Coding Blocks
Pragmatic talk about software design best practices: design patterns, software architecture, coding for performance, object oriented programming, database design and implementation, tips, tricks and a whole lot more.
You'll be exposed to broad areas of information as well as deep dives into the guts of a programming language. Most topics discussed are relevant in any number of Object Oriented programming languages such as C#, Java, Ruby, PHP, etc.. All three of us are full stack web and database / software engineers so we discuss Javascript, HTML, SQL and a full spectrum of technologies and are open to any suggestions anyone might have for a topic. So please join us, subscribe, and invite your computer programming friends to come along for the ride.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 104 minutes
- Episodes
- 242
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2024
Software Architecture – Strategic Design and Domain Events
We're not saying that Michael is Carmen Sandiego. We're just saying that nobody has ever seen them in a room together. And this week, we don't know where in the world either are, as Allen and Joe con…
01:58:07 |
Mon 26 Jun 2017
Software Architecture – Aggregate Roots, Factories, and Repositories
Stitcher is back and so are we as Michael proves he doesn't have a career as a rapper, Allen can't type on his phone, and Joe tweets with famous authors as we continue our dive into Domain Driven Des…
02:11:52 |
Tue 13 Jun 2017
Software Architecture – The Domain in Domain Driven Design
We continue our Domain Driven Design conversation this week as Allen is indecisive, Michael decides for him, and Joe can't handle the night life.
01:41:33 |
Mon 29 May 2017
How to Jumpstart Your Next App
We're back with another exciting episode as Michael questions Hollywood, Allen dreams of his Hackintosh, and Joe is surrounded by Star Wars as we talk about how to jumpstart your next app with Michae…
01:27:28 |
Thu 11 May 2017
Why Domain Driven Design
This week, Michael asks his customers about their anemic domain model, Allen talks in front of people, and Joe plays Rocket League as we begin our dive into understanding domain driven design.
01:32:08 |
Mon 24 Apr 2017
How We Badly Built Stuff
This week we talk about all of the bad things we've done while making software. The good, the bad, ... oh wait, it compiles, never mind.
01:38:26 |
Mon 20 Mar 2017
Clean Code – How to Build Maintainable Systems
We're back with another deep dive into the infamous book Clean Code by Uncle Bob as Joe alters columns, Michael misreads things, and Allen has a positive customer service experience.
01:58:21 |
Mon 06 Mar 2017
Clean Code – How to Write Classes the Right Way
This week Allen is troubled by circles, Michael talks like a game show host, and Joe announces it's twins as we continue our deep dive into the classic Clean Code book by Robert C. Martin.
01:23:15 |
Sun 05 Feb 2017
Clean Code – How to Write Amazing Unit Tests
When and why should you write unit tests, and just how important are they? Take a listen and see what YOU think.
For the full show notes visit:
http://www.codingblocks.net/episode54
For the full show notes visit:
http://www.codingblocks.net/episode54
Mon 23 Jan 2017
Clean Code – Integrating with Third Party Libraries the Right Way
In this episode we talk about how to insulate your application at it's boundaries? What in the world does that even mean?! We're not talking about those boundaries where others aren't allowed to to…
01:18:07 |
Sun 08 Jan 2017
Clean Code – Error Handling
This week, we continue our Clean Code discussion as we dive into the joys and pains of error handing.
01:25:48 |
Wed 28 Dec 2016
Clean Code – Objects vs Data Structures
This week we're drawing a line in the sand between objects and data structures. Who will win? Take a listen and decide for yourself!
For the full show notes visit:
http://www.codingblocks.net/episod…
For the full show notes visit:
http://www.codingblocks.net/episod…
Tue 13 Dec 2016
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 epi…
02:18:34 |
Tue 29 Nov 2016
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.
The original version of the show notes can be f…
The original version of the show notes can be f…
02:19:16 |
Mon 07 Nov 2016
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 th…
The original version of th…
Mon 17 Oct 2016
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 followi…
01:51:36 |
Wed 28 Sep 2016
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 framewo…
Sat 27 Aug 2016
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…
01:35:44 |
Fri 12 Aug 2016
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 th…
02:39:15 |
Tue 02 Aug 2016
Nulls, Procs, and Impostor Syndrome
This time we're talking about problems with nulls, stored procedures, and impostor syndrome.
Episode 43’s Full Show Notes:
http://www.codingblocks.net/episode43
Episode 43’s Full Show Notes:
http://www.codingblocks.net/episode43
01:40:46 |
Tue 05 Jul 2016
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