
Clean Code – Formatting Matters
Ever judged a book by its cover? Of course you have. Ever passed judgement on some code simply because it didn’t look pretty? There’s more to writing code than having it functional and in this episode we dive into the reasons code formatting actually matters. Who wins the newspaper format debate?! Leave us a comment and […]
29 Marras 20162h 18min

Clean Code – Comments Are Lies
This week, Michael fails geography, Allen introduces us to Croom, and Joe has to potty as we head into our third installment of the Clean Code series. Want to be part of our Slack community? Sign up @ http://www.codingblocks.net/slack and say “hi”! Join the Slack Link to Episode 49’s Full Show Notes http://www.codingblocks.net/episode49 Survey News […]
7 Marras 20162h 19min

Clean Code – How to Write Amazing Functions
We continue talking our way through Clean Code, taking a deep look at the building blocks of programming in the quest to write the best functions. Oh, and everybody sings. The original version of the show notes can be found at: http://www.codingblocks.net/episode48. Podcast News iTunes Reviews: BrokenDev, Simontheu, Hruncito, TerrenceD, Rich11145, HardCoreRockstar, Bcmsco, FriendofEntropy, Fredstban, […]
17 Loka 20160s

Clean Code – Writing Meaningful Names
In this episode, we take our first dive into the book Clean Code by Robert Martin and specifically we talk about writing meaningful names for all things code related. You’ll be amazed at how following some decent rules that you can start naming things that will help you and fellow coders understand your code at […]
28 Syys 20161h 51min

Caching in the Application Framework
Storing smaller subsets of data in a faster, closer memory can make astronomical differences in performance. This episode we’re talking about the caching tools and techniques that application frameworks provide. The original version of the shownotes can be found at: http://www.codingblocks.net/episode46 New Poll! Podcast News Thanks for the reviews! Mr_Automation, Nateve, chubb5000, Travelerbell, LaCaren, ryanwebjackson, […]
27 Elo 20160s

Caching Overview and Hardware
In this episode we give a general overview of caching, where it’s used, why it’s used, and what the differences in hardware implementations mean in terms we can understand. This will be foundational to understanding caching at a software level in an upcoming episode. There’s also something about the number 37 that may be the […]
12 Elo 20161h 35min

Stack Overflow Salaries and Landing the Job
This week on Coding Blocks, Allen says www as best he can, Joe eats the microphone, and Michael does something crazy as we discuss Stack Overflow’s Salary Calculator and our experiences in landing the job – what to do and what not to do. Want to be part of our Slack community? Sign up @ […]
2 Elo 20162h 39min

Nulls, Procs, and Impostor Syndrome
This time we’re talking about problems with nulls, stored procedures, and impostor syndrome. Link to Episode 43’s Full Show Notes: http://www.codingblocks.net/episode43 News Join us on slack: http://www.codingblocks.net/ Thanks for the awesome reviews: darkjedioverlord, Gustav, David W, XiaoHong, neoanomally, IAmAResource, alanw707, GDog, Demiera, kngtfallen, BMay1, jcook1017, XiaoHong89, Thallius, a.alhadhrami, BriCee34, iPawan85 Great Comments on last episode’s […]
5 Heinä 20161h 40min