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Since 2001, the No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium Tour has delivered over 525 events with over 85,000 attendees. NFJS is known for its attendee centric approach, excellent speakers and technically rich presentations which cover the latest trends within the modern software development and architecture space. Bring your team to a local No Fluff Just Stuff Tour Stop and join us for a one-of-a-kind experience! Go to nofluffjuststuff.com for more details!

Seriously Good Software 06/20/2020

Seriously Good Software Seriously Good Software Marco Faella & Michael Carducci This week we're joined by Macro Faella - Computer Science professor at the University of Naples in Italy and Author of . If you want to get a copy for yourself, use promo code podnfjs19 and save 40% (this works for all products on Manning's site) Likewise, if you want a more live, interactive learning experience, check out two big happenings: First, the No Fluff Just Stuff . A great way to augment your learning in an interactive, hands-on, instructor led environment. The Second is the announcement of UberConf-V, a virtual version of our flagship event. The offer is off the chart good, /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/14901233

Java is not Dead 02/26/2020

Java is not Dead This week we're joined by Java Champion and Developer Advocate . Trisha helps us sort through the noise and confusion around some changes we've all seen in the Java ecosystem, she highlights some exciting development on the horizon, and shares insights from her decades of experience as a hands-on Java practitioner. Don't miss this great interview! /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/13318850

Developing an Outward Mindset 02/12/2020

Developing an Outward Mindset This week we're joined by Software Development Manager at MasterControl. We discuss leadership in Tech and how to develop an "outward mindset." /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/13273712

Introducing Bazel 01/29/2020

Introducing Bazel This week is a double-header. We're joined by and . We get both a front-end and back-end perspective of Bazel. (requires safari subscription) /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/13026035

The Art of Learning for Technology Professionals 01/15/2020

The Art of Learning for Technology Professionals Dr Heinz Kabutz is gifting a course to NFJS podcast listeners. This week I'm joined by Dr. Heinz Kabutz. Heinz is the author of , a publication enjoyed by tens of thousands of Java experts in over 145 countries. We discuss the best strategies to grow your skillset, learn and take advantage of all learning mediums available to us. Linked Resources: (Redeem before Valentines Day 2020) /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/12871562

Developer Productivity - Tools & Metrics 01/01/2020

Developer Productivity - Tools & Metrics Welcome to the 2020 season of the NFJS podcast! New episodes every other Wednesday! This week we're joined with Hans Docter discussing developer productivity. Hans Dockter is the founder and project lead of the Gradle build system and the CEO of Gradle Inc., a company with the mission to transform how software is built and shipped. Hans is a thought leader in the field of project automation and has successfully been in charge of numerous large-scale enterprise builds. He is also an advocate of Domain Driven Design, having taught classes and delivered presentations on this topic together with Eric Evans. In the earlier days, Hans was also a committer for the JBoss project and founded the JBoss-IDE. /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/12644183

WebAssembly and the Future of Software 11/13/2019

WebAssembly and the Future of Software WebAssembly is live, it's in your browser, and it's poised to completely transform how we build, run, and think about software. The promise of "write-once-deploy-anywhere" isn't now, but this fresh take comes with 20+ years of experience and boasts capabilities unimaginable just a few years ago. Brian Sletten gives us the lowdown of what webassembly is, why it's important, as well a just a glimpse of how it's about to change everything. To quote Brian: "Pay attention, Everything is changing!" Webassembly Shell example () The Progressive Web Experience () Brian's WASM training in February () /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/12068366

Developer First Leadership 10/30/2019

Developer First Leadership This week we're joined by Kate Wardin, founder of Developer First Leadership (). She shares some insights on how to empower technical leaders and teams. Whatever your job title, don't miss this one! /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/11932421

So you Want to be a Software Architect 10/16/2019

So you Want to be a Software Architect This week we benefit from hard-won wisdom coming from decades of experience as a software architect. In this episode, Ken shares the vast skillset and the diverse roles that a successful software architect most possess. If you'd like to dive deep into all of these areas, network with experienced software architects, and invest in your knowledge portfolio, join us at ArchConf 2019, December 9-12 in Clearwater Florida. Register today at /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/11700683

Exploring Smart-Home Skills & Conversational UI 10/02/2019

Exploring Smart-Home Skills & Conversational UI Recorded LIVE at UberConfX. This week we're joined by Craig Walls, Spring expert extraordinaire but we'll be discussing one of his other passions - smart home skills and conversational UI. Don't miss his insights and register for and join Craig for a full-day, hands-on workshop building talking applications with Alexa and Google. Also check out /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/11494802

Mini-Episode: The state of Java in 2019 09/18/2019

Mini-Episode: The state of Java in 2019 This week we catch up with Chris Judd (@javajudd) to get his analysis of the state of Java in 2019 - the new release cadence, the new licensing model, and what to expect in the future. /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/11225060

Communicating like an Architect 09/04/2019

Communicating like an Architect Recorded live @ UberConfX this week Nate Schutta shares his wisdom on the skills necessary to be a truly great software architect. /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/11148056

The End of Agile, Leadership and Self Management 08/21/2019

The End of Agile, Leadership and Self Management More insights and wisdom from Johanna Rothman. Don't miss this week's episode! /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/10953569

The Future of the Web 08/07/2019

The Future of the Web This week I'm joined by Mike Hartington to talk about some of the new developments from the Ionic community. Ionic support for Vue and React, Stenciljs, Capacitor as well as his thoughts on PWAs and Webassembly. /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/10859855

Tech Leadership Skills: OKRs 07/31/2019

Tech Leadership Skills: OKRs This week we're joined by where he shares the what/why/how of OKRs (Objective/Key Result) as well as pitfalls to avoid from hard experience. OKRs are the goal setting framework popularized by google. Read more here: /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/10735349

Developer Productivity, Builds, and UberConf X 07/17/2019

Developer Productivity, Builds, and UberConf X Recorded LIVE from UberConfX, This week I sit with Eric Wendelin and talk about how the team at Gradle is creating a better build process--even if you're not using Gradle for your builds. If you're at UberConfX this week, drop by and say hello to the folks from Gradle who are working hard to improve developer productivity! /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/10735049

Testing, Mobbing and a new Take on Documentation 06/26/2019

Testing, Mobbing and a new Take on Documentation This week we are joined once again by Llewellyn Falco (@LlewellynFalco) to discuss lessons he's learned an epiphany he recently had around documentation. /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/10325069

The Journey to 20,000 Microservices Deployments in a year 06/19/2019

The Journey to 20,000 Microservices Deployments in a year This week we are joined by to learn about his journey from monolith to 20,000 microservices deployment in a single year. Chris is the founder and Chief Architect of Rip City Software, a company dedicated to Java Microservices and building systems in AWS. He has more than 20 years of experience creating web scale enterprise systems. Throughout his career, Chris has been a user group leader, speaker, and author. He's passionate about inclusive leadership, empowering teams, focusing on differentiated work and streamlining the development, testing and deployment process. It's not too late to catch Chris and dozens of other great speakers at . I hope to see you there! /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/10215707

What's New With Groovy & Grails 06/05/2019

What's New With Groovy & Grails This week I caught up with Søren Glasius at Gr8Conf in Denmark to get an update on what's going on in the world of groovy/grails. /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/10071749

Security, Identity, OAUTH and more 05/22/2019

Security, Identity, OAUTH and more This week I'm joined by and we discuss identity, security, and some best practices all developers should know. /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/9893210

Learning and Growing in Git 05/08/2019

Learning and Growing in Git Lyndsey Padget is a and all-around This week she joins us to share her expertise and journey with Git. If you're like me, git is a tool we use but don't always understand. Lyndsey shines a light into the dark places, solves a few mysteries and shares some tips and tricks to grow our skillset. Also mentioned - If you want to dive deeper into Git, don't miss Lyndsey's full-day, hands-on workshop "" an /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/9722906

AR, VR, and Emerging Tech 04/17/2019

AR, VR, and Emerging Tech After a single interaction with VR, Eldon Alameda immediately recognized that this technology would be a seismic shift in our industry. He dove in head first and has been hands-on with the latest AR and VR technologies ever since. In this interview Eldon shares some exciting developments in this space and looks forward to the future and how human-computer interaction will evolve. /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/9457289

Containers, Knative, and reducing Developer Stress 04/10/2019

Containers, Knative, and reducing Developer Stress It seems like every time we solve one problem, it opens the door to a more complex problem. Tools like docker and Kubernetes have solved many problems, but at the cost of increased complexity and increased developer stress. To quote Mark Richards: "It used to take me four months to build, not it just takes four months to configure." Tour regular Jon Johnson weighs in about these problems, what's new in the community, and how open source tools are addressing that complexity, increasing developer productivity and decreasing developer stress. /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/9361547

Aurelia in Action with Sean Hunter 03/27/2019

Aurelia in Action with Sean Hunter This week we're joined by , author of He gives us the history as well as the current state of the Aurelia framework. is a JavaScript client framework for web, mobile and desktop that leverages simple conventions to empower your creativity. It is simple, lightweight, yet powerful. /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/9197090

Exploring Kotlin with Ken Kousen 03/20/2019

Exploring Kotlin with Ken Kousen Kotlin is an exciting new language for the JVM from the folks at . Kotlin has been making waves for a couple years now in the Android space but, as a general purpose language, it is finding it's way into many projects and developers seem to love it! For those of us who haven't been hands-on yet, Ken gives us an overview of the language, it's features, and why it's worth getting excited about! Follow Ken Check out Sign up for And, of course, here is the . /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/9092999

Raju Gandhi on Vuejs and Evaluating web frameworks 03/06/2019

Raju Gandhi on Vuejs and Evaluating web frameworks For better or worse, the industry has coalesced around the big three frameworks: Angular, React and Vue. Each framework has it's own strengths and weaknesses, and Vue has positioned itself nicely as a balance between the ultra-opinionated Angular and the laissez-faire React. In this episode we discuss all three, why we're excited about Vue and why it won't replace Angular or React. More importantly, we discuss best practices, and how to evaluate and select the framework that's right for you. There's so much wisdom in this episode. If you're a web developer, don't miss this one! /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/8930645

Debugging Technical Teams 02/27/2019

Debugging Technical Teams This week I'm joined by and we discuss how tech teams get so toxic and dysfunctional and what we can do about it. Esther will be speaking at a few shows this year including the and our flagship event, . Esther is the co-author of along with , , and she is the author of /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/8817629

Hands-on learning with KataCoda 02/20/2019

Hands-on learning with KataCoda This week I sit with Ben Hall and Jon Johnson to discuss an incredible tool for software engineers to learn, teach, and polish their craft - Katacoda. It is interactive, hands-on learning at it's finest with zero friction. Jon has been increasingly using Katacoda to share knowledge at work, as part of his talks, and to pick up new skills in his career as a software architect. Ben Hall is the creator and gives us insight on the history, the applications, and the future of this tool. Don't miss this week's episode! /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/8733359

Adopting the Open Source Model in the Enterprise 02/13/2019

Adopting the Open Source Model in the Enterprise This week developer, architect, and open source contributor David Sietz and I sit and discuss how enterprises can adopt the open source model, the challenges, the benefits, and some of the culture changes necessary. /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/8510357

Nanoservices? Miniservices? Macroservices? 02/06/2019

Nanoservices? Miniservices? Macroservices? This week I'm joined by of Rogue Wave Software. The topic is multi-grain services. How to evaluate the tradeoffs and to chose the architecture that's best for you, your team, and the business goals. /episode/index/show/nofluff/id/8507282

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