Documentation Not Included - Episodes Tagged with “Coding”

The Importance of Being Online

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0100

Andy Morrel is back! This time we're talking about how important being online is during this time. As a bonus, we talk about the wonderful event put on by the Live Coders team on Twitch as well!

TOPICS

Having events during a lock down
Planning
Why it's important
The trouble with streaming protocols
...and more!

MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY
Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasradiofish/50478 Ft: John Fletcher, Patricia Edwards, ElRon XChile, Speck, alexplaysguitar
Live Show Starting Soon: cdk - Sunday by Analog By Nature (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/53755
Live Show Outro: ＭＩＬＬＥＮＮＩＡＬＳ by Analog By Nature (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/57150

Special Guest: Andy Morrell.

Links:

Live Coders Twitch Team!

Driving Development One Test at a Time

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 09:00:00 +0000

Phil Nash joins Chris and Josey to discuss test driven development. What is it? What is the difference between BDD and TDD? Are there other xDDs? What does Fractal have to do with it? Tune in to find out!

TOPICS

What is TDD?
Is there a difference between test driven development and test driven design?
What is BDD?
What are some benefits?
Is it worth it?
...and a whole lot more!

Special Guest: Phil Nash.

Links:

Arnaud Bailly - On Test-Driven Development — Great read on TDD.
Working Effectively with Legacy Code: Amazon.co.uk: Michael Feathers: 8601400968741: Books — Excellent book on working with legacy code. Recommended by Phil Nash
Approval Tests
cpp.chat : home — Phil Nash's C++ podcast.

How I Learned To Stay Relevant and Love the Code

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 05:15:00 +0000

Andy Morrell joins Chris and Josey this week to discuss how to stay relevant as a developer. Is the answer learning by osmosis? Ancient blood rituals? Listen to find out!

TOPICS

Whether permie or freelance, stagnation happens. How to avoid it.
Learning lessons
Taking on new technologies and frameworks
How your type of job, and work culture, can impact your ability to stay relevant
...and so much more!

Special Guest: Andy Morrell.

(Tech) Debt Consolidation

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 19:00:00 +0100

Chris and Pat are joined by Mark Walsh, a start-up focussed lead developer to talk about tech debt and how to handle it.

TOPICS

What is tech debt?
Why is it called “debt”?
When is tech debt acceptable?
Types of tech debt
Managing tech debt
Working with tech lead that makes bad decisions
Dealing with the fallout - commercially and practically

Special Guest: Mark Walsh.

Old School Development & Burnout

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 19:00:00 +0000

Anthony Keenan joins to turn back time and discuss old school programming, burnout, and trains.

TOPICS

Programming before the internet
Different ways of learning programming and coding
Burnout cause
How to tackle burnout
CV / Resume Driven Development

LINKS
I like trains

Special Guest: Anthony Keenan.