3: Matt Machuga - Ruby, PHP, object oriented design, testing and other crap

In this episode, Adam talks with Matt Machuga of Think Through Math about being a Rubyist who still writes PHP and the differences between writing PHP like a Rubyist vs. writing PHP like a Java developer.

Show Notes

They also talk about common struggles when learning new things, and trying to remain pragmatic while still pushing the boundaries of what you know.

• Matt's personal website
• Matt's courses at TutsPlus
• DHH's "Why Ruby?" Talk
• Array#forty_two
• Giant Robots Podcast
• DHH on Dependency Injection
• "Too Far Is Just Enough" by Shawn McCool
• Domain Driven Design
• mori
• Immutable JS

What is Full Stack Radio?

A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.