Developer Tea

Today I interview Rebecca Murphey, one of the JavaScript community's most memorable voices and a genuine, kind person. Rebecca has been doing JavaScript for quite a few years, and you might know her from yayQuery and other jQuery-related things, her work at Bocoup, or her writing on rmurphey.com. Rebecca now works at BazaarVoice. In this interview, we discuss a myriad of things, including the difficulties of writing third-party JavaScript, working with hardware, and her open source efforts on Scoutfile. Thank you for listening! Remember, you can support the show by going to https://developertea.com/donate Mentioned on the show: BazaarVoice.com has some career opportunities Alex Sexton - @slexaxton Deploying JavaScript Applications yayQuery Paul Irish Dojo Toolkit socket.io Scoutfile Discussion about 14kb first round trip request NodeJS Johnny5 Bocoup bo-coop Arduino

Today I interview Rebecca Murphey, one of the JavaScript community's most memorable voices and a genuine, kind person. Rebecca has been doing JavaScript for quite a few years, and you might know her from yayQuery and other jQuery-related things, her work at Bocoup, or her writing on rmurphey.com. Rebecca now works at BazaarVoice. In this interview, we discuss a myriad of things, including the difficulties of writing third-party JavaScript, working with hardware, and her open source efforts on Scoutfile. Thank you for listening! Remember, you can support the show by going to https://developertea.com/donate Mentioned on the show: BazaarVoice.com has some career opportunities Alex Sexton - @slexaxton Deploying JavaScript Applications yayQuery Paul Irish Dojo Toolkit socket.io Scoutfile Discussion about 14kb first round trip request NodeJS Johnny5 Bocoup bo-coop Arduino

In today's episode, I share some (insider) news with you that I think you'll find to be exciting.

In today's episode, listener Jessica asks what a full stack developer is.

Dont forget, you can support the show by donating at https://developertea.com/donate Dan Denney is a wealth of knowledge, and in today's episode, he's joined me to share some of that knowledge with you. Dan is an HTML email craftsman at Code School. On today's episode, we talk all about HTML email and Dan's experience with Front End Design Conference. Make sure you follow Dan on Twitter: @dandenney. Full show notes can be found at https://developertea.com Dan Denney (Twitter) Code School Front-End Design Conference Litmus Mailbox Mandrill Middleman

In today's inspiration episode, I talk about the non-permanence of our work, and how that empowers us to make faster decisions.

Dont forget, you can support the show by donating at https://developertea.com/donate Dan Denney is a wealth of knowledge, and in today's episode, he's joined me to share some of that knowledge with you. Dan is an HTML email craftsman at Code School. On today's episode, we talk all about HTML email. Make sure you follow Dan on Twitter: @dandenney. Full show notes can be found at https://developertea.com Dan Denney (Twitter) Code School Front-End Design Conference Litmus Mailbox Mandrill Middleman

In this episode, I answer listener Eric's questions about how to keep up with the news, and when to get a masters degree. Hacker News Designer News Cooper Press (weekly updates) Google Alerts An example of a Twitter list by Avdi Grimm Developer Tea episode about formal design education Digital Media degree, Georgia Tech Georgia Tech online masters program Thank you to our sponsor, Codeship: http://codeship.com - 20% off using code "DeveloperTea"

Richard Schneeman, Ruby developer at Heroku and awesome guy, joins me for the longest episode to date. Follow Richard on Twitter, @schneems! @Schneems Testing the Untestable (about Refrigerators and testing) Gowalla goes to Facebook HipHop VM (Facebook PHP stuff) What are Heroku buildpacks? Jeffrey Way Tuts+ Laracasts Charlie Somerville CodeTriage DocsDoctor Dogfooding Derailed Benchmarks

Richard Schneeman, Ruby developer at Heroku and awesome guy, joins me for the longest episode to date. Follow Richard on Twitter, @schneems! @Schneems Testing the Untestable (about Refrigerators and testing) Gowalla goes to Facebook HipHop VM (Facebook PHP stuff) What are Heroku buildpacks? Jeffrey Way Tuts+ Laracasts Charlie Somerville CodeTriage DocsDoctor Dogfooding Derailed Benchmarks

Children learn at an incredible rate. They also play significantly more than the average adult. Many studies have shown the importance of play for children in the learning process - so the question is, why don't we practice "play" as adults? Episode 4: Learning About Learning Support Developer Tea: https://developertea.com/donate

In this episode, I discuss some of my personal rules for maintaining a reputation of professionalism. Support Developer Tea: https://developertea.com/donate

Should you be a generalized programmer or a specialized programmer? Generalized programmers learn a wide range of languages and/or frameworks, while a specialized programmer becomes an expert in something very specific. There are pros and cons to both, and in this episode, we'll discuss both.

Unless you're extraordinarily lucky, you'll be rejected multiple times in your life. Whether in your personal or professional life, rejection is a normal part of life, even for the best of the best (like the Beatles). In this episode, I encourage you to move past your rejection.

Should you be a generalized programmer or a specialized programmer? Generalized programmers learn a wide range of languages and/or frameworks, while a specialized programmer becomes an expert in something very specific. There are pros and cons to both, and in this episode, we'll discuss both.

In this episode, I answer a question I've received from many listeners: How do I come up with an idea for something to build? This question is somewhat complex, but we'll cover 5 basic tips for idea generation.

Scott Jehl is a designer and developer working at Filament Group. Scott is also an author and speaks regularly at conferences like An Event Apart. In this interview, Scott and I discuss progressive enhancement and his book, Responsible Responsive Design. Mentioned at some point in the interview: ScottJehl.com, Scott's Twitter, Scott's GitHub Filament Group Responsible Responsive Design (book) Designing with Progressive Enhancement (book) Critical (Addy Osmani) Critical CSS (Filament Group) loadCSS

Today, I talk about coding for humans in this special Inspiration episode. Remember, computers are only what you tell them to be!

Scott Jehl is a designer and developer working at Filament Group. Scott is also an author and speaks regularly at conferences like An Event Apart. In this interview, Scott and I discuss progressive enhancement and his book, Responsible Responsive Design. Mentioned at some point in the interview: ScottJehl.com, Scott's Twitter, Scott's GitHub Filament Group Responsible Responsive Design (book) Designing with Progressive Enhancement (book) Critical (Addy Osmani) Critical CSS (Filament Group) loadCSS

In today's episode, at the request of a listener I discuss the tradeoffs of choosing to adopt a new technology versus using what you already know, even when what you already know might not be the best tool for the job.