The Polyglot Developer Podcast

The Polyglot Developer Podcast

Software Engineer and Developer Advocate, Nic Raboy, shares all his tips and tricks to becoming a polyglot developer. Learn about the latest trends in web, mobile, and game development and how you can quickly get ahead in becoming an incredible developer. With a background in programming languages such as Java, Android, Node.js, and Golang and a background with frameworks such as Express, Ionic Framework, NativeScript, Zend Framework, and Apache Cordova, Nic Raboy is a polyglot with a lot to share. Find complex code tutorials on my blog found at https://www.thepolyglotdeveloper.com and my YouTube channel found at https://www.youtube.com/user/nicraboy

Episodes

TPDP038: COBOL Development on the Mainframe

July 2, 2020 • 36 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Elizabeth Joseph from IBM, and we discuss COBOL. I know what you're thinking. Why are we resurrecting a dinosaur of a programming technology for this podcast episode? While the programming language is one of the oldest, it is still very relevant when it comes to modern development, more particularly mainframe development. While the focus point of this episode is around COBOL, Elizabeth and I...
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TPDP037: Writing Tests in a Development Project

June 4, 2020 • 36 mins
In this episode I'm joined by repeat guest, and awesome developer, Corbin Crutchley from Unicorn Utterances. The topic of this episode is on testing, and I'm not talking about taking exams, I'm talking about writing tests in your development projects to produce much better final products. If you've ever been curious about the differences between unit tests, integration tests, end to end tests, and all of the other...
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TPDP036: Machine Learning, AI, and Data Science

May 4, 2020 • 42 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Upkar Lidder from IBM, and we're talking about modern machine learning. Do you process a large amount of data and manually make decisions on it? There's a good chance that you could be leveraging machine learning to reduce your workload and make more accurate decisions. Learn about what machine learning is, how it differs from artificial intelligence and data science, and what you need in ...
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TPDP035: Developing on the Blockchain

April 14, 2020 • 31 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Lennart Frantzell from IBM, and we're talking about the blockchain. If you've ever been curious on what the blockchain is, why you should develop on it, or how to even develop on it, this is the episode for you. We clear the air on a lot of misconceptions that people have and show that it is more than just cryptocurrency and hype. A brief writeup to this episode can be found via https://w...
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TPDP034: Containers, Virtual Machines, and Orchestration, Part 2

March 11, 2020 • 42 mins
This episode is a continuation of the previous episode featuring Marek Sadowski from IBM. In the previous episode, Marek and I discussed the history and use-cases behind virtual machines, containers, and bare metal deployments. We briefly discussed orchestration, but ran out of time when it came to getting into the exciting topics. As part of the continuation, we jump into Kubernetes (K8s), a popular container orchestration tool,...
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TPDP033: Containers, Virtual Machines, and Orchestration, Part 1

February 18, 2020 • 52 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Marek Sadowski from IBM, and we're bringing DevOps into focus. More particularly, we're focusing on virtual machines, containers, and orchestrating them with tools like Kubernetes and RedHat OpenShift. If you've ever had to deploy an application, you've probably asked yourself, what do I choose for deployment? Do I build my own hardware, use a virtual machine, or do I look into con...
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TPDP032: Getting Familiar with TypeScript for Development

October 11, 2019 • 33 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Corbin Crutchley, a friend and regular on the show, and we set out to talk about TypeScript and how it is used in modern development. If you've never been exposed to TypeScript, it is a strongly typed language that acts as a superset to JavaScript, but compiles to JavaScript in the end. It is a go-to technology for a lot of developers and is becoming increasingly popular every day. Corbin and ...
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TPDP031: Developer Education through Books, Video Courses, and Conferences

September 12, 2019 • 50 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Adrienne Tacke, author of Coding for Kids: Python, and Alex Ziskind, owner of the NativeScripting course platform. The topic of this episode is broken into two parts. The first is around improving your skills as a developer through different education avenues such as eBooks, video courses, conferences, and other events. The three of us on the show are developers, like many of the listeners. We ea...
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TPDP030: Building a Developer Community with Meetups

August 9, 2019 • 53 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Vijay Menon, organizer of the JavaScriptLA and JavaScript South Bay Meetup groups in Southern California. The topic of this episode is around the importance of being a part of a developer community and building your own if one doesn't already exist in your local area. In this episode you'll hear success stories that Vijay has had at his very large and successful developer communities and t...
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TPDP029: Asynchronous JavaScript Development

July 8, 2019 • 35 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Corbin Crutchley, a seasoned JavaScript developer with extensive knowledge of various frameworks such as Vue.js, Angular, and React.js. Corbin also operates his own development blog, Unicorn Utterances. The topic of this episode is around asynchronous development using JavaScript and no particular framework. If you're coming from other programming languages, the concept of promises, callbacks,...
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TPDP028: Coding Bootcamps vs Traditional Computer Science Degrees

June 10, 2019 • 48 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Ben Nelson, co-founder of Lambda School, an increasingly popular coding bootcamp with a slightly different structure and monetization strategy than the others. Computer Science programs at a university are known to be tough, painful, and exhausting. This is because of the nature of the material, duration of the program, and the fact that you're probably going to be challenged with difficult cl...
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TPDP027: Static Website Generation with Hugo

May 9, 2019 • 52 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Bjørn Erik Pedersen, the core maintainer of Hugo, a popular static site generator built with the Go programming language. Content management systems can be clunky because of all the layers involved in the stack. These systems usually have a database and backend technology in place before the content is ever sent to the browser for rendering. Not to mention, the more layers you are working with, th...
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TPDP026: Game Development with Houdini

April 10, 2019 • 35 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Ben Mears who works for SideFX, a visual effects company for the gaming and film industry. The focus of this particular episode is around Houdini, a popular tool used within both industries. However, we're going to put a gaming spin on the episode. Creating visual effects for games can be complicated and time consuming, but they don't have to be. With Houdini, you can use procedural, node-...
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TPDP025: Securing Applications with a Second Factor of Authentication

March 2, 2019 • 43 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Luke Walker who is a Solutions Architect at Yubico, the company that creates security hardware tokens such as the YubiKey. Security is a big deal in for both end users who are supplying data and developers who are working to keep that data safe. Luke and I spend some time in this episode discussing some of the various two-factor authentication (2FA) mechenisms that can be implemented in web applic...
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TPDP024: Mobile Application Security

February 12, 2019 • 40 mins
In this episode I'm joined by first time guest, Rob Lauer, and repeat guest TJ VanToll, to talk about securing mobile applications from multiple perspectives. Both Rob and TJ work for Progress, the core contributors of the mobile development framework, NativeScript, but NativeScript is by no means the focus of the episode. The focus is around security, and that can mean numerous things ranging from code security, the security ...
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TPDP023: Being a Freelance Developer Contractor or Consultant

January 25, 2019 • 44 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Nolan Erck who is a freelance developer consultant and is the owner of South of Shasta Consulting, located in Sacramento, California. The focus of this episode is to dive deep into freelance development and some of the things to consider versus working as a full-time employee for a typical organization. This is valuable to anyone looking to transition from their current developer career or to anyo...
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TPDP022: NoSQL Databases and the Flexibility of a Non-Relational Model

October 2, 2018 • 45 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Matt Groves, Senior Developer Advocate at the NoSQL database company, Couchbase. The focus of this episode is to become familiar with NoSQL and where it makes sense to use it in your projects, both new and old. Matt and explore numerous NoSQL database technologies which include Graph, Document, Key-Value, and Columnar, and look at the possible advantages they bring over the RDBMS alternative. I k...
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TPDP021: Developer Evangelism

September 10, 2018 • 45 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Matthew Revell, founder of the Developer Relations consultancy organization, Hoopy. Developer Relations, Developer Advocacy, and Developer Evangelism, are relatively new roles at many organizations, but are critical for spreading awareness and getting adoption of any product the organization sells. Matthew shares his experience in Developer Relations, more specifically Developer Evangelism, and wh...
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TPDP020: GraphQL for API Development

August 7, 2018 • 56 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Lee Byron, former Facebook employee, who is one of the co-creators of GraphQL. Coming from RESTful API development, I've run into many pain-points that GraphQL works to alleviate, and is one of the reasons why I've become such an advocate for it for modern development. Lee and I spend a lot of time discussing the fundamentals of GraphQL and how to get started with it in development. Not on...
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TPDP019: Automated Software Delivery for Cloud Native Applications

June 2, 2018 • 46 mins
In this episode I'm joined by Jim Clark who works as the Chief Architect at Atomist. Jim and I spend a lot of time discussing how the pipeline model to software delivery can be improved by making it a workflow and event driven model instead with a service like Atomist. The pipeline approach can only get you so far and it is limited in how the appropriate teams can get the necessary notifications to function efficiently. Jim an...
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