Six Degrees Podcast

Steve talks to Stewart Mackenzie about Mozart Oz and the development of a language from the ground up. This episode was recorded in May 2011 in Hong Kong. Download LinksM4AMP3Ogg VorbisLinksStewart MacKenzie on twitterErlangHacker NewsMozart OzHaskellMozart Programming SystemOzJava EEFunctional ProgrammingException HandlingUlf WigerDeath by Accidental ComplexityPattern MatchingHigher Order ProgrammingDataflowConcurrencyGreen Vs Native ThreadsGo RoutinesGParsDataflow in GroovyConcepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming by Peter Van Roy (free chapter)LazynessOJ Erlang/Dire Straits TalkDire StraitsHot Swapping in ErlangDr. Alan Kay on the Meaning of “Object-Oriented Programming”ScalaFlow JavaMozartOZ code moved Codebase to githubOZMA Project (Scala backend to Mozart/Oz)OZMA PaperMozart 64 bit (howto for Ubuntu)AliceScratchThe Brain that Changes itselfPAEReprapFreecycleHand PassedThe Long TailRabbitMQEJabberdUnicode

In this episode, recorded at Barcamp Brisbane, Steve interviews Peter Allison from iLab about startups and business models, and James Ottaway from Thoughtworks about receiving feedback, and what ThoughtWorks Australia are up to. The intermission music is by Dwight Walker. Download links: MP3 AAC Ogg Vorbis Links: iLab Australian Association of Angel Investors Founders Forum Sequoia Capital Qantas Jetstar ThoughtWorks Patrick Kua A Guide To Receiving Feedback Toastmasters Extreme Programming Continuous Integration Lightning Talk Lean Software Development Toyota Production System

Craig talks to the “Building Quality In” team from Suncorp about software quality and Acceptance Test Driven Development. This episode was recorded in March 2011. Download LinksM4AMP3Ogg VorbisLinksAgile TestingHow do you define quality?TDDATDDBDDExecutable SpecificationsTester:developer ratiosSpecifications versus ScriptsVersion ControlContinuous IntegrationEmergent DesignPair ProgrammingToolsConcordionCucumberJBehaveFitnesseQTP (QuickTest Pro)Specs 2BooksBridging The Communication GapSpecification By Example

Jethro CarrAdam Harvey In this episode of Coding By Numbers, Steve interviews Adam Harvey and Jethro Carr at LCA2011 about PHP development. Download links:MP3AACOgg VorbisTranscriptLinks: Adam's presentation at LCA2011PHPPEAR - PHP Extension and Application RepositoryRasmus LerdrofPHP-NukeDoctrine - PHP Object Persistence Libraries and morePHP Data ObjectsZend - The PHP CompanyDrupalXinc - PHP Continuous Integration ServerPHPUnitPhing - PHP build toolIDEsNetBeansJetBrains PhpStormZend StudioLAMP/WAMPCaching solutions:APC (Alternative PHP Cache)XCachePHP: Memcache

In this episode, Steve and Craig talk about their experience of linux.conf.au 2011, announce the winner of the IntelliJ competition, and announce some plans for the coming year. Plus there's a chance to win a year's subscription to JSMag, so listen carefully! Download links:MP3AACOgg VorbisTranscriptLinks:linux.conf.au 2011VideosVinton G. CerfGeoff HustonEric Allman keynoteSteve's "Java: Rumours of my demise are greatly exaggerated"Mark Pesce keynote (essay and slides)Queensland JVM meetup groupCoding By Numbers meetup groupJSMagLaptop Friendly CafesAndy Piper - Dogear NationPick of the week: Layar

Craig and Steve talk to Andrew Newman from SDX about the DevOps movement. This episode was recorded in February 2011. Download Links MP3M4AOgg Vorbis LinksBabushkaShell scriptingCapistranoContinuous DeploymentContinuous IntegrationDevops Cafe PodcastMasters in Complex Project Management at QUTMule ESB Enterprise ConsolePolyglot ProgrammingPuppetQueensland Health payroll failRPMSystem AdministratorsTwitter using ScalaVagrantVirtual MachinesWikipedia definition of devopsWivenhoe DamWobbling bridge Picks of the weekHaiku OSLCA2011 talk on HaikuJasmineXZ Utils

In this episode, Steve talks to Justen Stepka and Jesper Noehr from Atlassian about Bitbucket and their company culture. Download links:MP3AACOgg VorbisTranscriptLinks:AtlassianBitbucketCrowdGithubGitMercurialPythonBitBucket PricingJiraFossilBazaarAtlassian Core ValuesJustin on twitterJesper on twitter

In this episode, Steve and Craig talk about the events of 2010, and ponder what is to come in 2011. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Download links:MP3AACOgg VorbisTranscript

In this episode, Steve talks to Andrew Gerrand from Google about the programming language Go.  Download links:MP3AACOgg VorbisTranscriptLinks:GoogleGo Programming LanguageNoop Programming LanguageKen ThompsonRob PikeRobert GriesemerBell LabsLimbo Programming LanguagePascal Programming LanguageOberon Programming LanguageSystems Programming LanguagesBSD LicencenginxMemory FencesSWIG (Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator)TuxedoAndrew's blogs: personal and GoAndrew's Twitter feeds: @enneff and @go_nuts

In this episode, Craig talks to Andrew Newman and Richard Westwell from Suncorp about the role automated testing should play in software development teams. Download links: MP3AACOgg VorbisLinks:Automated testingFighter/Magic-userTDDTechnical debt"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?" John WoodenSpock FrameworkGebPair programmingExponential cost of fixing defects

In this episode, Steve interviews Clinton Roy one of the organisers of the Linux Conference Australia 2011 to be held in Brisbane (QUT) on 24th-29th January. Download links: MP3 AAC Ogg Vorbis Links:Linux Conference Australia 2011 Register for Linux Conf Brisbane 2011 Volunteer at Linux Conf Brisbane 2011  LCA Melbourne (2008) Linux Torvalds Open Source Developers Conference Barcamp Brisbane Debian APT Microsoft co-app project (our previous podcast interview with Tom Hanrahan) Miniconfs Inkscape Audacity Richard Stallman (and why he wants you to say "GNU/Linux") Keynotes Vince Cerf Mark Pesce Eric Allman Geoff Huston Arduino Bdale Garby Rockets Urban Nest Clinton's Blog

In this episode, we interview O.J. Reeves about going it alone with his company, Functional IO, Erlang and functional programming in general. There's also another chance to win one of Mike Beale's CDs so listen carefully! Download links: MP3 AAC Ogg Vorbis Links:OJ Reeves: Blog Web development with Erlang Twitter Functional IO Erlang Examples of Erlang in use: RabbitMQ CouchDB Playdar Basho Riak Rebar Webmachine ejabberd Wings3D Learning Erlang: Programming Erlang by Joe Armstrong Erlang Programming by Francesco Cesarini and Simon Thompson Erlang in Practice screencasts by Kevin Smith TryErlang.org Learn You Some Erlang! Erlang: The Movie IRC channels (#erlang-otp #riak) Conferences: Erlang Factory YOW! Brisbane Ulf Wiger Justin Sheehy Open Source: Basho products Erlang/OTP Other languages/platforms: F# Mono Prolog Haskell ProTEL Editors/IDEs: GNU Emacs VIM Gedit Geany Visual Studio/VIMEmu plugin Leksah Brisbane (Riverfire) Festival F-111 High availability Inkscape IBM and Queensland Health