Seriously Good Software 

Marco Faella & Michael Carducci

This week we're joined by Macro Faella - Computer Science professor at the University of Naples in Italy and Author of Seriously Good Software. 

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Likewise, if you want a more live, interactive learning experience, check out two big happenings:

First, the No Fluff Just Stuff virtual workshop series. A great way to augment your learning in an interactive, hands-on, instructor led environment.

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The Second is the announcement of UberConf-V, a virtual version of our flagship event. The offer is off the chart good, check it out!

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This week we're joined by Java Champion and JetBrains Developer Advocate Trisha Gee. Trisha helps us sort through the noise and confusion around some changes we've all seen in the Java ecosystem, she highlights some exciting development on the horizon, and shares insights from her decades of experience as a hands-on Java practitioner. Don't miss this great interview!

Trisha on Twitter

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This week we're joined by Paul Wilhelm Software Development Manager at MasterControl. We discuss leadership in Tech and how to develop an "outward mindset."

This is Water

The power of vulnerability

The Arbinger Institute

This week is a double-header. We're joined by Benjamin Muschko and Joshua Van Allen. We get both a front-end and back-end perspective of Bazel.

Ben's Report on Bazel

Getting Started with Bazel (requires safari subscription)

Alex Eagle @ NGConf on Bazel opt-in

Dr Heinz Kabutz is gifting a course to NFJS podcast listeners. Redeem this course here.

This week I'm joined by Dr. Heinz Kabutz. Heinz is the author of The Java Specialists’ Newsletter, a publication enjoyed by tens of thousands of Java experts in over 145 countries.

We discuss the best strategies to grow your skillset, learn and take advantage of all learning mediums available to us.

Linked Resources: Data Structures Course (Redeem before Valentines Day 2020) Mob Programming Guidebook Mob Programming Podcast Ep The Pomodoro Technique Scott Adams - How to fail at everything and still come out ahead Venkat - Lifelong Learning Podcast Ep.

Welcome to the 2020 season of the NFJS podcast! New episodes every other Wednesday!

This week we're joined with Hans Docter discussing developer productivity.

Hans Dockter is the founder and project lead of the Gradle build system and the CEO of Gradle Inc., a company with the mission to transform how software is built and shipped. Hans is a thought leader in the field of project automation and has successfully been in charge of numerous large-scale enterprise builds. He is also an advocate of Domain Driven Design, having taught classes and delivered presentations on this topic together with Eric Evans. In the earlier days, Hans was also a committer for the JBoss project and founded the JBoss-IDE.

WebAssembly is live, it's in your browser, and it's poised to completely transform how we build, run, and think about software. The promise of "write-once-deploy-anywhere" isn't now, but this fresh take comes with 20+ years of experience and boasts capabilities unimaginable just a few years ago.

Brian Sletten gives us the lowdown of what webassembly is, why it's important, as well a just a glimpse of how it's about to change everything.

To quote Brian: "Pay attention, Everything is changing!"

Webassembly Shell example (https://webassembly.sh)

The Progressive Web Experience (https://progressivewebexperience.io)

Brian's WASM training in February (https://nofluffjuststuff.com/n/training/2020/02/03/rust_webassembly)

This week we're joined by Kate Wardin, founder of Developer First Leadership (https://www.developer-first.com/). She shares some insights on how to empower technical leaders and teams. Whatever your job title, don't miss this one!

This week we benefit from hard-won wisdom coming from decades of experience as a software architect.

In this episode, Ken shares the vast skillset and the diverse roles that a successful software architect most possess.

If you'd like to dive deep into all of these areas, network with experienced software architects, and invest in your knowledge portfolio, join us at ArchConf 2019, December 9-12 in Clearwater Florida. Register today at https://archconf.com/

Recorded LIVE at UberConfX. This week we're joined by Craig Walls, Spring expert extraordinaire but we'll be discussing one of his other passions - smart home skills and conversational UI. Don't miss his insights and register for the Progressive Web Experience 2019 and join Craig for a full-day, hands-on workshop building talking applications with Alexa and Google. Also check out Craig's newsletter!

This week we catch up with Chris Judd (@javajudd) to get his analysis of the state of Java in 2019 - the new release cadence, the new licensing model, and what to expect in the future.