

Full Stack Radio
Adam Wathan
A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.
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Nov 2, 2016 • 52min
53: Kyle Fiedler - Design Tips and Tricks for Developers
Sponsors:Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 daysHired, sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through HiredLinks:Kyle's personal websitethoughtbot on DribbbleDesign for Developers on UpcaseUsing System UI Fonts In Web Design by Marcin WicharyDesign Tip: Never Use Black by Ian Storm TaylorShould "Yes, delete it" be red, or green? on the UX Stack Exchange7 Rules for Creating Gorgeous UI by Erik D. KennedyPanda Chrome Extension

Oct 18, 2016 • 1h 10min
52: Taylor Otwell - Patterns for Simplifying Laravel Applications
Sponsors:Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 daysHired, sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through HiredLinks:Test Driven Laravel, Adam's upcoming video courseLaravelLaravel ValetLaravel SparkLaravel PassportExample of splitting controllersBasecamp Rake StatsDHH Resources on Rails presentationNitpick CI"I don't love the single responsibility principle" by Marco CecconiMartin Fowler on Tell Don't AskChasing Perfect, Adam's talk at Laracon 2015Adam's base Blade layout

Oct 5, 2016 • 1h 5min
51: Matt Wynne - Building the Right Thing with BDD
Topics include:What exactly is BDD?Is BDD a technical or non-technical practice?How do you get started with BDD?How do you keep the number of system tests low to keep your test suite fast?What's your strategy for dealing with external services in acceptance tests?What are the advantages of using Cucumber even as a solo developer working on a side project?Sponsors:Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 daysHired, sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through HiredLinks:Test Driven Laravel, Adam's upcoming video courseMatt's BlogMatt's notes from Dan North's Awesome Acceptance Testing talkCucumber SchoolUser Story MappingImpact MappingIntroducing Example MappingThe Rails Testing PyramidThe Testing IcebergThe Deep Synergy Between Testability and Good Design talk by Michael FeathersThe Training Wheels Came Off, Aslak Hellesøy on removing the built-in step definitions in Cucumber-RailsCucumber BlogCucumber on GitHubThe Cucumber Book

Sep 21, 2016 • 53min
50: Evan You - What's Coming in Vue.js 2.0
Topics include:The motivation for rewriting Vue.js from scratchWhat is a virtual DOM and what are the benefits?How does Vue.js 2.0 stack up performance-wise? (spoiler alert, it's fast)When should you use templates vs. a render function?Why two-way props have been deprecated and what you should do insteadBest practices for dealing with custom component eventsThe 1.0 to 2.0 upgrade pathBuilding native mobile applications with Vue.js and WeexSponsors:Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 daysHired, sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through HiredLinks:Test Driven Laravel, Adam's upcoming video courseRefactoring to Collections, get 25% off using the coupon "pnwphp"Vue.jsAnnouncing Vue.js 2.0Vue.js 2.0 DocumentationJS Framework Performance BenchmarksSnabbdom, virtual DOM libraryJSX plugin for Vue.jsUsing v-on with Custom EventsVue Migration Helper teaserWeex, framework for building native mobile applications with Vue.jsVue.js on TwitterVue.js NewsletterVue.js Feed

Sep 7, 2016 • 40min
49: Toran Billups - Test Driving the Front-end
Sponsors:Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 daysShippo, try out the Shippo API for free atLinks:Test Driven Laravel, Adam's upcoming video courseEmber.jsQUnit testing frameworkEmber Testing DocumentationToran's TDD talk at EmberConf 2015Outside-In TDD presentation, one of Toran's more recent talksToran's upcoming Outside-In TDD Workshop

Aug 23, 2016 • 47min
48: Jessica Lord - Building Desktop Apps with Electron
Sponsors:Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 daysShippo, try out the Shippo API for free at goshippo.comLinks:ElectronElectron BlogAtomElectron API DemosPhoton, Electron UI kitBuilt on Electron, Electron app directoryMojibar, emoji searcher for OSXHyperTerm, JS/HTML/CSS terminalNylas N1, email clientWebTorrent, streaming torrent clientVisual Studio Code, code editorAwesome Electron, useful resources for creating apps with ElectronDevtron, Electron DevTools extensionSpectron, Electron testing frameworkelectron-quick-start, starter repo for new Electron apps

Aug 10, 2016 • 45min
47: Sara Soueidan - Ditching Icon Fonts for SVG
Sponsors:Laracasts, use coupon code FULLSTACK2016 for 50% off your first monthRollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 daysLinks:Sara's BlogSVG vs Icon Fonts Cage MatchgrunticonA Designer's Guide to GrumpiconMaking the Switch Away from Icont Fonts to SVGA complete guide to SVG fallbacksOverview of SVG Sprite Creation TechniquesAll SVG articles on Sara's blogsvgosvgomgThe Smashing Book 5Practical SVG book

Jul 28, 2016 • 52min
46: Joe Ferris - Test Driven Rails
Sponsors:Laracasts, use coupon code FULLSTACK2016 for 50% off your first monthRollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 daysLinks:Test Driven Laravel, Adam's latest projectGiant Robots podcastHow We Test Rails Applications on the thoughtbot blogCapybaraCapybara WebKitRSpecfactory_girlThe Rails Testing Pyramid on the Code Climate blog

Jul 13, 2016 • 46min
45: Derek Prior - From Rails to Phoenix
Sponsors:Laracasts, use coupon code FULLSTACK2016 for 50% off your first monthRollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 daysLinks:thoughtbot on Elixir and PhoenixThe Bikeshed PodcastExercism.ioElixir, the functional programming languagePhoenix, the Elixir web frameworkEcto, the Phoenix database layerProgramming Elixir book by Dave ThomasProgramming Phoenix book by Chris McCord, Bruce Tate, and José ValimPhoenix is not Rails by Chris McCordThe Bikeshed Episode 54, where Derek talks about dates and times in ElixirPact, the Elixir dependency injection library by Blake WilliamsElixir on SlackElixir Sips screencasts

Jun 29, 2016 • 54min
44: Joel Clermont - What the heck is Elm?
Sponsors:Laracasts, use coupon code FULLSTACK2016 for 50% off your first monthRollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 daysLinks:Joel's BlogThe Elm HomepageThe ML languageThe Elixir languageExercism.ioRichard Feldman, working on "Elm in Action" book"What is functional programming?" blog series by Kris JenkinsFizzbuzz in Elixir libraryHaskell Programming from first principles book


