I’m increasingly intrigued by the Rust language, and what is offers programmers. Steve Klabnik discusses what Rust brings to the table, and why programmers — including developers in such languages as Python and Ruby — should be excited about Rust.
Category Archives: Programming languages
Sandi Metz’s “The Magic Tricks of Testing”
How should you write tests? What should you test? Sandi Metz presents ideas for how you should think about testing.
Yehuda Katz’s, “Let’s Talk about Rust”
Rust is a programming language that I am increasingly interested in learning and hearing about. This talk provides a good introduction, aimed at developers of Ruby and other dynamic languages.
Brett Cannon’s “Python 3.3: Trust Me, It’s Better than 2.7”
Should you use Python 2.7 or 3.x? This talk discusses the differences and improvements that Python 3.x (and specifically, 3.3) offers over the 2.7 series.
Robert “Uncle Bob” Martin’s, “What Killed Smalltalk Could Kill Ruby, Too”
This talk is a fun and interesting way to remember that programming languages succeed because of much more than just technology.
Steve Yegge’s “Dynamic Languages Strike Back”
Why are dynamic languages increasingly popular? What advantages do they have over statically compiled languages? Steve Yegge‘s talk on this subject is a great introduction to these ideas.
Gary Bernhardt’s “Wat”
A (short and) fun exploration of programming languages and their crazy limitations, by the always interesting Gary Bernhardt.