The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Pow, Rails 3.1 Asset Pipeline, CoffeeScript and More (Interview)

Listen Later

Adam and Wynn caught up with Sam Stephenson from 37Signals to talk about his his many open source projects and developing Basecamp Mobile.

Join the discussion

Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!

Show Notes:

  • Nathan Smith, friend of the show, creator of 960.gs, Adapt, Formalize, and featured in Episode 0.3.2
  • Sam Stephenson, programmer at 37signals, creator of massive amounts of open source.
  • Pow is a zero-config Rack server for Mac OS X.
  • Pow supports multiple rubies via RVM.
  • Powder is a CLI for Pow.
  • Prototype.js is a JavaScript Framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications.
  • Sprockets is a Ruby library that preprocesses and concatenates JavaScript source files.
  • Stitch stitches your CommonJS modules together for the browser
  • ExecJS runs JavaScript code from Ruby.
  • Josh Peek, Rubyist and GitHubber.
  • Nack - Node.js adapter for Rack
  • Sam loves CoffeeScript and hopes to never write JavaScript again.
  • Sam debunks the FUD of debugging CoffeeScript. “Command-F is your friend.”
  • Jeremy Ashkenas, creator of CoffeeScript ported his Underscore library as a demonstration.
  • Sam weighs in on the micro framework movement and loves Zepto, Underscore, and Backbone.
  • “We’re living in a WebKit world on mobile.”
  • The goal of the Basecamp Mobile app was to “feel like a web app.”
  • Basecamp Mobile was a team effort by Sam, Josh, and Jason Zimdars.
  • “Responsive Web Design”, a term coined by Ethan Marcotte.
  • Less Framework is an adaptive grid CSS framework for desktop and mobile.
  • Cinco is the yet-to-be-released framework behind Basecamp Mobile built on Stitch, Backbone, CoffeeScript, and Zepto.
  • Sprockets powers the new Rails 3.1 Asset Pipeline
  • Jammit is an alternative to Sprockets.
  • The Ruby Racer from Charles Lowell embeds the V8 Javascript Interpreter into Ruby
  • The Git commit heard round the world.
  • Baren generates images from Processing source.
  • Jamie Dihiansan is the design talent behind the great Pow web site
  • Pow uses docco for documentation.
  • Rack-legacy allows you to serve up PHP from Pow.
  • Be sure and snag Trevor Burnham’s excellent CoffeeScript book
  • Josh and DHH are Sam’s programming heroes.

    • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    The Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceBy Changelog Media
    • 4.7
    • 4.7
    • 4.7
    • 4.7
    • 4.7

    4.7

    286 ratings

    More shows like The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

    View all
    Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers by team@se-radio.net (SE-Radio Team)

    Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers

    272 Listeners

    Software Engineering Daily by Software Engineering Daily

    Software Engineering Daily

    622 Listeners

    LINUX Unplugged by Jupiter Broadcasting

    LINUX Unplugged

    268 Listeners

    Talk Python To Me by Michael Kennedy

    Talk Python To Me

    584 Listeners

    Soft Skills Engineering by Jamison Dance and Dave Smith

    Soft Skills Engineering

    288 Listeners

    Data Engineering Podcast by Tobias Macey

    Data Engineering Podcast

    146 Listeners

    Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats by Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

    Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

    986 Listeners

    REWORK by 37signals

    REWORK

    210 Listeners

    Practical AI by Practical AI LLC

    Practical AI

    205 Listeners

    AWS Podcast by Amazon Web Services

    AWS Podcast

    204 Listeners

    The Stack Overflow Podcast by The Stack Overflow Podcast

    The Stack Overflow Podcast

    63 Listeners

    The Real Python Podcast by Real Python

    The Real Python Podcast

    141 Listeners

    Big Technology Podcast by Alex Kantrowitz

    Big Technology Podcast

    500 Listeners

    Training Data by Sequoia Capital

    Training Data

    39 Listeners

    The Pragmatic Engineer by Gergely Orosz

    The Pragmatic Engineer

    72 Listeners