Episode 66: Code Reviews

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• Competitive Programmer’s Handbook
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• New C++17 features from C++14
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• Simple Chess AI
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• Jason: Make Essentials Humble Bundle
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Tool of the Show

• Jason: Debloater
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• Patrick: Card Thief
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Code Reviews

• Why?
• Get another pair of eyes
• Teach others about what you do
• What Not to do
• Become a road block to work
• Let reviews linger
• Let it become about only style
• Have only some people do reviews
• How?
• Email
• In-person
• Web tools
• Phabricator
• Gerrit
• Gitlab/github
• Rules
• All changes must be approved by someone
• Readability
• +1 vs +2 or similar
• To push anyways, there's an emergency mode
• Keep line count down

Episode 65: Testing on Mobile with Kobiton

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Testing on Mobile with Kobiton

• What are the key differences between development on web and mobile?
• How is testing on mobile different than testing on web?
• How has mobile testing evolved in the past few years?
• What is the risk of not testing an app or mobile product?
• How do developers know if their app is working once they deploy it?
• On web it's common to have a test & canary site and do A/B testing, how does testing work on mobile?  Is it possible to A/B test?
• How does crash reporting and fixing work on Android/iOS?
• How can we make sure that apps work the same on everyone's device?
• What is Kobiton? What has Kobiton built to make testing easier?
• Who created Kobiton?
• What is the best part about working at Kobiton?
• Is Kobiton hiring?
• Links:
• Kobiton: https://kobiton.com/
• Josh: https://twitter.com/liebermanjl
• Adam: https://twitter.com/qualityadam