Salesforce’s annual developer and admin event, TrailheaDX, starts this week. And on this special Dynamic Developer episode, Salesforce CTO and co-founder Parker Harris joins host Bill Detwiler to talk about the big theme’s for this year’s TDX event, how Salesforce is betting big on its platform, and what’s next for the future of software development as more companies expand their use of no-code and low-code tools. Spotify: https://tek.io/34Vo2mT Stitcher: https://tek.io/2KkwjHG Apple Podcasts: https://tek.io/2xQUSt5 Google Play: https://tek.io/3btMluL Follow Bill Detwiler: https://twitter.com/billdetwiler Watch more TechRepublic videos: https://www.youtube.com/techrepublic TechRepublic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techrepublic/ TechRepublic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techrepublic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quality Assurance (QA) testing is often done at the end of the software development process. On this episode of Dynamic Developer​, host Bill Detwiler speaks with Deborah Lewis, a Lead Quality Assurance Engineer at Red Ventures, about why this is a bad idea. The pair discusses the importance of QA, how QA engineers can work effectively with other teams involved in the developer process (developers, product managers, etc.) and how technologies like automation are changing software testing. Deborah has held roles as both a scrum master​ and a project manager​. She's also a co-worker of mine. Spotify: https://tek.io/34Vo2mT Stitcher: https://tek.io/2KkwjHG Apple Podcasts: https://tek.io/2xQUSt5 Google Play: https://tek.io/3btMluL Follow Bill Detwiler: https://twitter.com/billdetwiler Watch more TechRepublic videos: https://www.youtube.com/techrepublic TechRepublic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techrepublic/ TechRepublic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techrepublic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are citizen developer programs and why should companies develop and promote them? In this episode of Dynamic Developer, I'm talking with Marcus Torres, GM of IntegrationHub & VP of Platform Product for ServiceNow, who's joining us again to talk about citizen developer programs.  Spotify: https://tek.io/34Vo2mT Stitcher: https://tek.io/2KkwjHG Apple Podcasts: https://tek.io/2xQUSt5 Google Play: https://tek.io/3btMluL Follow Bill Detwiler: https://twitter.com/billdetwiler Watch more TechRepublic videos: https://www.youtube.com/techrepublic TechRepublic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techrepublic/ TechRepublic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techrepublic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you stand out as a developer or software engineer in today's job market? In this episode of Dynamic Developer, I'm talking with Randall Kanna, product lead for Trim and author of the book, "The Standout Developer." I spoke with Randall in November 2020, but didn't have a chance to air the interview then. Randall has an amazing story and great advice for developers of all levels, so I'm glad I can share our conversation with you now.  Spotify: https://tek.io/34Vo2mT Stitcher: https://tek.io/2KkwjHG Apple Podcasts: https://tek.io/2xQUSt5 Google Play: https://tek.io/3btMluL Follow Bill Detwiler: https://twitter.com/billdetwiler Watch more TechRepublic videos: https://www.youtube.com/techrepublic TechRepublic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techrepublic/ TechRepublic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techrepublic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will the low-code​ and no-code movement result in fewer developer​ jobs? Or, will it actually encourage more people to become developers? In this episode of Dynamic Developer, we're going to talk with Marcus Torres, GM of IntegrationHub and VP of Platform Product with ServiceNow, about how the low-code and no-code movement is affecting the field of software development. We will also discuss how his using low-code and no-code platforms will help companies to be more agile and respond faster to customer needs.  Spotify: https://tek.io/34Vo2mT Stitcher: https://tek.io/2KkwjHG Apple Podcasts: https://tek.io/2xQUSt5 Google Play: https://tek.io/3btMluL Follow Bill Detwiler: https://twitter.com/billdetwiler Watch more TechRepublic videos: https://www.youtube.com/techrepublic TechRepublic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techrepublic/ TechRepublic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techrepublic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robots come in all shapes and sizes, but typically, they're autonomous devices that operate on their own to help us complete a task. If you're a developer looking to get into the growing field of robotics, what are the right skills to have? What languages should you know? In this episode of Dynamic Developer, we're going to talk with John Suit, advising CTO of KODA, who can answer these questions and more. The following is a transcript of the interview, edited for readability. You can listen to episodes of Dynamic Developer on a variety of podcast platforms, including: Spotify: https://tek.io/34Vo2mT Stitcher: https://tek.io/2KkwjHG Apple Podcasts: https://tek.io/2xQUSt5 Google Play: https://tek.io/3btMluL Follow Bill Detwiler: https://twitter.com/billdetwiler Watch more TechRepublic videos: https://www.youtube.com/techrepublic TechRepublic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techrepublic/ TechRepublic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techrepublic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the modern data center gets more intelligent, you might think it would also get more complex, but that's not the case. In this episode of Dynamic Developer​, I talk with Kevin Deierling, senior vice president of marketing for the networking business at NVIDIA about the evolution of the data center and some common misconceptions about modern data centers. You can listen to episodes of Dynamic Developer on a variety of podcast platforms, including: Spotify: https://tek.io/34Vo2mT Stitcher: https://tek.io/2KkwjHG Apple Podcasts: https://tek.io/2xQUSt5 Google Play: https://tek.io/3btMluL Follow Bill Detwiler: https://twitter.com/billdetwiler Watch more TechRepublic videos: https://www.youtube.com/techrepublic TechRepublic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techrepublic/ TechRepublic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techrepublic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many in the open source community shun all things commercial, but they shouldn't, says Dr. Dries Buytaert​, the creator of Drupal​ and the co-founder and CTO of Acquia​. In this episode of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer​, host Bill Detwiler talks with Dries about this and other lessons he's learned during his 20 years as an open source leader and advocate. You can listen to episodes of Dynamic Developer on a variety of podcast platforms, including: Spotify: https://tek.io/34Vo2mT Stitcher: https://tek.io/2KkwjHG Apple Podcasts: https://tek.io/2xQUSt5 Google Play: https://tek.io/3btMluL Follow Bill Detwiler: https://twitter.com/billdetwiler Watch more TechRepublic videos: https://www.youtube.com/techrepublic TechRepublic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techrepublic/ TechRepublic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techrepublic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Dynamic Developer, host Bill Detwiler talks with uBreakiFix​ president and co-founder Justin Wetherill about the company's new "We Come to You" repair program, how his experience trying to get his iPhone 3G fixed lead him to start the company, and why now was the right time to launch an on-site repair service. You can listen to episodes of Dynamic Developer on a variety of podcast platforms, including: Spotify: https://tek.io/34Vo2mT Stitcher: https://tek.io/2KkwjHG Apple Podcasts: https://tek.io/2xQUSt5 Google Play: https://tek.io/3btMluL Follow Bill Detwiler: https://twitter.com/billdetwiler Watch more TechRepublic videos: https://www.youtube.com/techrepublic TechRepublic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techrepublic/ TechRepublic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techrepublic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Dynamic Developer, host Bill Detwiler talks with Mikhail Vink, global marketing programs manager for JetBrains, about the company's new collaboration product--Space. Vink shares the inside story behind why a company, best known for creating the Kotlin programming language and developer tools like IntelliJ IDEA, is getting into the collaboration market and how the company plans to on the likes of Slack, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. You can listen to episodes of Dynamic Developer on a variety of podcast platforms, including: Spotify: https://tek.io/34Vo2mT Stitcher: https://tek.io/2KkwjHG Apple Podcasts: https://tek.io/2xQUSt5 Google Play: https://tek.io/3btMluL Follow Bill Detwiler: https://twitter.com/billdetwiler Watch more TechRepublic videos: https://www.youtube.com/techrepublic TechRepublic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techrepublic/ TechRepublic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techrepublic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices