Monthly Archives: September 2020

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Chrissy LeMaire is joining Jeffrey today on The Azure DevOps Podcast!

Chrissy is a Cloud and Datacenter Management and Data Platform MVP who has worked in IT for over 20 years. She is the creator of the popular SQL PowerShell module, dbatools; holds a master's degree in Systems Engineering; and is co-author of Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches. Chrissy also livestreams on her Twitch channel, potatoqualitee, where she shares the process of writing dbatools and more.

In this episode, Chrissy speaks about PowerShell's applicability, IRC and scripting, sponsorships and monetizing on GitHub, her journey with creating dbatools, and much, much more!

Topics of Discussion:

[:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes.

[:46] About The Azure DevOps Podcast and Jeffrey's offer to speak at virtual user groups.

[1:26] About this episode's sponsor: Cloudify.co

[1:52] About today's episode with Chrissy LeMaire.

[2:20] Jeffrey welcomes Chrissy to the podcast.

[2:25] About Chrissy's Twitch channel, potatoqualitee.

[3:28] Chrissy shares her enthusiasm for Manning Publications.

[4:22] About Chrissy's book, Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches, and where to obtain a copy for yourself!

[5:47] Chrissy shares about her journey with scripting up to the creation of dbatools.

[10:06] Where to find dbatools online.

[10:29] How Jeffrey and Chrissy first became acquainted.

[12:11] Briefly discussing how SDP is suiting up to become the full replacement for VPN.

[12:52] How did Chrissy's background with PowerShell, IRC, and scripting influence her approach with dbatools?

[14:39] Chrissy gives the lowdown of testing with dbatools.

[19:24] Is it easy to migrate to SQL Azure with dbatools?

[21:02] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast's sponsor: Clear Measure.

[21:32] Chrissy and Jeffrey discuss the opportunities for automation.

[23:57] Chrissy speaks about being GitHub Star and what that means.

[26:18] How GitHub has expanded over the years with monetization and sponsorship capabilities. Chrissy shares her experience and recommendations with these.

[30:37] About Chrissy's various social channels and what you can expect at each!

[34:00] Chrissy gives some final recommendations and final pieces of information about PowerShell.

[35:05] Jeffrey thanks Chrissy for joining the podcast!

Mentioned in this Episode:

Cloudify.co — Today's sponsor!

Azure DevOps

Clear Measure (Sponsor)

.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!

bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook!

Jeffrey Palermo's Youtube

Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!

The Azure DevOps Podcast's Twitter: @AzureDevOpsShow

dbatools

Chrissy LeMaire's LinkedIn

Chrissy LeMaire's Twitter @CL

Chrissy LeMaire on GitHub @potatoqualitee

Chrissy's Twitch Channel @potatoqualitee

Chrissy LeMaire's Patreon @potatoqualitee

Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches, by Chrissy LeMaire and Rob Sewell

GitHub.com/sqlcollaborative/dbatools

The Azure DevOps Podcast Ep. 18: "Aaron Palermo on Cybersecurity and SDP"

PowerShell

dbatools.io/tests

dbatools.io/slack — Join the Slack channel!

Twitter @PowerShellLive

Twitter @psdbatools

Twitter @thelivecoders

Twitch.tv/team/livecoders

Twitch @codephobia
GitHub.com/pester/Pester

asciidocfx.com

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In this episode, Jeffrey Palermo is joined by Daniel Markham! Daniel is a semioticist logician (otherwise known as a programmer). He likes to help people learn to make better tech. He believes that once you know the 'why,' you can figure out the 'what' on your own.

As an active coder and manager, Daniel has spent time the last several years with clients as an Agile/XP Technical Coach, helping them rediscover how to discover and create value at speed. His clients include several Fortune 100 companies all over North America. He is also a technical coach and the author of Info-Ops and Info-Ops ll.

In their conversation today, David and Jeffrey discuss changes in technology, what modern training for programmers new to the industry should look like, and various trends. David shares about the importance of 'good enough' programming, measuring the quality of your work, what it really means to 'finish,' and how test-driven development should be done. He also discusses key insights around TDD and infrastructure, what should be accomplished at varying team sizes, patterns he has seen over the course of his career, and his predictions for the future of the industry.

Topics of Discussion:

[:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes.

[:46] About The Azure DevOps Podcast and Jeffrey's offer to speak at virtual user groups.

[1:10] About today's episode with Daniel Markham.

[1:45] Jeffrey welcomes Daniel to the podcast.

[2:17] Daniel tells the story of why he originally decided to get into programming.

[3:52] Daniel's early experiences with programming.

[6:00] Daniel shares about his career and important lessons he has learned throughout.

[7:28] The importance of 'good enough' programming.

[9:34] Daniel speaks about another important practice: measuring the quality of your work.

[10:39] What does it mean to 'finish' and be able to walk away from a program?

[14:06] Who should be doing test-driven development (TDD) and why? How does Daniel view it as an engineering practice?

[15:25] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast's sponsor: Clear Measure.

[15:57] Daniel's key insights around the relationship between TDD and infrastructure.

[18:38] A rundown of EasyAM keywords and why they simplify the process.

[20:12] Understanding what's necessary to achieve the goal and not accidentally adding too much scope.

[21:46] Daniel shares his views on what can or should be accomplished at varying team sizes.

[24:06] Daniel discusses taking a startup app to market.

[25:43] Daniel's thoughts on how we should actually be teaching new programmers to the industry.

[26:19] If Daniel was putting together a programming school, what would his approach be?

[27:27] Talking Javascript.

[30:30] With so many changes in technology, what does Daniel predict we'll see in the next 10 years?

[31:56] Talking WebAssembly and patterns Daniel has seen over the years.

[35:40] Talking Microsoft Orleans.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Azure DevOps

Clear Measure (Sponsor)

.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!

bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook!

Jeffrey Palermo's Youtube

Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!

The Azure DevOps Podcast's Twitter: @AzureDevOpsShow

Daniel Markham on GitHub

Daniel Markham's Twitter @DanielBMarkham

EasyAM on GitHub

Daniel Markham | Chessboard

Join the Daniel B. Markham Community on Locals

Microsoft Orleans - Virtual Actors

Leanpub | Info-Ops ll by Daniel Markham

Agile Coaches' Corner Ep. 105: "Bob Martin on Agile and Extreme Programming"

Vue.js

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In today's episode, Jeffrey Palermo is joined by Steve Sanderson! Steve is a developer at Microsoft on the ASP.NET team and the inventor of the first version of Blazor. He has worked on web technologies at Microsoft since 2010 and is the author of the popular book, Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework, as well as its various sequels. Steve also started the Knockout.js project back in 2010 (before client-side MV* was cool).

In their conversation, Steve speaks about all things Blazor! He shares about the initial vision of Blazor as well as the process that led to the first production-ready version of Blazor. He answers topical questions about Blazor, WebAssembly, and Azure; shares what he is currently working on with regards to Blazor; and offers advice to new and old developers alike!

Topics of Discussion:

[:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes.

[:46] About The Azure DevOps Podcast and Jeffrey's offer to speak at virtual user groups.

[1:35] About today's episode with Steve Sanderson!

[2:12] Jeffrey welcomes Steve to the podcast.

[2:20] Steve shares some of his software career highlights.

[4:30] Steve speaks about the work he did on the Azure Portal.

[7:48] Steve shares what the initial vision for Blazor looked like as well as the process that led to the first production-ready version of Blazor.

[12:16] Steve explains how Blazor is not a way of running .NET code on WebAssembly; it is a UI framework.

[14:22] How (and what) Blazor, as a UI framework, is teaching new developers for the first time.

[17:06] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast's sponsor: Clear Measure.

[17:38] With API security, etc. is it built-into Blazor, or, are there things that developers need to keep in mind or do on top of what's provided by the template?

[22:38] When deploying and running WebAssembly, what are the recommended services in Azure? What has Steve tested?

[24:23] If a developer's goal is to have their Blazor app talk to a few of their web API controllers, what is the minimum they need to really think about when setting that up properly in Azure?

[26:12] What would the catalyst be to move to some of the Azure services around API management?

[28:18] Steve speaks about what he is actively working on now and what he is aiming toward, going forward with Blazor.

[34:44] How close are we to being able to take a Blazor WebAssembly app and submit it to the iOS app store?

[38:04] Jeffrey thanks Steve for joining the show and Steve shares a recommendation for further learning about Blazor.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Azure DevOps

Clear Measure (Sponsor)

.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!

bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook!

Jeffrey Palermo's Youtube

Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!

The Azure DevOps Podcast's Twitter: @AzureDevOpsShow
Steve Sanderson

Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework, by Steve Sanderson

Blazor.net

WebAssembly

Knockout.js

Microsoft Azure Portal

Azure Application Insights

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In today's episode, Jeffrey Palermo is joined by a really exciting guest; Robert C Martin, better known as Uncle Bob Martin!

If you don't already know Bob, he is a software engineer, instructor, and best-selling author. He is most recognized for developing numerous software design principles and for being a founder of the incredibly influential Agile Manifesto. Bob is the author of a number of Clean Code related books including his latest, Clean Agile: Back to Basics, where he reintroduces Agile values and principles for a new generation of programmers and nonprogrammers alike. In the past, Bob was also the editor-in-chief of C++ Report magazine and served as the first chairman of the Agile Alliance.

In this episode, Jeffrey and Bob talk all things Agile and Extreme Programming (XP). Bob shares his insights on what would be on his shortlist if he was building an Agile team today; shares key takeaways from his book, Clean Agile: Back to Basics; and speaks about what XP looks like in 2020. He also touches on clean architecture, clean code, his predictions for the future of the software industry, and offers some timely tips for young developers!

Topics of Discussion:

[:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes.

[:46] About The Azure DevOps Podcast and Jeffrey's offer to speak at virtual user groups.

[1:42] About today's episode with Bob Martin.

[2:10] Jeffrey welcomes Bob to the podcast.

[2:20] Bob shares some background about who he is as well as the proudest moment in his career.

[4:09] Why did Bob decide to write Clean Agile: Back to Basics?

[5:28] If someone was building an Agile team today, what would be on Bob's shortlist of recommendations?

[7:38] What does Extreme Programming (XP) look like in 2020? What are the concrete practices?

[9:32] What does Bob see as the current best standard for a programmer in this COVID world?

[12:31] Bob defines the practice of continuous integration.

[14:58] Is Bob a fan of feature branches?

[15:29] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast's sponsor: Clear Measure.

[16:00] Bob's journey with getting started with clean architecture.

[19:23] Is there a way to do clean architecture with the modern tooling available? Or are there things available to attempt to get closer to it?

[21:32] Bob shares the origin of literate programming.

[23:11] The modern struggle with tooling.

[25:15] Bob talks 'DLL Hell'.

[26:00] Bob shares why it is so incredibly important to keep clean code; code that is free from dependencies. He also explains how to get to that point and offers some advice to young programmers.

[31:55] Bob shares his predictions on the future of the software industry.

[37:13] Jeffrey thanks Bob for joining the podcast!

Mentioned in this Episode:

Azure DevOps

Clear Measure (Sponsor)

.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!

bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook!

Jeffrey Palermo's Youtube

Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!

The Azure DevOps Podcast's Twitter: @AzureDevOpsShow

Robert C. Martin

Clean Agile: Back to Basics, by Robert C. Martin

Robert C.Martin's Amazon Book Page

@UncleBobMartin (Bob Martin's Twitter)

Clean Coders

Extreme Programming Explained, by Kent Beck

Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design, by Robert C. Martin

DLL Hell

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