Software Engineering Radio

Episode 168: Being a Consultant

This episode is about being a consultant in the software ...

This episode is about being a consultant in the software business.

Episode 167: The History of JUnit and the Future of Testing with Kent Beck

In this episode we talk with Kent Beck about automated ...

In this episode we talk with Kent Beck about automated unit testing and JUnit.

Episode 166: Living Architectures with John Wiegand

This time we have John Wiegand on the mic for ...

This time we have John Wiegand on the mic for an episode on architectures and agile software development. We talk about the role of architectures in an agile world and why architectures change and need to change over time.

Episode 165: NoSQL and MongoDB with Dwight Merriman

Dwight Merriman talks with Robert about the emerging NoSQL movement, ...

Dwight Merriman talks with Robert about the emerging NoSQL movement, the three types of non-relational data stores, Brewer's CAP theorem, the weaker consistency guarantees that can be made in a distributed database, document-oriented data stores,

Episode 164: Agile Testing with Lisa Crispin

This episode covers the topic of agile testing. Michael interviews ...

This episode covers the topic of agile testing. Michael interviews Lisa Crispin as an practionier and book author on agile testing. We cover several topics ranging from the role of the tester in agile teams,

Episode 163: State of the Union

Announcement regarding the release cycle.

Episode 162: Project Voldemort with Jay Kreps

Jay Kreps talks about the open source data store Project ...

Jay Kreps talks about the open source data store Project Voldemort. Voldemort is a distributed key-value store used by LinkedIn and other high-traffic web sites to overcome the inherent scalability limitations of a relational database.

Episode 161: Agile Product Management with Roman Pichler

In this episode, we discuss with Roman Pichler how Scrum ...

In this episode, we discuss with Roman Pichler how Scrum impacts product management and how agile product management differs from traditional approaches. The topics covered include product owners on large projects and product owner teams,

Episode 160: AspectJ and Spring AOP with Ramnivas Laddad

This episode is a conversation with Ramnivas Laddad about aspect-oriented ...

This episode is a conversation with Ramnivas Laddad about aspect-oriented programming (AOP), Aspect J, and Spring AOP. We review the fundamental concepts of AOP, discuss AspectJ (an open source compiler that extends java with support for AOP),

Episode 159: C++0X with Scott Meyers

This episode is a conversation with Scott Meyers about the ...

This episode is a conversation with Scott Meyers about the upcoming C++0x standard. We talk a bit about the reasons for creating this new standard and then cover the most important new features, including upport for concurrency,