<p>Dave Thomas has done a lot for the programming community. He coined the phrase “DRY” (Don’t Repeat Yourself). He popularized the idea of code katas. He was one of the signers of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, and he's the founder of the Pragmatic Bookshelf publishing company. But despite all that, he refers to himself as simply a programmer. In this episode, he shares his own coding journey, gives advice to new developers on how to navigate the mountain of information available, and how he ended up becoming a publisher.</p> <h4>Show Links</h4> <ul><li><a href="https://dev.to/advertise">Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie!</a> (sponsor) </li> <li><a href="http://www.lonestarruby.org/">Lone Star Ruby</a></li> <li><a href="http://elixir-lang.org/">Elixir</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacit_knowledge">Tacit knowledge</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_design_pattern">Design patterns</a></li> <li><a href="http://c2.com/">C2.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://airbrake.io/">Airbrake</a></li> <li><a href="http://about.avdi.org/">Avdi Grimm</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-DtsduvUm/">CodeNewbie Austin</a></li> <li><a href="http://elm-lang.org/">Elm</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming">Functional programming</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1517582/what-is-the-difference-between-statically-typed-and-dynamically-typed-languages">Statically Typed vs. Dynamically Typed Languages</a></li> <li><a href="https://cnewbie.io/2GhU03r">Codeland Conf</a></li> <li><a href="https://cnewbie.io/2Q5oA26">Codeland 2019</a></li> </ul><h4>Dave Thomas</h4><p>Dave is a programmer and adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University</p>

Ep. 51 - The Pragmatic Programmer - Part II (Dave Thomas)

The CodeNewbie podcast was born from CodeNewbie, an organization which fosters a supportive, international community of people learning to code. Each season, host Saron Yitbarek delivers stories and interviews from people of diverse backgrounds and expertise about their coding journeys, as well as beginner friendly discussions about the tech you should know about.