Podcast appearances and mentions of nat pryce

There is a lot of buzz around Kotlin, a new Java-based programming language that many think might eventually replace Java. But is all this talk justified, and are the predictions of replacement realistic?  Today we talk with Duncan McGregor and Nat Pryce, the authors of Java to Kotlin. They reveal to us all the advantages of Kotlin, why and when you would want to transition to it from Java, and how to facilitate the refactoring in a painless and efficient way. When you finish listening to the episode, connect with Duncan and Nat on Twitter and check out their book Java to Kotlin.  Mentioned in this episode: Duncan on Twitter at https://twitter.com/duncanmcg Mat on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natpryce Kotlin to Java, 1st edition at https://www.amazon.com/Java-Kotlin-Duncan-McGregor-ebook/dp/B09CT5KZLM Kotlin Programming Language at https://kotlinlang.org  Joshua Bloch, Effective Java, 3rd Edition at https://www.amazon.com/Effective-Java-Joshua-Bloch-ebook/dp/B078H61SCH/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3CG84SQ8VU5ET&keywords=effective+java+josh&qid=1653917364&s=digital-text&sprefix=effective+java+josh%2Cdigital-text%2C260&sr=1-1 Corgibytes at https://corgibytes.com

In this episode we talk to Nat Pryce and Duncan McGregor about the new "Java to Kotlin: A Refactoring Guidebook" and their experience of helping companies and independent developers to migrate to Kotlin.

Panel Joe Eames Luis Hernandez Mike Dane Sam Julien Joined by special guest: Shai Reznik Episode Summary In this episode, the panelists talk to Shai Reznik, web developer, educator, consultant, and Angular Google Developer Expert, who teaches courses mainly on Angular and React, and makes sure that they are topped with some humor and fun! Joe kickstarts the show by asking Shai the reasons why he considers humor to be a consistent part of his personality as well as his teaching methods. Shai explains in detail how that makes learning interesting and effective by citing his own experiences. Joe opens up the discussion to the panel and asks their thoughts about using humor in learning, teaching and their opinions on it, in general. They then talk about the techniques they employ or those that others use, in order to make learning fun and memorable. Shai elaborates on what strategies he utilizes to keep a good balance between the technical content, and the jokes and entertainment he resorts to while teaching. In the end, the panel discusses resources and methods to help make the learning process fun and they wrap up the show by each stating one thing they would like to recommend to a friend. Links HiRez.io Angular Testing Shai’s Twitter Picks Mike Dane: Please don’t mock me - Justin Searls Luis Hernandez: GatsbyJS Sam Julien: Luna Display Shai Reznik: What we talk about when we talk about software - Nat Pryce Joe Eames: FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019

Panel Joe Eames Luis Hernandez Mike Dane Sam Julien Joined by special guest: Shai Reznik Episode Summary In this episode, the panelists talk to Shai Reznik, web developer, educator, consultant, and Angular Google Developer Expert, who teaches courses mainly on Angular and React, and makes sure that they are topped with some humor and fun! Joe kickstarts the show by asking Shai the reasons why he considers humor to be a consistent part of his personality as well as his teaching methods. Shai explains in detail how that makes learning interesting and effective by citing his own experiences. Joe opens up the discussion to the panel and asks their thoughts about using humor in learning, teaching and their opinions on it, in general. They then talk about the techniques they employ or those that others use, in order to make learning fun and memorable. Shai elaborates on what strategies he utilizes to keep a good balance between the technical content, and the jokes and entertainment he resorts to while teaching. In the end, the panel discusses resources and methods to help make the learning process fun and they wrap up the show by each stating one thing they would like to recommend to a friend. Links HiRez.io Angular Testing Shai’s Twitter Picks Mike Dane: Please don’t mock me - Justin Searls Luis Hernandez: GatsbyJS Sam Julien: Luna Display Shai Reznik: What we talk about when we talk about software - Nat Pryce Joe Eames: FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019

Jorgen Hesselberg and Steven Wolff on Agile Amped, Melissa Perri on Agile Uprising, Eric Elliott on Simple Leadership, Liz Keogh on Being Human, and Alex Schladebeck on Test Talks. 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 4, 2019. These podcast episodes may have been released much earlier, but this was the week when I started sharing links to them to my social network followers. JORGEN HESSELBERG AND STEVEN WOLFF ON AGILE AMPED The Agile Amped podcast featured Jorgen Hesselberg and Steven Wolff with host Howard Sublett. I liked what Steven had to say about how new norms can come into being simply through inaction and how we want to be more intentional about creating norms. This comment reminded me of the discussion of norms in the book Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change by Grenny et al., a book I highly recommend. In my own work, I use working agreements with my team to intentionally develop team norms and hold each other accountable for them. iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/change-the-norms-to-change-the-culture/id992128516?i=1000429382285&mt=2 Website link: https://solutionsiq.podbean.com/e/change-the-norms-to-change-the-culture/ MELISSA PERRI ON AGILE UPRISING The Agile Uprising podcast featured Melissa Perri with hosts Colleen Johnson, Troy Lightfoot, and Chris Murman. This episode caught my attention because I enjoyed Melissa’s last appearance on Agile Uprising which motivated me to pre-order her book The Build Trap back in November last year. I learned a lot from the book and it introduced me to the book The Art Of Action by Stephen Bungay, which I talked about in the last podcast episode. I liked Melissa’s description of product managers as bad idea terminators. I see this as more of a behavior during the convergent thinking phase of product design. Lack of focus is definitely a problem I see on product teams, so I can appreciate the idea of having someone to keep people focused on the most valuable problems to solve. iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/escaping-the-build-trap-w-melissa-perri/id1163230424?i=1000429120613&mt=2 Website link: https://agileuprising.libsyn.com/podcast/escaping-the-build-trap-w-melissa-perri ERIC ELLIOTT ON SIMPLE LEADERSHIP The Simple Leadership podcast featured Eric Elliott with host Christian McCarrick. I appreciated Eric’s comment about the myth of the individual contributor engineer because I have seen developers being judged on simple, easy-to-measure metrics like closed ticket counts when a more appropriate metric would be one that takes into account their time spent mentoring and the benefits that such mentoring had on the team. Over the long term, I have seen the damage that judging engineers by closed ticket count does to a culture where everybody is incentivized to work in their individual silo and almost no mentoring takes place even from senior engineers for whom mentoring and coaching should be, in my opinion, a large part of their day. iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/how-culture-can-help-your-teams-scale-with-eric-elliott/id1260241682?i=1000429163879&mt=2 Website link: http://simpleleadership.io/how-culture-can-help-you-scale-with-eric-elliott/ LIZ KEOGH ON BEING HUMAN The Being Human podcast featured Liz Keogh with host Richard Atherton. Liz talked about the Cynefin framework, psychological safety, and real options. I particularly liked her story of a team that invested in making changes easily reversible by creating a rollback mechanism for when a production release goes awry. She remarked on how this technical safety net provided psychological safety as well. I also liked her description of real options, which I have recently been reading about in the book Commitment by Olav Maassen, Chris Matts, and Chris Geary. Liz told a story about how conference organizers gave themselves options by over-ordering on the engraved trophies. The very affecting second half of this podcast episode was focused on the #metoo movement. Liz shared her experiences of being harassed and Richard confessed to his own poor behavior. iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/47-1-complexity-2-exploring-metoo-with-liz-keogh/id1369745673?i=1000429964823&mt=2 Website link: http://shoutengine.com/BeingHuman/47-1-complexity-2-exploring-metoo-with-liz-keogh-73971 ALEX SCHLADEBECK ON TEST TALKS The Test Talks podcast featuring Alex Schladebeck with host Joe Colantonio. The title of the episode, “How to Listen to Your Tests”, immediately caught my attention since I have been encouraging co-workers to develop this skill ever since I read Growing Object-Oriented Software Guided By Tests by Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce, even going so far as to create a 10-minute YouTube video tutorial on how to Listen To The Tests last April. Joe and Alex talked about how she applies her training in linguistics in her career in software testing. It turns out that such training was actually helpful as it taught her how to move back and forth between detailed and abstract ways of thinking. They got into a discussion of test data management, which Alex likened to continuous integration because it is something that starts out being painful when you don’t address it often enough or when you push it onto the testers and it becomes easier the more often you pay attention to it and when you make it everyone’s responsibility. I also liked Alex’s story of a pelican encounter on an early-morning run coming to represent to her the unknown unknowns that exploratory testing helps you discover. iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/240-how-to-listen-to-your-tests-with-alex-schladebeck/id826722706?i=1000429560907&mt=2 Website link: https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/240-alex-schladebeck/ FEEDBACK Ask questions, make comments, and let your voice be heard by emailing podcast@thekguy.com. 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Metaphors may seem like a literary device that has no relevance in software, but nothing could be further from the truth. On today's episode, we dive deep into the world of explaining the abstract with Nat Pryce. We touch on George Lakoff, Conway's Law, Lehman's Laws, the difference between cognitive and figurative metaphors, and much, much more. If you've ever wanted to learn how to explain your work better, especially to people who don't code very much, this is one episode you won't want to miss!

This month on the Cucumber Podcast, we speak about The Screenplay Pattern. As John Ferguson describes it on his [site](http://serenity-bdd.info/docs/articles/screenplay-tutorial.html), "the Screenplay Pattern is a powerful and elegant approach to designing and implementing automated tests, providing a number of improvements over more traditional approaches such as the Page Objects model." The conversation covers why you should consider following the Screenplay Pattern and its potential drawbacks. The conversation closes with our guests providing a single tip for folks looking to try out the Screenplay Pattern on their own. Joining your host Aslak Hellesøy are John Smart, Jan Molak, Angie Jones, Nat Pryce, Matt Wynne and Steve Tooke. ### Shownotes: CukenFest London, April 19th-20th - Join us for our annual conference focused on helping you build stronger ties between business and IT. Keynotes from Dan North and Ulrika Malmgren. More details on our [event page](http://cukenfest.cucumber.io/) [Page Objects Refactored](https://ideas.riverglide.com/page-objects-refactored-12ec3541990) [Screenplay tutorial](http://serenity-bdd.info/docs/articles/screenplay-tutorial.html)

This month on the Cucumber podcast Aslak Hellesøy speaks to David MacIver and Nat Pryce about Property-Based Testing. Shownotes: Join Nat and Aslak in London for CukenFest. June 21st-25th - https://content.cucumber.io/cukenfest-2017 What is Property Based Testing? - http://hypothesis.works/articles/what-is-property-based-testing/ Misadventures with Property-Based TDD - http://natpryce.com/articles/000800.html John Hughes Quickcheck video presentation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi0rHwfiX1Q Small-step TDD with properties - http://natpryce.com/articles/000807.html Snodge - https://github.com/npryce/snodge

React Remote Conf and Angular Remote Conf   03:15 - Justin Searls Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Test Double JavaScript Jabber Episode #038: Jasmine with Justin Searls 04:13 - Testing testdouble.js teenytest Sinon.JS 08:44 - Mocking Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests by Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce Jim Weirich 14:45 - Starting These Concepts as a Junior Developer Test-driven Development 17:55 - testdouble.js vs. sinon.js NIH = Not Invented Here 26:39 - Duck Typing, Monkey Patching, Duck Punching 32:22 - Node.js Negativity Design, Resources Martin Fowler’s Refactoring and Patterns Books Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software by Eric Evans 42:52 - Community 45:08 - The AAA Rule: Arrange, Act, Assert 51:19 - Error Messages   Picks Unemployment (Jamison) React Rally (Jamison) Julia Evans' Tweet: how to be a wizard programmer  (Jamison) See the good in people (Aimee) Sinon.JS (Joe) How to Stay Motivated: Developing the Qualities of Success by Zig Ziglar (Chuck) The Harry Potter Series (Chuck) RetroPie (Justin) How Elm can Make you a Better JavaScript Programer (Justin) NEJS Conf (Justin)

React Remote Conf and Angular Remote Conf   03:15 - Justin Searls Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Test Double JavaScript Jabber Episode #038: Jasmine with Justin Searls 04:13 - Testing testdouble.js teenytest Sinon.JS 08:44 - Mocking Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests by Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce Jim Weirich 14:45 - Starting These Concepts as a Junior Developer Test-driven Development 17:55 - testdouble.js vs. sinon.js NIH = Not Invented Here 26:39 - Duck Typing, Monkey Patching, Duck Punching 32:22 - Node.js Negativity Design, Resources Martin Fowler’s Refactoring and Patterns Books Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software by Eric Evans 42:52 - Community 45:08 - The AAA Rule: Arrange, Act, Assert 51:19 - Error Messages   Picks Unemployment (Jamison) React Rally (Jamison) Julia Evans' Tweet: how to be a wizard programmer  (Jamison) See the good in people (Aimee) Sinon.JS (Joe) How to Stay Motivated: Developing the Qualities of Success by Zig Ziglar (Chuck) The Harry Potter Series (Chuck) RetroPie (Justin) How Elm can Make you a Better JavaScript Programer (Justin) NEJS Conf (Justin)

React Remote Conf and Angular Remote Conf   03:15 - Justin Searls Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Test Double JavaScript Jabber Episode #038: Jasmine with Justin Searls 04:13 - Testing testdouble.js teenytest Sinon.JS 08:44 - Mocking Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests by Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce Jim Weirich 14:45 - Starting These Concepts as a Junior Developer Test-driven Development 17:55 - testdouble.js vs. sinon.js NIH = Not Invented Here 26:39 - Duck Typing, Monkey Patching, Duck Punching 32:22 - Node.js Negativity Design, Resources Martin Fowler’s Refactoring and Patterns Books Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software by Eric Evans 42:52 - Community 45:08 - The AAA Rule: Arrange, Act, Assert 51:19 - Error Messages   Picks Unemployment (Jamison) React Rally (Jamison) Julia Evans' Tweet: how to be a wizard programmer  (Jamison) See the good in people (Aimee) Sinon.JS (Joe) How to Stay Motivated: Developing the Qualities of Success by Zig Ziglar (Chuck) The Harry Potter Series (Chuck) RetroPie (Justin) How Elm can Make you a Better JavaScript Programer (Justin) NEJS Conf (Justin)

02:36 - Software Development and Reality Construction by Christiane Floyd Hermeneutics 05:42 - Peter Naur: Programming as Theory Building   07:55 - The Art of Empathy: A Complete Guide to Life's Most Essential Skill by Karla McLaren 13:14 - Programming Elixir: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun by Dave Thomas 14:32 - ng-book 2 16:09 - Paper Reading Group Adrian Colyer's Blog We hear you like papers by Ines Sombra (Slides) 19:58 - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck 20:29 - Cracking the Coding Interview, 6th Edition: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions by Gayle Laakmann McDowell 22:01 - Ruby Rogues Book Club Books Episodes Ruby Rogues Episode #23: Book Club: Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns with Kent Beck Ruby Rogues Episode #87: Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby with Sandi Metz Ruby Rogues Episode #68: Book Club: Growing Object Oriented Software Guided by Tests with Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce Ruby Rogues Episode #97: Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture with Martin Fowler Ruby Rogues Episode #178: Book Club: Refactoring Ruby with Martin Fowler 22:43 - Books to Learn When You’re Learning to Become a Software Developer Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams by Tom DeMarco The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick Phillips Brooks Software Project Survival Guide by Steve McConnell Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction by Steve McConnell     The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andrew Hunt Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware by Andy Hunt The Practice of Programming by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike 33:07 - Technical Programming Books Programming Perl: Unmatched power for text processing and scripting by Tom Christiansen (The Camel Book) Unix Power Tools by Shelley Powers Ruby Cookbook by Lucas Carlson Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide by Dave Thomas, with Chad Fowler and Andy Hunt Agile Web Development with Rails 4 (Facets of Ruby) by Sam Ruby    SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL by John Viescas The Art of SQL by Stephane Faroult PostgreSQL: Up and Running: A Practical Introduction to the Advanced Open Source Database by Regina O. Obe SQL Pocket Guide by Jonathan Gennick SQL Antipatterns: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming by Bill Karwin Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby       Why The Lucky Stiff 41:17 - Pramming and Business Books The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim    So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development (Pragmatic Life) by Chad Fowler Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual by John Sonmez The Rails Freelancing Handbook by Mike Gunderloy The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy: Practical Tips for Staying Safe Online by Violet Blue Doxing Practices of an Agile Developer: Working in the Real World by Venkat Subramaniam Picks Mark Manson: The Most Important Question of Your Life (Jessica) Dan Luu: Normalization of Deviance in Software: How Completely Messed Up Practices Become Normal (Coraline) The Noun Project (Avdi) Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen (Avdi) CES (Chuck) Bill Buxton: Avoiding the Big Crash (Jessica)

02:36 - Software Development and Reality Construction by Christiane Floyd Hermeneutics 05:42 - Peter Naur: Programming as Theory Building   07:55 - The Art of Empathy: A Complete Guide to Life's Most Essential Skill by Karla McLaren 13:14 - Programming Elixir: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun by Dave Thomas 14:32 - ng-book 2 16:09 - Paper Reading Group Adrian Colyer's Blog We hear you like papers by Ines Sombra (Slides) 19:58 - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck 20:29 - Cracking the Coding Interview, 6th Edition: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions by Gayle Laakmann McDowell 22:01 - Ruby Rogues Book Club Books Episodes Ruby Rogues Episode #23: Book Club: Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns with Kent Beck Ruby Rogues Episode #87: Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby with Sandi Metz Ruby Rogues Episode #68: Book Club: Growing Object Oriented Software Guided by Tests with Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce Ruby Rogues Episode #97: Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture with Martin Fowler Ruby Rogues Episode #178: Book Club: Refactoring Ruby with Martin Fowler 22:43 - Books to Learn When You’re Learning to Become a Software Developer Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams by Tom DeMarco The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick Phillips Brooks Software Project Survival Guide by Steve McConnell Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction by Steve McConnell     The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andrew Hunt Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware by Andy Hunt The Practice of Programming by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike 33:07 - Technical Programming Books Programming Perl: Unmatched power for text processing and scripting by Tom Christiansen (The Camel Book) Unix Power Tools by Shelley Powers Ruby Cookbook by Lucas Carlson Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide by Dave Thomas, with Chad Fowler and Andy Hunt Agile Web Development with Rails 4 (Facets of Ruby) by Sam Ruby    SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL by John Viescas The Art of SQL by Stephane Faroult PostgreSQL: Up and Running: A Practical Introduction to the Advanced Open Source Database by Regina O. Obe SQL Pocket Guide by Jonathan Gennick SQL Antipatterns: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming by Bill Karwin Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby       Why The Lucky Stiff 41:17 - Pramming and Business Books The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim    So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development (Pragmatic Life) by Chad Fowler Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual by John Sonmez The Rails Freelancing Handbook by Mike Gunderloy The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy: Practical Tips for Staying Safe Online by Violet Blue Doxing Practices of an Agile Developer: Working in the Real World by Venkat Subramaniam Picks Mark Manson: The Most Important Question of Your Life (Jessica) Dan Luu: Normalization of Deviance in Software: How Completely Messed Up Practices Become Normal (Coraline) The Noun Project (Avdi) Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen (Avdi) CES (Chuck) Bill Buxton: Avoiding the Big Crash (Jessica)

02:36 - Software Development and Reality Construction by Christiane Floyd Hermeneutics 05:42 - Peter Naur: Programming as Theory Building   07:55 - The Art of Empathy: A Complete Guide to Life's Most Essential Skill by Karla McLaren 13:14 - Programming Elixir: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun by Dave Thomas 14:32 - ng-book 2 16:09 - Paper Reading Group Adrian Colyer's Blog We hear you like papers by Ines Sombra (Slides) 19:58 - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck 20:29 - Cracking the Coding Interview, 6th Edition: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions by Gayle Laakmann McDowell 22:01 - Ruby Rogues Book Club Books Episodes Ruby Rogues Episode #23: Book Club: Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns with Kent Beck Ruby Rogues Episode #87: Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby with Sandi Metz Ruby Rogues Episode #68: Book Club: Growing Object Oriented Software Guided by Tests with Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce Ruby Rogues Episode #97: Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture with Martin Fowler Ruby Rogues Episode #178: Book Club: Refactoring Ruby with Martin Fowler 22:43 - Books to Learn When You’re Learning to Become a Software Developer Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams by Tom DeMarco The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick Phillips Brooks Software Project Survival Guide by Steve McConnell Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction by Steve McConnell     The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andrew Hunt Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware by Andy Hunt The Practice of Programming by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike 33:07 - Technical Programming Books Programming Perl: Unmatched power for text processing and scripting by Tom Christiansen (The Camel Book) Unix Power Tools by Shelley Powers Ruby Cookbook by Lucas Carlson Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide by Dave Thomas, with Chad Fowler and Andy Hunt Agile Web Development with Rails 4 (Facets of Ruby) by Sam Ruby    SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL by John Viescas The Art of SQL by Stephane Faroult PostgreSQL: Up and Running: A Practical Introduction to the Advanced Open Source Database by Regina O. Obe SQL Pocket Guide by Jonathan Gennick SQL Antipatterns: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming by Bill Karwin Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby       Why The Lucky Stiff 41:17 - Pramming and Business Books The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim    So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development (Pragmatic Life) by Chad Fowler Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual by John Sonmez The Rails Freelancing Handbook by Mike Gunderloy The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy: Practical Tips for Staying Safe Online by Violet Blue Doxing Practices of an Agile Developer: Working in the Real World by Venkat Subramaniam Picks Mark Manson: The Most Important Question of Your Life (Jessica) Dan Luu: Normalization of Deviance in Software: How Completely Messed Up Practices Become Normal (Coraline) The Noun Project (Avdi) Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen (Avdi) CES (Chuck) Bill Buxton: Avoiding the Big Crash (Jessica)

Podcast Interview with Nat Pryce, independent software engineer by The Neo4j Graph Database Community

In this Book Club episode, the Rogues talk to Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce about the book Growing Object Oriented Software Guided by Tests.

In this Book Club episode, the Rogues talk to Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce about the book Growing Object Oriented Software Guided by Tests.

In this Book Club episode, the Rogues talk to Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce about the book Growing Object Oriented Software Guided by Tests.

Nat Pryce is an early adaptor of eXtreme Programming and a contributor to several open source libraries and tools supporting Test-Driven Development, like jMock. In this episode we discuss several topics from the book 'Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests' that he wrote together with Steve Freeman. We talk about the 'Londen-style' of Test-Driven Development, using mock objects to drive your design, listening to your tests and dependency injection. Nat's personal blog 'Mistaeks I Hav Made' is on http://www.natpryce.com/ and you can follow him on twitter via @natpryce. This interview is recorded on June 14th at the Software Practice Advancement conference (spa2011) in London. Interview by @freekl and @arnetim. Audio post-production by @Mendelt. Links for this podcast: The roots of the 'Londen-style' of Test-Driven Development can be traced back to the eXtreme Tuesday Club (XTC). A weekly London (pub) meeting that started more than 10 years ago. On his blog Nat visualizes different kinds of tests that drive the design of a software system. In the podcast we discuss the blogpost 'Whose domain is it anyway?' of Dan North. Nat completed his PhD thesis in 2000: 'Component Interaction in Distributed Systems'. A lot of his thoughts on object-orientation and messaging between objects and peers that is described in the book, can be traced back to his early research. In order to improve the testability of your software, Steve and Nat propose to apply the Ports and adapter architecture from Alistair Cockburn. You can read more on this subject on the wiki of Alistair. Use Hamcrest Matchers to improve the readability of your tests: learn more from this tutorial. While the use of Dependency Injection is widely spread in the software engineering community, Nat considers applying this style harmful. On his blog you can read more of his thoughts on this subject. In 2004 Steven and Nat published the article 'Mock Roles, not Objects' in which they introduces jMock. MultithreadedTC: a framework that can be used to test concurrent Java applications.