the challenges that come with software consulting and client management and in particular the importance of trust, his book, and at the end they talk a little bit about his experience as a conventionally published and as a self-published writer.
2017-05-19
48 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 10: Design Sprints with Kai Haley and Zeke Binion
Design Sprints with Kai Haley and Zeke Binion Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right or leave us a review on iTunes and sign up for our newsletter! Guests Kai Haley: Interaction Designer on Google’s Design Relations Team, leads the Sprint Master Academy Zeke Binion: Former Director of Design for Table XI and runs Code for Designers Summary Do you have a product that needs improvement, or a process to define? Is your team looking for a way to generate and test new ideas quickly? The De...
2017-05-10
44 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 9: Conference Speaking and Diverse Perspectives with Carina C. Zona and Mark Yoon
Conference Speaking and Diverse Perspectives with Carina C. Zona and Mark Yoon Summary Want to start speaking at conferences? We go over how to get your first conference acceptance, then how to become a better speaker over time. For conference organizers, we also discuss how to find the best speakers from a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. Carina C. Zona (@cczona) and Mark Yoon (@wimyoon) join Noel Rappin (@noelrap) on this episode of Tech Done Right. Notes Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right or leave us a review on...
2017-04-26
46 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 8: Open-Source Community Management and Safety With Coraline Ada Ehmke and Yana Carstens
Open-Source Community Management and Safety With Coraline Ada Ehmke and Yana Carstens Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right or leave us a review on iTunes! Guests Coraline Ada Ehmke: Open Source Advocate, Creator of The Contributor Covenant, Founding Panelist of Greater Than Code, Senior Engineer on the Community and Safety Team at GitHub Yana Carstens: Senior User Experience Designer at Table XI Summary How can you manage a social media site to maximize community and make all contributors feel safe? Coraline Ada Ehmke (@CoralineAda), from GitHub's...
2017-04-12
40 min
Tech Done Right
Software, Open Source, and Rails With Eileen Uchitelle and Andrew Horner
Episode 007: Software, Open Source, and Rails with Eileen Uchitelle and Andrew Horner Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right or leave us a review on iTunes! Notes How does the Rails core team work? How are new features planned and implemented? How can I contribute? What should I do if I find a security issue in Rails? Our guest is the newest Rails core team member Eileen Uchitelle (@eileencodes) joins Table Xi senior developer Andrew Horner and host Noel Rappin (@noelrap) to discuss Rails, the new testing features in Rails 5.1, and the Rails...
2017-03-29
42 min
CodeNewbie
Ep. 131 - Take My Money (Noel Rappin)
If you plan on getting a job as a developer, chances are, you’ll deal with the technical side of accepting online payments. It might be as easy as plugging in a tool like Stripe or Braintree, but it can quickly get complicated. In this more technical episode, Noel takes us through some of those thorny situations and how a newbie can navigate the complex world of money. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Code Complete Apple IIe Zork The Pragmatic Programmer The Money Gem Shopify IRB Floating Point VCR gem AJAX Stripe Codeland Conf Co...
2017-03-13
45 min
Tech Done Right
JavaScript: Islands, Sprinkles, and Frameworks with Zach Briggs and David Copeland
Episode 005: JavaScript: Islands, Sprinkles, and Frameworks Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right or leave us a review on iTunes! Summary Dave Copleand (@davetron5000) and Zach Briggs (@theotherzach) join Noel Rappin (@noelrap) for a Tech Done Right discussion of JavaScript practices. When does it makes sense to build single page JavaScript app? How can your JavaScript and Rails interact? Is it an island of interactivity or a sprinkle of JavaScript? Which frameworks are handling community management well (hint: not Angular)? And how do you test any of this? Guests ...
2017-03-08
42 min
Tech Done Right
JavaScript: Islands, Sprinkles, and Frameworks with Zach Briggs and David Copeland
Episode 005: JavaScript: Islands, Sprinkles, and Frameworks Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right or leave us a review on iTunes! Summary Dave Copleand (@davetron5000) and Zach Briggs (@theotherzach) join Noel Rappin (@noelrap) for a Tech Done Right discussion of JavaScript practices. When does it makes sense to build single page JavaScript app? How can your JavaScript and Rails interact? Is it an island of interactivity or a sprinkle of JavaScript? Which frameworks are handling community management well (hint: not Angular)? And how do you test any of this? Guests ...
2017-03-08
42 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 004: In The Testing Weeds With Sam Phippen and Justin Searls
Episode 004: Testing Summary Sam Phippen, Justin Searls, and Noel Rappin spend this episode talking about the value of test-driven development (TDD) as well as its cost. They discuss the kinds of problems that developers are likely to have after they learn TDD and attempt to apply it to a large application. Learn why Rails is both great and terrible for automated testing, and how testing can influence the structure of your code. Guests Sam Phippen: Engineer at Digital Ocean and member of the RSpec Core Team Justin Searls: Writes...
2017-02-22
49 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 004: In The Testing Weeds With Sam Phippen and Justin Searls
Episode 004: Testing Summary Sam Phippen, Justin Searls, and Noel Rappin spend this episode talking about the value of test-driven development (TDD) as well as its cost. They discuss the kinds of problems that developers are likely to have after they learn TDD and attempt to apply it to a large application. Learn why Rails is both great and terrible for automated testing, and how testing can influence the structure of your code. Guests Sam Phippen: Engineer at Digital Ocean and member of the RSpec Core Team Justin Searls: Writes...
2017-02-22
49 min
Full Stack Radio
58: Noel Rappin - Fixing Common Payment Handling Mistakes
As I mention in the show, if you've been thinking about checking out Test-Driven Laravel, the course is still available at the early access price for the next few weeks:Learn more about Test-Driven Laravel Early AccessSponsors: Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Hired, sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through Hired Links: Test-Driven Laravel, Adam's TDD course Noel's blog Rails 4 Test Prescriptions, Noel's book on...
2017-02-08
40 min
BRTZ Radio Show
BRTZ Podcast – rap de Noël //20.12.16
Pour notre dernière émission de l'année, nous avions envie de propager un peu de ce fameux esprit de Noël dans vos oreilles. On a commencée avec un mix de morceaux de rap parlant du Père Noël, ou de la célèbre nuit avant Noël, mais aussi des chansons samplant les airs bien connus des fêtes de fin d'années. On y a glissé quelques surprises, pour régaler petits et grands.Lolo a enchaîné avec une sélection de ses plus beaux disques de musique douce, issus de sa collection personnelle.La tracklist...
2016-12-20
00 min
Ruby Rogues
290 RR Deployment
00:45 - What deployments have we used?3:22 - Heroku 5:10 - Dev/prod parity10:30 - Deployment stories11:50 - Continuous deploymentCircleCISnapCI15:55 - Working with clients that are anti-testing and writing tests28:50 - Server setupDockerChef34:05 - Nginx and Passenger 39:35 - Handling caching issues and increasing server space44:25 - Methods for deploying46:30 - Team size and deploymentCapistrano49:40 - Monitoring toolsCode ClimateHoney BadgerZabbixNewRelicTrackJSJSJ 138 with Todd GardnerPicks: Dinosaur Odyssey by Scott Sampson (Jason) Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Carl Sagan (Jason) Rails Solutions: Ruby on Rails Made Easy by Justin Williams (Jerome) Take My Money: Accepting Payments on the Web by Noel Rappin (Brian) Deploying with JRuby by...
2016-12-14
46 min
The Frontside Podcast
047: Taking Payments on the Web with Noel Rappin
In this episode, Noel Rappin, developer at Table XI, comes on the show to talk about his new book, Take My Money: Accepting Payment on the Web. Noel Rappin: @noelrap | blog | GitHub Transcript: CHARLES: Hello everybody and welcome to the Frontside Podcast Episode 47. I'm Charles Lowell and with me today is Noel Rappin. Before we get into who you are, because I know that a lot of people know you already and you need no introduction, you're actually calling in from Chicago today, right? NOEL: That’s true, ye...
2016-11-22
34 min
Ruby Rogues
281 RR Take My Money with Noel Rappin
00:30 - Introducing Noel RappinTake My Money: Accepting Payments on the Web by Noel Rappin (Ebook only)Take My Money: Accepting Payments on the Web by Noel Rappin, (physical copy pre-order link)WebsiteTwitter1:00 - Paid gateways for apps6:05 - Why write Take My Money?8:45 - Getting tripped up on simple arithmetic11:55 - Troubleshooting gateway system failuresRunscope21:45 - Managing administrative rolesPaper Trail25:55 - Reporting29:00 - Techniques for testing your system33:25 - Overarching themes in Take My Money Picks: The Fifth Season and The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin (Noel) Flash Forward podcast by Rose Eveleth (Noel)Police officers (Charles) Webinar Jam (Ch...
2016-10-12
41 min
Greater Than Code
Episode 001: Taking Payments on the Web with Noel Rappin
00:18 - Welcome to "Dread Coder Roberts!" ...we mean, "Greater Than Code!" 01:30 - Noel Rappin's Introduction (Spoiler alert! He's got a Ph.D.!) 04:31 - Take My Money: Accepting Payments on the Web 08:30 - Code Paths and Tracking Failures 10:59 - What is the quickest path to accepting payments online? Are there drawbacks to getting something up fast? (~ David Bock) 13:17 - Testing Payment Issues 14:29 - Design Patterns and Missing Layers Between Controllers and Models 17:49 - Business Logic and Database Constraints (aka, "Wh...
2016-09-29
50 min
Greater Than Code
Episode 001: Taking Payments on the Web with Noel Rappin
00:18 - Welcome to "Dread Coder Roberts!" ...we mean, "Greater Than Code!" 01:30 - Noel Rappin's Introduction (Spoiler alert! He's got a Ph.D.!) 04:31 - Take My Money: Accepting Payments on the Web 08:30 - Code Paths and Tracking Failures 10:59 - What is the quickest path to accepting payments online? Are there drawbacks to getting something up fast? (~ David Bock) 13:17 - Testing Payment Issues 14:29 - Design Patterns and Missing Layers Between Controllers and Models 17:49 - Business Logic and Database Constraints (aka, "Why did he write the book?!") ...
2016-09-29
50 min
CodeNewbie
Ep. 14 - On Testing (Noel Rappin)
You've probably heard of this idea of testing. Or maybe you've just heard of test driven development and you're not really sure what it is or whether or not you should learn about it. In this episode, Noel Rappin, developer and author of the new book "Rails 4 Test Prescriptions" gives us a newbie-friendly explanation of the world of testing. We talk about different types of tests, we walk through an example of how you can approach something with tests first, and why test driven development can be a great tool for planning and organizing your code, especially as a...
2014-12-14
50 min
Ruby Rogues
185 RR Rails 4 Test Prescriptions with Noel Rappin
The Rogues talk about Noel Rappin's book, Rails 4 Test Prescriptions and TDD.Special Guest: Noel Rappin. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/support.
2014-12-10
1h 12
All JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tv
030 JSJ Learning & Teaching JavaScript with Noel Rappin
Panel Noel Rappin (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Discussion 00:52 - Works in training and talent development for Groupon 00:56 - Author of Rails Test Prescriptions and upcoming Master Space and Time with JavaScript 01:21 - Writing a book about JavaScript 02:33 - Focus of the book Part 1: Jasmine and jQuery and the JavaScript Object Model Part 2: Extended examples of jQuery Part 3: Backbone Part 4: Ember 03:46 - Self-published authors 05:15 - Approaches and mindsets to learning JavaScript 06:04 - “Gotchas!” and bad features in Javascript 09:17 - Modeling Java...
2012-10-04
51 min
All JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tv
030 JSJ Learning & Teaching JavaScript with Noel Rappin
Panel Noel Rappin (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Discussion 00:52 - Works in training and talent development for Groupon 00:56 - Author of Rails Test Prescriptions and upcoming Master Space and Time with JavaScript 01:21 - Writing a book about JavaScript 02:33 - Focus of the book Part 1: Jasmine and jQuery and the JavaScript Object Model Part 2: Extended examples of jQuery Part 3: Backbone Part 4: Ember 03:46 - Self-published authors 05:15 - Approaches and mindsets to learning JavaScript 06:04 - “Gotchas!” and bad features in Javascript 09:17 - Modeling Java...
2012-10-04
51 min
JavaScript Jabber
030 JSJ Learning & Teaching JavaScript with Noel Rappin
PanelNoel Rappin (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Discussion 00:52 - Works in training and talent development for Groupon00:56 - Author of Rails Test Prescriptions and upcoming Master Space and Time with JavaScript01:21 - Writing a book about JavaScript02:33 - Focus of the bookPart 1: Jasmine and jQuery and the JavaScript Object Model Part 2: Extended examples of jQuery Part 3: Backbone Part 4: Ember 03:46 - Self-published authors05:15 - Approaches and mindsets to learning JavaScript06:04 - “Gotchas!” and bad features in Javascript09:17 - Model...
2012-10-04
51 min
Ruby Rogues
030 RR Software Craftsmanship with Noel Rappin
The Rogues talk to Noel Rappin about software craftsmanship.Special Guest: Noel Rappin. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/support.
2011-11-24
1h 05