Coding Blocks
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Command, Repository and Mediator Design Patterns
03 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we go back to the design pattern well that we’ve been away from for so long. We cover the Command, Repository and Mediator design ...
Dev Talk: Django, VB vs C#, and Bash on Windows
19 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Coding Blocks, Joe changes a different kind of string, Allen drools over the Hellcat, and Michael shares his random thoughts. We span a c...
How to be an Advanced Programmer
20 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Are you an Advanced Programmer? We dig into the final section of Robert Read’s fantastic writing: How to be a programmer. Also, how to cheat at Jira...
How to be an Intermediate Programmer
27 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 38, we dug into the first section of the essay by Robert Read on what it takes to be a programmer. In that episode there was a lot of gre...
How to be a Programmer: Personal and Team Skills
28 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Talking about the short book “How to be a Programmer”, which covers a huge spectrum of important topics for developers of all levels. The Puddle P...
Our Favorite Developer Tools for 2015
03 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We wrapped up 2015 with another favorites of episode and a chance to win a gray Coding Blocks T-Shirt just by leaving a comment on the show notes pag...
The Twelve Factor App: Dev/Prod Parity, Logs, and Admin Processes
20 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the dramatic conclusion of our discussion on the 12 factor app. This time we’re talking dev/prod parity, logs, and admin processes. ...
The Twelve-Factor App: Port Binding, Concurrency, and Disposability
23 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for more DevOps fun as we continue learning about the Twelve-Factor app. This week we dive into the next three chapters: port binding, conc...
Toys for Developers
10 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The holidays are coming sooner than we realized, so we gotta get our wish lists together. After all, no one wants to sit around the Festivus Pole wit...
The Twelve-Factor App: Backing Services, Building and Releasing, Stateless Processes
22 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We’re headed back to the Twelve-Factor app territory and this time we’re picking up with the next three chapters – backing services, building an...
The Twelve-Factor App: Codebase, Dependencies, and Config
17 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dipping our toes into the DevOps waters with the Twelve-Factor App. How important is depedency management, and how fired would you be if you accidenta...
Javascript Promises and Beyond
22 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we dive into Javascript Promises. If you’re used to the olden way of doing an async call with a callback, you’ll definitely wa...
Design Patterns Part 4 – Adapter, Facade, and Memento
26 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Part 4 of our design patterns series, this time up it's Adapters, Facades, and Mementos. Oh, an which tech luminary would make the best head of state!
Hierarchical Data cont’d – Path Enumeration and Closure Tables
29 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
It's that time again. This week we answer a question, Allen registers for school, Joe reads some numbers, Michael breaks out the survey results, an...
Hierarchical Data – Adjacency Lists and Nested Set Models
08 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
So, how DO you persist hierarchical Data? We discuss two common solutions to this age-old problem: Adjacency Lists and Nested Set Models. Also, Build ...
Your Questions Our Answers SYN-ACK with Packet Loss
08 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this, Episode 27 of the Coding Blocks Podcast, we are answering several questions from our listeners regarding: more frequent episodes, naming of...
Algorithms, Puzzles and the Technical Interview
19 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we discuss algorithms, puzzles and how to approach them when asked to solve one in the interview process. We discuss many of the probl...
ASP.NET 5 – It’s Basically Java
30 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we give away Joe's stuff, we break up with IE8 like a big boy, Joe and Allen get excited about readme files, and we argue about which is wor...
Delegate all the things!
16 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we tackle one of life's great quesitons, does Jack Bauer give high fives? Also, we go over everything you need to know about delegates, even...
Back to Basics – Encapsulation for Object Oriented Programming
10 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to get back to basics. It's easy as a software developer to be working on the latest and greatest frameworks, using the best methodologies,...
Silverlighting through your College Enumeration
21 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Coding Blocks Episode 22 is live! Organizing your code, moving from school-work to work-work, the future of Silverlight, and lots of poo-pooing! News ...
Our Favorite Tools
28 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We gather around the Festivus pole this holiday season and before we get into the Airing of Grievances, we discuss our favorite tools. No, not people....
We’re Testing Your Patience…
15 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
I figured this title was appropriate considering it's been a month since our last episode. We've all been incredibly busy so we hope you've been pat...
Design Patterns – Iterators, Observers, and Chains, Oh My
09 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back to the gang of four, continuing with another segment of design patterns. This time we’re talking about some of our favorite Behavioral ...
Programmer Questions and Answers
26 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We’re very excited about ASP.NET vNext, we’ve never been seen together, and a cute little ninja was MEAN to Allen. All that and more in this wee...
Got Any Hot Stacks?!
26 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we have a discussion about what type of technology stack you should choose when you go to create your own project whether it be for p...
Design Patterns Part 2 – Oh behave!
05 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re following up on our episode about talking about Creational Design Patterns a few of our favorite behavioral patterns: Template. Stra...
Static Analysis w/ NDepends – How good is your code?
10 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re discussing NDpend, a static analysis tool for .NET. Triage your biggest problems, Prioritize your refactoring, and CYA with real met...
Databases the SQL [see-kwuhl]
25 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back for part 2 of the podcast about databases. In this half, we discuss several of the things we believe that developers should know about ...
All Your Database Are Belong to Us
14 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Part one of our two part database podcast starts with choosing the RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) and what to do when you run into def...
What programmer do you want to be?
22 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
“Water Cooler” episode talking about sweet sugary C# kisses, JavaScript as a first language, T-shaped developers, how to get addicted to drugs and...
Design Patterns Part 1 – You Create Me!
07 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re tackling the first section of seminal Design Patterns book: Creational Patterns. We discuss factories of factories, “bullet hell”...
C# 6 and Roslyn – Pour Some Sugar On Me
05 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re taking pot shots from the peanut gallery! We talk about new features in C# 6. What we like, what we love…and binary literals. We a...
Aspectacular with Vlad Hrybok – You down with AOP?
01 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
You down with AOP? This week we’re talking with Vlad Hrybok about his spectacular Aspect Oriented Framework: Aspectacular. Highlights include lots o...
Accessories for Programmers
18 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Q: What do developers love more than developing? A: Expensive accessories!!! This week we’re talking about our Christmas in July lists. Dream keyboa...
SOLID as a Rock!
03 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week we tackle the SOLID principles in .NET and discuss the eternal struggle between perfect code and looming deadlines. Please leave us feedback...
There’s Something About LINQ
25 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re talking about LINQ, what’s so special about .NET, the differences IQueryable and IEnumerable, and another round of “Never Have I...
We Still Don’t Understand Open Source Licensing
28 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re trying to wrap our heads around open source software licensing. We discuss the main types of licenses (and a few of our favorites!),...
OWASP and You!
27 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we talk about OWASP and their list of top 10 application security risks. What they are, infamous examples, and what you can do about it. Do...
Source Control Etiquette
12 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about source control etiquette. It’s a bit different from the last two podcasts we released and we’d love to hear how you like...
Boxing and Unboxing in .NET
28 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about boxing and unboxing. We discuss memory management, the pros (yes, there are a few!) and cons of boxing/unboxing, some of the...
I is for Interface
09 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The good, the bad, and the ugly side of interfaces. We list some minor gripes, their limitations, and some strange gotchas as well as some tips for ho...