How to be an Intermediate Programmer

Link to Episode 39's Full Show Notes http://www.codingblocks.net/episode39 T-Shirt Giveaway - The winner is... Manrique Logan - please contact us to send us your ship-to information! This Episode's Survey Suggested by: https://twitter.com/CatcheNameHere/status/700507429390274560 Princess rap battle: GALADRIEL vs LEIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL52R7m8b7w How to be an Intermediate Programmer Personal Skills How to Stay Motivated https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Personal-Skills/01-How%20to%20Stay%20Motivated.md How to be Widely Trusted https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Personal-Skills/02-How%20to%20be%20Widely%20Trusted.md How to Tradeoff Time vs Space https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Personal-Skills/03-How%20to%20Tradeoff%20Time%20vs%20Space.md How to Stress Test https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Personal-Skills/04-How%20to%20Stress%20Test.md How to Balance Brevity vs Abstraction https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Personal-Skills/05-How%20to%20Balance%20Brevity%20and%20Abstraction.md Shout out to our friend Will - https://twitter.com/iamwillmadison How to Learn New Skills https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Personal-Skills/06-How%20to%20Learn%20New%20Skills.md Learn to Type https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Personal-Skills/07-Learn%20to%20Type.md How to Do Integration Testing https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Personal-Skills/08-How%20to%20Do%20Integration%20Testing.md Communication Languages https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Personal-Skills/09-Communication%20Languages.md Heavy Tools https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Personal-Skills/10-Heavy%20Tools.md How to Analyze Data https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Personal-Skills/11-How%20to%20analyze%20data.md Team Skills How to Manage Development Time https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Team-Skills/01-How%20to%20Manage%20Development%20Time.md How to Manage Third Party Software Risks https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Team-Skills/02-How%20to%20Manage%20Third-Party%20Software%20Risks.md How to Manage Consultants https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Team-Skills/03-How%20to%20Manage%20Consultants.md How to Communicate the Right Amount https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Team-Skills/04-How%20to%20Communicate%20the%20Right%20Amount.md How to Disagree Honestly and Get Away with it https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Team-Skills/05-How%20to%20Disagree%20Honestly%20and%20Get%20Away%20with%20It.md Judgement How to Tradeoff Quality Against Development Time https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Judgment/01-How%20to%20Tradeoff%20Quality%20Against%20Development%20Time.md How to Manage Software System Dependence https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Judgment/02-How%20to%20Manage%20Software%20System%20Dependence.md How to Decide if Software is too Immature https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Judgment/03-How%20to%20Decide%20if%20Software%20is%20Too%20Immature.md How to Make a Buy vs Build Decision https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Judgment/04-How%20to%20Make%20a%20Buy%20vs%20Build%20Decision.md How to Grow Professionally https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Judgment/05-How%20to%20Grow%20Professionally.md How to Evaluate Interviewees https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Judgment/06-How%20to%20Evaluate%20Interviewees.md How to Know when to apply Fancy Computer Science https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Judgment/07-How%20to%20Know%20When%20to%20Apply%20Fancy%20Computer%20Science.md How to Talk to Engineers https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer/blob/master/2-Intermediate/Judgment/08-How%20to%20Talk%20to%20Non-Engineers.md Resources We Like How to be a Programmer: A Short, Comprehensive, and Personal Summary by Robert L Read Make a Pull Request to get your thoughts in here: https://github.com/RobertLRead/HowToBeAProgrammer Or buy your copy here from Amazon: http://amzn.to/1WzbIxs Succinctness is Power - Paul Graham http://www.paulgraham.com/power.html You Don't Know JS https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS/blob/master/README.md Want to know how fast you type? http://www.typingtest.com/ Allen's Typing Speed on the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard http://www.typingtest.com/result.html?acc=100&nwpm=90&gwpm=90&ncpm=452&gcpm=452&dur=60&time=60&chksum=45213&unit=wpm&kh=998&td=null&err=0&hits=452 specflow - Binding business requirements to .NET code http://www.specflow.org/ Tips for this Episode Allen Underwood: Execution plan for a running query in Microsoft SQL Server Preface: You can click a button in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to see the execution plan of a query to identify any performance problems. The biggest issue with this is that if there's a query that NEVER returns, or takes an insanely long time to return, then you're stuck waiting for the query to finish. This tip shows you how to find the ACTUAL (not estimated) query plan of the query that is actively running: How To: EXEC sp_who2 'active' -- Find the SPID of the query you're running DECLARE @spid INT = 123 -- From above SELECT EQP.query_plan, * FROM sys.dm_exec_requests AS ER CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_query_plan(ER.plan_handle) AS EQP WHERE ER.session_id = @spid Once that bottom query runs, you'll be provided a link in the results grid that you can click to open up the graphical execution plan. Michael Outlaw: Have Git ignore changes you make to a specific file like you didn't make the changes, but still have it be part of the tracked files in Git. Preface: Let's say you have a connection string configuration file that you change to point to your local database. That config file needs to be tracked in Git, but you don't want your changes to accidentally get committed and pushed up to the remote repo, then this command is for you. How To: git update-index /path/to/file --assume-unchanged Joe Zack: Life Tip - Pay attention to the warnings in your IDE. It's easy to get used to seeing several warnings and ignoring them because they're not errors. Eventually a new one that actually matters will show up and by ignoring it, you could be creating heartache for yourself. If you can, resolve the warnings that are currently showing up so that if a new one surfaces, it'll jump out at you like a sore thumb.