Developer Melange

By Developer Melange

A podcast which brings you discussions about software engineering topics. All of them, in one way or another, related to building great software products.

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The podcast currently has 41 episodes available.

Developer Melange episodes:

May 01, 2019 011 - Ahead-Of-Time kicking into Java Enterprise
We talked with Sebastian Daschner, a Java Champion about the future of Java Enterprise, the new Eclipse Microprofile and what’s behind Quarkus. As not of all us are Java-Heads this episodes also contains a few “Explain it to me like I’m 6” segments which bring light into a few core concepts of the Java ecosystem and its history. Last but not least, why is there no Java Conference in Vienna?
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55min
April 14, 2019 010 - Keeping up to date with our knowledge of software developers
In a smaller than usual group we discuss with Gottfried Szing how we keep on the pulse of our craft and industry. This discussion leads us from Twitter feeds over local communities to the dislike of conferences as advertisements in disguise.

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28min
March 31, 2019 009: Security by Design - Baking security into the heart of your codebase
Our guest Gottfried Szing introduces us into some ideas of security by design. A fruity cocktail of how to avoid primitives obessions and where to put the validation in your architecture - mixed with a little bit of contract first development. Finalized with a discussion about rusting software.
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42min
March 01, 2019 008: Introducing Design Thinking and failing to agree on the need of Dogma
Our special guest Claudia Oster explains the ideas of design thinking and the similarities with human centered design. It is interesting how the original design methodologies expanded to the business world. Peter brings us out of our conference zone with his need for dogma. Listen to find out if strict rules are reasonable!
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1h 16min
January 31, 2019 007: Testing the tests and the universal-hexagonal-vertical-ports-and-adapters-layered architecture
2019 gets even stronger with a lot to discuss. First we ask how much testing do our tests need. Is it a smell if we feel we should test our tests? Then we do a run-down on common architectures. What are the benefits and drawbacks? How do they relate to each other? And can someone survive never having experienced any of them in their true form.
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1h 20min
December 31, 2018 006: Improving Team Collaboration and making Technical Debt feasible
This episode is all about talking: Together with our very first official guest, we attempt figuring out how to get developers talk to each other, and then get managers talk to developers about technical debt.
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56min
November 30, 2018 005: Code Quality and introducing TDD in a (legacy) project
We started this episode discussing about readability of code. What actually is readability? It seems, that next to names, there are other important things to consider, like visual structure. In the second part we talked about how to get started with Test Driven Development (TDD) in a project were nobody else is doing it. We found a few suitable ways to get things started. Finally we concluded the episode with our personal history, how we each one of us got started with TDD.
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57min
October 31, 2018 004: Duplication, Duplication, and dependencies - mixed with schools of development
How bad is duplication on different levels? When should we prefer having some code in our codebase over taking the dependency to a library? Is all duplication equal? In the first topic of this episode we discuss several aspects of duplication in a code base and the impact on stability, maintainability and reliability. For the second topic we discuss some schools of software development, from eXtreme Programming to Programming M.F.. Do they support different personalities of team members? Or should we try to consolidate on a single school within a team? For the last topic we don't feel to have a proper conclusion. So - what are your experiences on schools of software development. Interesting discussions guaranteed!
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54min
September 30, 2018 003: Is BDD worth the overhead, and should I prefer being a specialist or a generalist?
In this episode, we were discussing the (i) additional cost of following BDD. We concluded that the core of BDD is the understanding of what needs to be done and as such, it can be compared to TDD or ATDD. Maybe there is no additional cost, rather a cost of not doing it. During the second part, we focused on the question of (ii) being a generalist or specials. What impact this decision has on career, teamwork and project success and whether there is a preference for us.
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53min
August 31, 2018 002: Learning as a Software Engineer and Fred Brook's accidental and essential complexity
In this episode, we tackled two topics: (i) How we meet the requirements of constantly learning new technologies and what approaches we use to drive this efficiently. In addition, we try to find a common understanding, at which point in time something can be considered as known or learned. After this, we take hold of (ii) the occurrence of accidental and essential complexity in software projects described by Fred Brooks. Why it's important to understand the difference, and what we can gain from this knowledge.
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47min

FAQs about Developer Melange:

How many episodes does Developer Melange have?

The podcast currently has 41 episodes available.