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What is Barny Shergold good at? Hmm...well, lots of things. Barny has been developing software for over 30 years, dabbling in a bunch of different coding languages and, of course, developing without proper frameworks and foundations. Barny discovered Magento in about 2010 when he got a job at an agency that was really excited about the up-and-coming platform. His job was basically to make it useful for their clients. Throughout the past 10 years, he’s shifted his focus a bit to helping developers get things right in the first place, before they write code and build processes that won’t age well. Sound familiar?
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SHOW NOTES (full notes at SwiftOtter.com)
After 30 years in software development, he sees a clear connection between the developer’s ability to clearly communicate progress and technical specifics to non-technical parties and the ability for a developer to reach their highest potential.
Joseph posted a tip on LinkedIn a couple months before the filming of this podcast that stirred the community up quite a bit. It was a reminder that MySQL does not handle NULL values in the same way that PHP interprets them, and that devs need to be careful how they use NULL. Barny and Joseph explore this issue and share advice.
A challenge for developers and how well they understand database structures.
A reminder of creative ways to store data in order to make our lives easier down the road.
A suggestion for how to counsel merchants when they're thinking about a platform change. It's definitely not an easy conversation.
A challenge to leave notes in your code. Like Barny said, “I understood every word you just said, but I didn’t understand the sentence”.
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Connect with Barny Shergold on Social:
LinkedIn
Connect with Joseph Maxwell on Social:
LinkedIn
Twitter
YOU have an incredible debugging story to share? Send your story to [email protected] and you might be our next podcast guest!
This podcast exists to inspire, educate and entertain eCommerce developers who are serious about improving their skills and advancing their careers!
Have you joined the free SwiftOtter Slack community? It's exploding and we don't want you to miss out. Go to SwiftOtter.com/Slack to join for free and get plugged into what might be the best group of collaborating developers around!
The Art of Ecommerce Debugging is AVAILABLE NOW! Check out https://swiftotter.com/art-of-debugging#/ to order, get more info or download a robust preview. This is NOT a self-help book designed to change your title to "senior developer". Rather, it contains the information you need in order to become an excellent debugger and an invaluable developer, regardless of your job title. The book is $40 USD, shipped anywhere in the world for free. This is the next step to becoming an incredible developer and taking the next step in your career!
Get it at https://swiftotter.com/art-of-debugging#/
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What is Barny Shergold good at? Hmm...well, lots of things. Barny has been developing software for over 30 years, dabbling in a bunch of different coding languages and, of course, developing without proper frameworks and foundations. Barny discovered Magento in about 2010 when he got a job at an agency that was really excited about the up-and-coming platform. His job was basically to make it useful for their clients. Throughout the past 10 years, he’s shifted his focus a bit to helping developers get things right in the first place, before they write code and build processes that won’t age well. Sound familiar?
--
SHOW NOTES (full notes at SwiftOtter.com)
After 30 years in software development, he sees a clear connection between the developer’s ability to clearly communicate progress and technical specifics to non-technical parties and the ability for a developer to reach their highest potential.
Joseph posted a tip on LinkedIn a couple months before the filming of this podcast that stirred the community up quite a bit. It was a reminder that MySQL does not handle NULL values in the same way that PHP interprets them, and that devs need to be careful how they use NULL. Barny and Joseph explore this issue and share advice.
A challenge for developers and how well they understand database structures.
A reminder of creative ways to store data in order to make our lives easier down the road.
A suggestion for how to counsel merchants when they're thinking about a platform change. It's definitely not an easy conversation.
A challenge to leave notes in your code. Like Barny said, “I understood every word you just said, but I didn’t understand the sentence”.
--
Connect with Barny Shergold on Social:
LinkedIn
Connect with Joseph Maxwell on Social:
LinkedIn
Twitter
YOU have an incredible debugging story to share? Send your story to [email protected] and you might be our next podcast guest!
This podcast exists to inspire, educate and entertain eCommerce developers who are serious about improving their skills and advancing their careers!
Have you joined the free SwiftOtter Slack community? It's exploding and we don't want you to miss out. Go to SwiftOtter.com/Slack to join for free and get plugged into what might be the best group of collaborating developers around!
The Art of Ecommerce Debugging is AVAILABLE NOW! Check out https://swiftotter.com/art-of-debugging#/ to order, get more info or download a robust preview. This is NOT a self-help book designed to change your title to "senior developer". Rather, it contains the information you need in order to become an excellent debugger and an invaluable developer, regardless of your job title. The book is $40 USD, shipped anywhere in the world for free. This is the next step to becoming an incredible developer and taking the next step in your career!
Get it at https://swiftotter.com/art-of-debugging#/
(Theme music courtesy of TrendingAudio)