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Monthly Archives: July 2017

Robert C. Martin (aka: Uncle Bob) is a software professional since 1970, Robert has spent the last 40 years contributing toward the betterment of the field, from kickstarting the Agile Alliance to authoring landmark books about Agile Programming, Clean Code, and more. http://cleancoder.com https://twitter.com/unclebobmartin https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-martin-7395b0/ × Subscribe now! […]

Episode 009 – Future of Programming with Robert Martin

July 31, 2017 in Podcast by John Callaway

It’s been a tough week for code schools across the nation. First, San Francisco based Dev Bootcamp announced it will close by the end of the year, and yesterday saw the announcement from The Iron Yard that it would be closing all campuses after the summer cohort. I was extremely […]

Does the Code School Business Model Work?

July 21, 2017 in Learning by John Callaway

I’ve been thinking more and more about Test Driven Development in recent weeks. TDD is my preferred way to develop new applications, though I’m not as religious as some. I know that there are many that are still not convinced, and many more that are outright against the practice. (Read […]

Test Driven Development Is About Design

July 20, 2017 in Testing by John Callaway

John Sonmez is the author of The Complete Software Developer’s Career Guide and the founder of Simple Programmer. John started his software development career at 10, hacking C and C++ to create virtual worlds for his favorite MUDs. In The Complete Software Developer’s Career Guide, John shares the principles […]

Episode 008 – Career Advice with John Sonmez

July 19, 2017 in Podcast by John Callaway

I’ve been giving the following talk at Meetups, User Groups, and at Tech Conferences. Ever wonder how you might use caching to improve the performance and speed of your website? Are you looking to improve the user experience for your web application? We’ll discuss the ins and outs of caching […]

Caching in .NET Core for Fun and Profit

July 12, 2017 in Learning by John Callaway

Everything happening at once This is a poorly stated concept and a phrase that must die if we are to move forward with Scrum as a viable development technique. There is in fact an order to things. We can’t put the cake in the oven before we mix the ingredients, […]

Scrum Sucks! Part 7 – The Schedule

July 10, 2017 in Agile by Clayton Hunt

Ben Watson joined Microsoft in 2008. As a core developer of their online platform, he has helped build one of the world’s leading .NET-based, high-performance server platforms, handling high-volume, low-latency requests that power applications like Bing, Cortana, Office, Windows, and more. He is passionate about performance and spends much […]

Episode 007 – High Performance .NET with Ben Watson

July 10, 2017 in Podcast by John Callaway