Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers
team@se-radio.net (SE-Radio Team)
Software Engineering Radio is a podcast targeted at the professional software developer. The goal is to be a lasting educational resource, not a newscast. SE Radio covers all topics software engineering. Episodes are either tutorials on a specific topic, or an interview with a well-known character from the software engineering world. All SE Radio episodes are original content — we do not record conferences or talks given in other venues. SE Radio is brought to you by the IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine.
Episodes
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Jan 5, 2011 • 49min
Episode 170: Large Agile Software Development with Bas Vodde
In this episode Michael talks with Bas Vodde about how to apply agile principles to large and distributed development organizations.
Nov 30, 2010 • 1h 4min
Episode 169: Memory Grid Architecture with Nati Shalom
In this episode, Robert talks with Nati Shalom about the emergence of large-system architectures consisting of a grid of high-memory nodes.
Oct 22, 2010 • 57min
Episode 168: Being a Consultant
This episode is about being a consultant in the software business.
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Sep 26, 2010 • 51min
Episode 167: The History of JUnit and the Future of Testing with Kent Beck
Kent Beck, developer and author known for his work on extreme programming and the creation of JUnit, discusses the history and evolution of JUnit, the concept of test-driven development (TDD), applying design principles to test code, and the future of testing. They also explore the usefulness of reusing stuff in unit testing, the concept of JUnitMax as a replacement for the JUnit test runner, and the importance of considering context in moral lessons and future trends of software engineering.
Aug 18, 2010 • 43min
Episode 166: Living Architectures with John Wiegand
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. We discuss the characteristics of those living architectures, using the Eclipse and the Jazz projects as examples, and the surrounding development methods for such environments.
Jul 16, 2010 • 58min
Episode 165: NoSQL and MongoDB with Dwight Merriman
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, the data storage needs of modern web applications, and the open source MongoDB.
Jun 16, 2010 • 47min
Episode 164: Agile Testing with Lisa Crispin
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, over test automation strategy and regression testing, to continuous integration.
Jun 3, 2010 • 18min
Episode 163: State of the Union
Announcement regarding the release cycle.
May 16, 2010 • 1h 14min
Episode 162: Project Voldemort with Jay Kreps
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. The conversation delves into the workings of a Voldemort cluster, the type of consistency guarantees that can be made in a distributed database, and the tradeoff between client and the server.
May 3, 2010 • 1h 1min
Episode 161: Agile Product Management with Roman Pichler
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, facilitating customer feedback through early and frequent releases, envisioning the product, and creating products with the minimum functionality. Enjoy!
