http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts Pragmatic interviews, news, techniques, and more from the Pragmatic Bookshelf. en-us © 2008 The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC Guiding You From Journeyman to Master The Pragmatic Programmers Pragmatic interviews, news, techniques, and more from the Pragmatic Bookshelf. The Pragmatic Programmers pragprog@pragprog.com http://pragprog.com/images/pragmatic-podcast-smaller.jpg http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts 144 144 The Pragmatic Programmers, guiding you from journeyman to master clean Meet Keir Thomas, author of "Ubuntu Kung Fu: Tips, Tricks, Hints, and Hacks." Keir tells us why Ubuntu is so popular, explains the wealth of drivers, ease of installation and use, the strength of the Ubuntu community, and where Ubuntu came from. You'll hear how to wring more power out of older hardware, and see that modern Linux is no longer just a hobby, it's here to help you get more done. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:49:00 -0700 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/21 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/21 pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers Upgrade to Ubuntu and get more done Meet Keir Thomas, author of "Ubuntu Kung Fu: Tips, Tricks, Hints, and Hacks." Keir tells us why Ubuntu is so popular, explains the wealth of drivers, ease of installation and use, the strength of the Ubuntu community, and where Ubuntu came from. You'll hear how to wring more power out of older hardware, and see that modern Linux is no longer just a hobby, it's here to help you get more done. no 1200 Ubuntu how to, Keir thomas, Linux, upgrade In this interview by Pragmatic editor Jackie Carter, author Frederic Daoud explains what Stripes is, and why it's a better Java web framework, featuring easy integration with other technologies including Hibernate, and why it's vital if you're creating applications that have to be multilingual. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:30:00 -0700 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/20 http://pragprog.com/titles/fdstr pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers Make Java Web Development Fun Again In this interview by Pragmatic editor Jackie Carter, author Frederic Daoud explains what Stripes is, and why it's a better Java web framework, featuring easy integration with other technologies including Hibernate, and why it's vital if you're creating applications that have to be multilingual. no 1109 stripes, java, hibernate, spring, framework, web services Daniel Steinberg interviews Chad Fowler on a wide range of topics including programming, music, math, the C64, Ruby, Rails, electronics, hooking up the real world to the computer, the Principle of Agreement, the dangers of stagnation, invigorating your career and globalization. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:19:00 -0700 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/19 http://pragprog.com/titles pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers Finding the Jagged Edges Daniel Steinberg interviews Chad Fowler on a wide range of topics including programming, music, math, the C64, Ruby, Rails, electronics, hooking up the real world to the computer, the Principle of Agreement, the dangers of stagnation, invigorating your career and globalization. no 1136 ruby, rails, C64, principle of agreement, globalization, invigorating your career Jackie Carter interviews Ian Dees, author of "Scripted GUI Testing with Ruby" Ian talks about using automation in support of GUI testing, and describes how automation allows you to do things you couldn't do before. Frustrated with proprietary, difficult scripting languages, or fragile, coordinate-based systems, Ian describes how GUI testing with Ruby is such a pleasure. Ian's new book gives you the actual techniques to take control of this window or that drop-down list--without hard-coded data. Ian describes his use of rSpec, randomized and matrix testing, writing stories for testing, and more. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:45:00 -0700 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/18 http://pragprog.com/titles/idgtr pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers Doing things you couldn't do before Jackie Carter interviews Ian Dees, author of "Scripted GUI Testing with Ruby" Ian talks about using automation in support of GUI testing, and describes how automation allows you to do things you couldn't do before. Frustrated with proprietary, difficult scripting languages, or fragile, coordinate-based systems, Ian describes how GUI testing with Ruby is such a pleasure. Ian's new book gives you the actual techniques to take control of this window or that drop-down list--without hard-coded data. Ian describes his use of rSpec, randomized and matrix testing, writing stories for testing, and more. no 1091 ruby, rpsec, testing, mac os x, windows, linux, scripting, scripted testing, hard-coded Pragmatic editor Susannah Pfalzer interviews Travis Swicegood, author of "Pragmatic Version Control using Git." Travis tells us about distributed version control in general, when to use it -- and when not to. He also describes how Git works, and walks through the daily Git workflow. Travis reminds us that code is never perfect, and describes how to track changes in a distributed environment. He'll show how to selectively push repositories to different people on your team, and how to use gitosis. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/17 http://pragprog.com/titles/tsgit pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers Distributed version control comes of age Pragmatic editor Susannah Pfalzer interviews Travis Swicegood, author of "Pragmatic Version Control using Git." Travis tells us about distributed version control in general, when to use it -- and when not to. He also describes how Git works, and walks through the daily Git workflow. Travis reminds us that code is never perfect, and describes how to track changes in a distributed environment. He'll show how to selectively push repositories to different people on your team, and how to use gitosis. no 1344 git, cvs, svn, dvcs, version control, source code control, distributed version control, using git, git howto Brian Marick talks to Daniel Steinberg on a wide variety of topics. Brian asks, who's smart enough to program?, and describes how he met Andy and Dave at the Agile Manifesto summit. He talks about using Lisp, Smalltalk and Ruby, and about introducing programming to testers. Brian also shares the secrets of Domain Specific Languages (DSLs), and of course, his new book on Ruby Cocoa: marrying Ruby with the uber-cool Mac OS X Cocoa GUI framework, and test driven development with Ruby Cocoa code. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:59:00 -0700 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/16 http://pragprog.com/titles/bmrc pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers Who's smart enough to program? Brian Marick talks to Daniel Steinberg on a wide variety of topics. Brian asks, who's smart enough to program?, and describes how he met Andy and Dave at the Agile Manifesto summit. He talks about using Lisp, Smalltalk and Ruby, and about introducing programming to testers. Brian also shares the secrets of Domain Specific Languages (DSLs), and of course, his new book on Ruby Cocoa: marrying Ruby with the uber-cool Mac OS X Cocoa GUI framework, and test driven development with Ruby Cocoa code. no 1094 ruby, cocoa, mac os x, ruby mac os x, ruby cocoa, testing ruby, testing ruby mac os, agile alliance Pragmatic editor Susannah Pflazer interviews Mike Mangino, author of "Developing Facebook Platform Applications with Rails." Mike describes how Facebook works, and talks about using facebooker for Ruby on Rails to provide helpers, handle authentication, and more. Mike walks through developing an application in Facebook, describes the parts of Facebook, as well as messaging, testing, and engaging users. Find out about the magic 8-second rule and the key aspects of a successful Facebook application. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:54:00 -0700 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/15 http://pragprog.com/titles/mmfacer pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers Embed your own app in Facebook Pragmatic editor Susannah Pflazer interviews Mike Mangino, author of "Developing Facebook Platform Applications with Rails." Mike describes how Facebook works, and talks about using facebooker for Ruby on Rails to provide helpers, handle authentication, and more. Mike walks through developing an application in Facebook, describes the parts of Facebook, as well as messaging, testing, and engaging users. Find out about the magic 8-second rule and the key aspects of a successful Facebook application. no 1281 facebook, rails, php, ruby on rails, rails for facebook, rails with facebook, facebooker, ror facebook, ruby social graph Daniel Steinberg interviews the Pragmatic Studio's Mike Clark. Mike talks about the Pragmatic Studio, the Edge Conferences, Screencasts and shoulder surfing, and how to get inside the head of an expert. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:16:00 -0700 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/14 http://pragprog.com/screencasts pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers and the right media for the message Daniel Steinberg interviews the Pragmatic Studio's Mike Clark. Mike talks about the Pragmatic Studio, the Edge Conferences, Screencasts and shoulder surfing, and how to get inside the head of an expert. no 1284 rails, pragmatic studio, screencast, erlang screencast, rails screencast, core animation screencast Join us as Daniel Steinberg interviews Pragmatic co-founder Andy Hunt. Andy describes his journey from the techniques in The Pragmatic Programmer, the programming language Ruby and the Agile development movement, to looking at wetware--the stuff in our heads. Andy discusses the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition, lateral specialization in the brain, mindmaps and more. You'll find out why sometimes the best thing you can do is to step away from the keyboard. Wed, 21 May 2008 05:01:00 -0700 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/13 http://pragprog.com/titles/ahptl pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers It's all in your head Join us as Daniel Steinberg interviews Pragmatic co-founder Andy Hunt. Andy describes his journey from the techniques in The Pragmatic Programmer, the programming language Ruby and the Agile development movement, to looking at wetware--the stuff in our heads. Andy discusses the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition, lateral specialization in the brain, mindmaps and more. You'll find out why sometimes the best thing you can do is to step away from the keyboard. no 1714 andy hunt, agile, dreyfus model, mind maps, pragmatic andy, pragdave, ruby, pragmatic programmers, wetware, refactor your wetware, mind hacks, mindhack, Join us as Daniel Steinberg interviews Pragmatic co-founder Dave Thomas. Dave explains a bit about how we started the publishing business, and our unique production process and its separation of content from presentation. You'll hear all about reader involvement in our books, what makes a Pragmatic book, and Dave's take on the book industry as a whole. Dave reminds us of why we're in this business: for the joy and passion of programming. Wed, 07 May 2008 04:36:00 -0700 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/12 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/12 pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers and the Joy of Programming Join us as Daniel Steinberg interviews Pragmatic co-founder Dave Thomas. Dave explains a bit about how we started the publishing business, and our unique production process and its separation of content from presentation. You'll hear all about reader involvement in our books, what makes a Pragmatic book, and Dave's take on the book industry as a whole. Dave reminds us of why we're in this business: for the joy and passion of programming. no 1450 dave thomas, prag dave Venkat Subramaniam, author of "Programming Groovy: Dynamic Productivity for the Java Developer" talks at length with Daniel Steinberg about coding in Groovy, metaprogramming, and choosing a language. You'll learn when Groovy is a great choice, and when it's not. Venkat shares how to use builders to relieve the tedium of XML processing, explains why metaprogramming is so hard in Java, and why type-safety isn't what you think. Finally, Venkat explains how programming is a lot like a chainsaw. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:39:00 -0700 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/11 http://pragprog.com/titles/vslg pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers Making the hard stuff simpler Venkat Subramaniam, author of "Programming Groovy: Dynamic Productivity for the Java Developer" talks at length with Daniel Steinberg about coding in Groovy, metaprogramming, and choosing a language. You'll learn when Groovy is a great choice, and when it's not. Venkat shares how to use builders to relieve the tedium of XML processing, explains why metaprogramming is so hard in Java, and why type-safety isn't what you think. Finally, Venkat explains how programming is a lot like a chainsaw. no 1393 java, jdk, aop, aspect oriented programming, metaprogramming, xml FXRuby is a cross-platform GUI for Ruby. Listen as Pragmatic editor Susannah Pfalzer interviews Lyle Johnson, the lead developer of FXRuby and author of the new book, "FXRuby: Create Lean and Mean GUIs with Ruby." Lyle explains what you need to know before using FXRuby, some interesting aspects of FXRuby and the FOX toolkit, the target and message approach, automatic GUI updating, recommended guides to user interface design, and more! Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0700 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/10 http://pragprog.com/titles/fxruby pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers Cross-platform GUIs in Ruby FXRuby is a cross-platform GUI for Ruby. Listen as Pragmatic editor Susannah Pfalzer interviews Lyle Johnson, the lead developer of FXRuby and author of the new book, "FXRuby: Create Lean and Mean GUIs with Ruby." Lyle explains what you need to know before using FXRuby, some interesting aspects of FXRuby and the FOX toolkit, the target and message approach, automatic GUI updating, recommended guides to user interface design, and more! no 992 ruby, fxruby, fox, gui toolkit, ruby gui Daniel Steinberg interviews Bill Dudney, author of "Core Animation for OS X: Creating Dynamic Compelling User Interfaces." Listen as Bill discusses user interfaces on the iPhone and desktop, and how you can develop using core animation on the desktop and apply it directly to iPhone development. Bill explains about using animated layers in 3D space, how Cocoa and Interface Builder avoid the trap of generated code stubs, the growing opportunities of internal fat-client apps on the iPhone platform, and opportunities in consulting for new rich user interfaces. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/9 http://pragprog.com/titles/bdcora pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers New interfaces. Cool. Easy. Daniel Steinberg interviews Bill Dudney, author of "Core Animation for OS X: Creating Dynamic Compelling User Interfaces." Listen as Bill discusses user interfaces on the iPhone and desktop, and how you can develop using core animation on the desktop and apply it directly to iPhone development. Bill explains about using animated layers in 3D space, how Cocoa and Interface Builder avoid the trap of generated code stubs, the growing opportunities of internal fat-client apps on the iPhone platform, and opportunities in consulting for new rich user interfaces. no 869 iphone, mac os x, core animation, cocoa, Pragmatic editor Jackie Carter talks to Craig Riecke, Rawld Gill, and Alex Russell, authors of the upcoming book, "Mastering Dojo: JavaScript and Ajax Tools for Great Web Experiences." Dojo gives you more than just Ajax Plumbing: you get everything from easy-to-use widgets for a rich UI, to optimization and deployment. Dojo covers a surprising depth and breadth of functionality, combining the best of leading edge features and stable, corporate-friendly maturity. Listen as the authors discuss Dojo, the Dojo foundation, and how Dojo is brutally Pragmatic. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:40:00 -0700 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/8 http://pragprog.com/titles/rgdojo pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers More than just Ajax Plumbing Pragmatic editor Jackie Carter talks to Craig Riecke, Rawld Gill, and Alex Russell, authors of the upcoming book, "Mastering Dojo: JavaScript and Ajax Tools for Great Web Experiences." Dojo gives you more than just Ajax Plumbing: you get everything from easy-to-use widgets for a rich UI, to optimization and deployment. Dojo covers a surprising depth and breadth of functionality, combining the best of leading edge features and stable, corporate-friendly maturity. Listen as the authors discuss Dojo, the Dojo foundation, and how Dojo is brutally Pragmatic. no 1732 dojo, ajax, prototype, web, web programming Susannah Pfalzer interviews Derek DeVries, co-author of "Rails for PHP Developers." Listen as Derek describes structure in PHP vs. Rails, web programming frameworks and feature cross-pollination. Derek suggests the best way to learn Rails, discusses development process and best practices, and describes using ActiveResource to let PHP and Rails coexist. Is Rails better than PHP? It's all about using the right tool for the job at hand. Give a listen and Derek will explain. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:27:00 -0800 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/7 http://pragprog.com/titles/ndphpr pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers Using the best tool for the job Susannah Pfalzer interviews Derek DeVries, co-author of "Rails for PHP Developers." Listen as Derek describes structure in PHP vs. Rails, web programming frameworks and feature cross-pollination. Derek suggests the best way to learn Rails, discusses development process and best practices, and describes using ActiveResource to let PHP and Rails coexist. Is Rails better than PHP? It's all about using the right tool for the job at hand. Give a listen and Derek will explain. no 1239 php, rails, ruby, frameworks, web, programming, dynamic languages Author Christophe Porteneuve explains what Prototype and script.aculo.us are, how they relate to Dojo, and why Javascript alone isn't enough for modern applications. See how to smooth over browser incompatibilities, tame the wild DOM, and more. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:00:00 -0800 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/6 http://pragprog.com/titles/cppsu pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers Why Javascript alone isn't enough Author Christophe Porteneuve explains what Prototype and script.aculo.us are, how they relate to Dojo, and why Javascript alone isn't enough for modern applications. See how to smooth over browser incompatibilities, tame the wild DOM, and more. no 1387 javascript, prototype, script.aculo.us, ajax, dojo, frameworks Pragmatic Editor Susannah Pfalzer interviews Jeremy Sydik, author of "_Design Accessible Web Sites_":/titles/jsaccess. You'll find that when you design your websites to be more accessible, the design is cleaner and more attractive to all of your visitors. Hear how you can best improve your whole website as Jeremy discusses accessibility and shares his Top Ten Design Principles for websites. Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:14:00 -0800 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/5 http://pragprog.com/titles/jsaccess pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers Improve your website with these Top Ten Design Principles Pragmatic Editor Susannah Pfalzer interviews Jeremy Sydik, author of "_Design Accessible Web Sites_":/titles/jsaccess. You'll find that when you design your websites to be more accessible, the design is cleaner and more attractive to all of your visitors. Hear how you can best improve your whole website as Jeremy discusses accessibility and shares his Top Ten Design Principles for websites. no 785 accessibility, podcast, design accessibility, design principles, website design principles, top ten What should a manager actually do? What does multitasking really mean? What does an MBA qualify you for? Learn the answers to these and other critical questions as Johanna Rothman, author of "Manage It", explains how to really make teams go faster, and discover the importance of practice, feedback, and fun. Plus Johanna reads an except from her Schedule Games chapter. Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/4 http://pragprog.com/titles/jrpm pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers Hope is not a methodology What should a manager actually do? What does multitasking really mean? What does an MBA qualify you for? Learn the answers to these and other critical questions as Johanna Rothman, author of "Manage It", explains how to really make teams go faster, and discover the importance of practice, feedback, and fun. Plus Johanna reads an except from her Schedule Games chapter. no 1218 project management, agile, agile methods, schedule games, manage it, johanna rothman, MBA Join MIke Nygard, author of "Release It!" as he explains that 50% of datacenter outages are human-induced, and how to approach configuration and deployment the right way. As an extra bonus, listen to Mike read an excerpt from his new book. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:52:00 -0800 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/3 http://pragprog.com/titles/mnee pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers And then it crashed... Join MIke Nygard, author of "Release It!" as he explains that 50% of datacenter outages are human-induced, and how to approach configuration and deployment the right way. As an extra bonus, listen to Mike read an excerpt from his new book. no 679 enterprise engineering, capacity, reliability, uptime, crash, diagnostic Just one hour of downtime on a Fortune 500 website can cost $300,000 or more. Join Mike Nygard, the author of "Release It!", as he explains how to use stability and capacity design patterns to avoid expensive, public disasters. Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:00:00 -0700 http://books.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/2 http://pragprog.com/titles/mnee pragprog@pragprog.com (The Pragmatic Programmers) The Pragmatic Programmers Are you sure you thought of everything? Just one hour of downtime on a Fortune 500 website can cost $300,000 or more. Join Mike Nygard, the author of "Release It!", as he explains how to use stability and capacity design patterns to avoid expensive, public disasters. no 1348 Rails, Java, J2EE, web, internet, framework, production, deploy, security