The Messaging Paradigm: Building Programs Around the Concept of Messengers and Receivers
In today's episode we talk about a message passing paradigm for programming. We'll discuss the concept of message passing as a lens for understanding everything we do in programming. Avdi Grimm (@avd...
4 Sep 20159min
Closures, Private & Methods
Today, we talk about closures and private object methods. Spec.fm Closures in JavaScript (Mozilla) Private methods in Ruby (documentation) Private :attr_accessor Private members in Java Closures: Eli...
2 Sep 201510min
The Best Tool vs. The Right Tool: Don't Forsake Personality When Picking Frameworks or Languages
In today's episode, I'll talk about choosing the best tool vs. choosing the right tool for a job. Stopping assumptions about faster being better or using a specific language for a specific project isn...
31 Aug 20159min
Decorator vs. Facade Patterns & Knowing When To Use Them
In today's episode I review decorator and facade patterns. I'll go over strengths, weaknesses, similarities and difference between decorator and facade patterns and give tips on determining when to us...
28 Aug 201510min
Listener Question: Simon asks, "How do I switch mindset from personal project to day job?"
Today's listener question is about working on side projects in the same space as your day job. Simon, who wrote into Developer Tea via email asks, "How do I transition from working on my side project ...
26 Aug 201521min
Rejecting the DRY Principle
Today's episode is about repeating yourself, and knowing when to repeat yourself and when not to. This episode was inspired by Sandy Metz. One of Sandy's teachings is to repeat yourself until you unde...
24 Aug 201513min
Time vs. Value: Billing for Features
Today I'm going to be sharing the simple perspective shift that helped me understand how valuable programming is. In this episode, I'll go over how to shift your thinking from time in relation to mon...
21 Aug 201510min
The Twelve-Factor App, Part 2: Dependencies & Config
In today's episode we to continue or discussion on The Twelve-Factor App. Specifically reviewing the importance of dependencies and config. In this episode we'll go over manifest files, node modules, ...
19 Aug 201513min
