The Ruby on Rails Podcast

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Fewer frogs, more programming, and an interview with Jay McGavren, author of "Head First Ruby". The waiting is the hardest part. devbootcamp.com/ruby : Thinking about becoming a software developer? Check out Dev Bootcamp, the original, short-term, immersive software development program that transforms those new to coding into job-ready, full-stack web developers. Braintree : An easy way to accept...

Sean and Kyle cover all the topics. GraphQL, missing EmberConf, rupbyonrails.org demo app doubts, Echo v Siri, Moscow Mules, Tiki cups, when to ship, and so-much-more. Hold your piece! Braintree : An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever...

Sean, Kyle, and a chorus of small frogs discuss the Game Developers Conference, eating alone, atrophic organs, Slack vs Basecamp, the cost of abstractions, and tips for adding new team members. Braintree : An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and...

In this week's episode, Sean and Kyle discuss a teamwork seminar that Kyle recently attended, how to be a good coach, Fireball whiskey, and lumberjack style. There's also a new segment of Shipped It!, our ongoing series about what it takes to manage an application after it's let loose in the wild. The series is produced in partnership with AppSignal , our favorite application monitoring solution....

In this week's episode, Sean and Kyle discuss Kyle's decision to finish his college degree. There's also a new segment of Shipped It!, our ongoing series about what it takes to manage an application after it's let loose in the wild. The series is produced in partnership with AppSignal , our favorite application monitoring solution. Use the promo code SHIPPEDIT and you'll receive an additional mont...

Sean is falling apart! We talk about the physical challenges of programming and how to prevent and deal with wrist, hand, back, eye, leg, and other challenges. No Shipped It! segment this week, but we'll be back with a new one next week. Shipped It! is an ongoing series about what it takes to manage an application after it's let loose in the wild. The series is produced in partnership with AppSign...

Kyle and Sean talk about Kyle's trip to Dean Kamen's house/hanger and preview Rails 5. Plus, a new Shipped It! episode about Kyle's ongoing quest to removed a complicated serialized attribute. Shipped It! is an ongoing series about what it takes to manage an application after it's let loose in the wild. The series is produced in partnership with AppSignal , our favorite application monitoring solu...

Sean and Kyle are back to talk about Sean's Little Professor replica in Ember, plus the debut of Shipped It!, a new segment about managing applications that have already been shipped. There's also a bit of time at the end for a good mailbag question. Presented in partnership with AppSignal . Links for this episode: Recreating Little Professor in Ember Little Professor Replica github.com/barelyknow...

Kyle and Sean talk about Sean's experience this week moving an application out of development and into production. Braintree : An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code...

Sam Lambert, Director of Systems at GitHub, joins Sean and Kyle to talk about how to choose the right systems for the job. The conversation gets interesting right quick! DigitalOcean : DigitalOcean provides simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Create a cloud server in 55 seconds--and for as little as $5 per month! Use code RubyPodcast and receive a $10 credit. Casper : Get $50 towa...

Sean and Kyle are stressed! In this episode, they talk through how they got there and try to come up with an inner peace game plan. Squarespace : A better web starts with your website. Codeship : Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months. Braintree : An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable deve...

Kyle teaches Sean some lessons about implementing and scaling webhook APIs. lynda.com : Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to become an industry expert, you’re passionate about a hobby, or you just want to learn something new, I want you to visit lynda.com/rubyonrails and sign up for your FREE 10...

Sean and Kyle talk about the economics of open source software. Squarespace : A better web starts with your website. AppSignal is a monitoring tool for Ruby applications. Unlike other tools they provide both performance and exception / error monitoring for your web actions and background jobs. You can start a free trial and try AppSignal for 30 days without entering a credit card. Pricing starts a...

Kyle returns from GitHub Universe and tells Sean all about the new GitHub Integrations Directory, a service that he's been working on this year that just shipped. Plus, a teeny sneak peak at the upcoming money-in-open-source-software conversation. lynda.com : Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to...

Mike Coutermarsh from Product Hunt joins Sean Devine as guest cohost to give a behind-the-scenes look at Product Hunt. Topics include Product Hunt's new features, its technical architecture and transition to an API-first development style, and their successful experience with Heroku. Codeship : Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months. Dotb...

Sean and Kyle debrief on the successful (phew!) API-First training seminar, and talk about the upcoming GitHub Universe conference. Codeship : Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months. Casper : Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting casper.com/rubyonrails and use the code RUBYONRAILS. Terms and Conditions Apply. Braintree : An eas...

Sean and Kyle talk about differences between enterprise applications and consumer applications, and treating the human UI as the exception state. They also answer a handful of questions from listener Colin Rubbert. lynda.com : Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to become an industry expert, you’r...

Sean and Kyle discuss how to be an effective remote team member, and how to build an effective remote team. Plus a bit of a twins update. lynda.com : Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to become an industry expert, you’re passionate about a hobby, or you just want to learn something new, I want y...

Two primary topics this week: Overcoming legacy code. Kyle describes the lessons that he's learned being the primary maintainer of a legacy code base. (Lots of good advice here). Building Rails Engines. Sean describes his experience building a Rails engine to interface with FancyHands. Links for this episode: github.com/togglepro/task_master DigitalOcean : DigitalOcean provides simple and fast clo...

Kyle and Sean discuss the unavoidable existence and importance of your personal brand as a programmer. Plus the usual follow up and dog barking. Links for this episode: Kyle Daigle is a GitHubber! barelyknown/linotype (Sean's letterpress solver) Tracking holidaybullshit.com Orders With Google Sheets Daily Fantasy Sports (FanDuel) NBA Optimization Model Braintree : An easy way to accept multiple pa...

Sean and Kyle talk mostly about programming-related employment and labor topics including recruiters, bootcamps, 10X developers, and technocrats. You'll either love it or hate it! Links for this episode: barelyknown/casper_pets Tweet with stats from casper.com about cosleeping with pets http://apifirst.training Casper : Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting casper.com/rubyonrails and us...

Sean Devine and Kyle Daigle prognosticate on the future of Rails, discuss Sean's experience thus far with the FancyHands API for outbound call automation, talk about README cultures, and announce Sean's API-first development training seminar. Links for this episode: Lotus - A complete web framework in Ruby Phoenix Framework FancyHands API Sean becomes core team member of jsonapi-resources apifirst...

Sean Devine and Kyle Daigle talk about the recently completed GitHub Summit, conference/dinner strategies, the github/scientist library, a potential Elixir codecation, and so much more. And Kyle sounds a bit better ;) DigitalOcean : DigitalOcean provides simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Create a cloud server in 55 seconds--and for as little as $5 per month! Use code RubyPodcast...

Sean Devine and Kyle Daigle talk about the GitHub Summit (this week) & outage (last week), working in silence, ActionCable (tests, collaboration, copyright), Sean's JSON API talk at Boston Ember, and SELF HELP. Links for this episode: GitHub Status - 2015-07-06 rails/actioncable JSON API 1.0 talk at Boston Ember Configure exception class whitelist to be reraised by operations processors. Pull...