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Welcome to the AskDeveloper Podcast, in this podcast Tamer Zaki & Mohamed Elsherif are discussing the many software related issues especially in the Egyptian technology market, and how to change the culture for companies and development teams to adopt the right methodologies and processes.

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Introduction
Waterfall classic software development lifecycle
Iterative Approach.
2- Agile Software Development
History of Agile
Principles (for full list http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html)
Satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software
Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage.
Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project
Promoting self organizing team
At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.
Pros & Cons
Famous Processes
Scrum
XP (eXtreme Programming)
Common Practices
Pair Programming
Test Driven Development (TDD)
Small Teams
Daily meetings

EP24 - Ask Developer Hangout - Week 12 - Agile Software Development

الحلقة التاسعة و العشرون من راديو اسأل مطور و ننشر فيها تسجيل للقاء السابع و الثلاثون من اللقاء الأسبوعي لمجموعة اسأل مطور, في هذا اللقاء ناقشنا هل أصبح لينكس منصة قوية للمطورين. و هل حان الوقت للمطورين للانتقال الى لينكس
الأجندة
- I've heard that before, why is this time different?
-- The direction of the Windows platform.
-- The new age of Cloud computing and vertical integration.
-- NSA, NSA, NSA
-- Raspberry Pi and computers on a chip.
-- Linux is now on more platforms than ever.
-- Innovation in the Open Source space is much more than in closed source space.
- Moving to Linux as a User (on the desktop).
- Moving to Linux as a developer (on the server).
- Moving to Linux as a company.
- Moving to Linux as a country.
- Move to Linux if you are...
- Don't move to Linux if you are...
- Problems with moving to Linux:
-- Hardware.
-- High (technical) barrier of entry.
-- Choice is good, but is too-much-choice good?
-- The technical elitism of (some) Linux communities.

EP29 - Ask Developer Hangout - Week 37 - Is It The Time To Move To Linux

اللقاء الأسبوعي الثامن و الثلاثون, في هذا الأسبوع يحدثنا المهندس طارق عمرو عن الMachine Learning.

Slides for the presentation
http://tarekamr.com/slides/datascience

EP31 - Ask Developer Hangout - Week 38 - Machine Learning With Tarek Amr

الحلقة 32, في حلقة هذا الأسبوع نناقش تطور برمجة الويب و نطرح بعض الاختلافات بين الويب قديماً و حالياً و التحديات المختلفة.

	The simplicity and complexity of the web.
	It used to be just HTML
		Then Javascript
		And CSS
		And million libraries and frameworks.
	Markup as a way for building UIs.
		WPF
	Server side vs client side (the loop)
	Web technologies in non-web scenarios:
		FirefoxOS
		NodeJS Desktop applications (using Node-Webkit https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit)
			Example: https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/ I've used this desktop application and liked it, and a week later discovered that it's a NodeJS app.
	Browsers as Operating Systems:
		Chromebooks
		FirefoxOS
	Single-page applications (SPA) as a way to blur the lines between web applications and desktop applications.
		Google's big push for AngluarJS is part of making web application replace desktop applications.

EP32 - Web Development Evolution

ِAsk Developer Podcast الحلقة 34, في هذه الحلقة نناقش موضوع ال Freelancing و كيف تبدأ فيه و ما هو و مميزاته و عيوبه و بعض النصائح من التجارب الشخصية.
What is freelancing? 
Comparing freelancing to regular job
How to find freelancing opportunity? 
How to handle clients? 
How to put your name out there? 
Places To look for freelancing opportunities. 
 Rentacoder
 Guru

Video version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-562HWe1N4


EP34 - Freelancing

هناك طريقتان لإنجاز الأعمال والمشاريع، أحدهما طويلة وذات جدوى قليلة والآخرى سريعة وذات جدوى أكبر بكثير ونسبة مخاطرة أقل. هنا أقوم بإيضاح الفرق بينهما.

كيف تبدأ الآن وتتخلص من داء التأجيل

الحلقة التاسعة و الثلاثون من راديو اسأل مطور, في هذه الحلقة نستضيف المهندس محمد تيسير المنضم حديثاً لفريق عمل جوجل في مدينة زيورخ في سويسرا, ليشارك معنا خبراته و نصائحه لمن يريدون التقدم في الوظائف المماثلة.

Why do you want to join Google?
Technical career path
Innovative
Move to another country
You will not lose anything if you fail. There is no such thing as blacklist

What they are looking for in a candidate?
Smart & get things done
Goes the extra mile (open-source, side projects, …)
Measurable achievements
College degree is not required
Persistence: I failed the 1st interview but passed the 2nd

How to pass the interview?
Relax. It’s not the end of the world
Always keep the communication line open. In other words, always think out loud. Don’t stand there silently while you are thinking
Validate your assumptions with test cases & ask about edge cases to make sure you understand everything. The problem might be simpler than you think
Apply for all suitable positions, not just one or two (follow @googlejobs on twitter)
Prepare well (Project Euler, Top Coder, ACM, …)
“Algorithm Design Manual” is a good book, but it’s heavy for some people. Go with it when you feel you have a good understanding of basic data structures
See more references below

Things to consider
It takes time to pass the interviews, get visa & start working
Google helps with relocation: papers, travel tickets, temp accommodation, but this doesn’t mean the visa is guaranteed. 
The imposter syndrome: I’m not good enough

References
Steve Yegge blog post is the best resource. http://steve-yegge.blogspot.ch/2008/03/get-that-job-at-google.html 
Event by Ahmad Aly https://www.facebook.com/events/252191538310698/?ref=22
Required courses http://uk.businessinsider.com/skills-for-google-engineering-jobs-2014-10?r=US
Another reference http://www.businessinsider.com/qualities-google-looks-for-in-job-candidates-2014-4?IR=T 
There were some sessions in EgyptScholars group telling you how to prepare for Google interview https://www.facebook.com/EgyptScholars 

EP39 - Interviewing For Google For With Mohamed Tayseer

Welcome to the first episode of the AskDeveloper Podcast, in this episode Tamer Zaki & Mohamed Elsherif are discussing the Software Quality issues especially in the Egyptian technology market, and how to change the culture for companies and development teams to adopt the right methodologies and processes.

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EP01 - AskDeveloper PodCast - Software Quality

Welcome to the second episode of the AskDeveloper podcast, in this episode we are excited to announce a new host (Ahmed ElMalt) who joined us this week to give us his perspective and experience with software quality.

This week, the hosts are discussing in more details the subjects of Test Automation & Coding Standards.

Some links and tools mentioned in the episode.

Selenium a tool to automate web UI testing
Jenkins a cross platform Continuous Integration tool that can be used to automate the whole process from the Build to running tests to running analysis tools and have a good plugin ecosystem.
Clean Code One of the best books in market discussing the modern coding standards, and how to refactor and adopt the right practices for keeping the good state of code.

EP02 - AskDeveloper Podcast - Software Quality (Contd)

Welcome to the third episode of the AskDeveloper Podcast, in this episode we switch gear to answer the hard question of "How to build a good team?" and we start by the first stage in building your team which is recruitment, we discuss different aspects and stages of the recruitment  like

Who is a good candidate?
Where to publish job posts and find candidates
Recruitment Process
Industry Hires
Collage Hires
Interviewing for Interviewees
Interviewing for interviewers
Book recommendation

EP03 - AskDeveloper - Team Building - Recruitment

Welcome to the 4th Episodes of AskDeveloper Podcast, in this episdoes we start our journey talking about design and we start by discussing
* Why to Design
* Architecture vs Design
* Design Principles (SOLID Principles)
* Design but not Over engineer


EP04 - Talking Design - Part 1 - SOLID Principles

Welcome to the 5th episode of the Ask Developer Podcast, in this episode we continue the discussion about Design, in this episode we cover the design process, and what are the most effective ways to approach design in your team.
أهلاً بكم في الحلقة الخامسة من راديو اسأل مطور, في هذه الحلقة نكمل حديثنا عن التصميم, و نناقش اسلوب التصميم و كيفية تطبيقه في فريق العمل

EP05 - Talking Design - Part 2 - Design Process

اسأل مطور, الحلقة التاسعة, في الحلقة دي معانا المهندس محمد تيسير ليحدثنا عن مواضيع كثيرة في البرمجة الاحترافية و أهما هو الشغف و حب البرمجة و التطوير, و كيف تستطيع أن تبني تطبيقات و خدمات يظهر فيها حبك لعملك.
محمد تيسير مؤسس و مدير مشروع "روَح دوت كوم" و هي خدمة مجانية لمستخدمين المواصلات العامة.
Welcome to Ask Developer Podcast Episode 9, In this episode we talk with Mohamed Tayseer, who will discuss with us many Software topics and especially how to be a passionate developer, Tayseer is the founder & CEO of www.rawa7.com a free online service that helps public transit commuter in Egypt.

EP09 - Passionate Developer

الحلقة الرابعة عشر من راديو اسأل مطور, في هذه الحلقة نناقش موضوع الطرق الهندسية الحديثة في ادارة المشاريع البرمجية, و كيف تقدم هذه الطرق داخل بيئة عملك و ما هي الفوائد و التحديات التي يمكن تواجهها.
Welcome to the 14th episode of Ask Developer Podcast, in this episode we discuss the Agile Software Development and we give an example of Scrum, we also discuss some real world experiences and best practices.

EP14 - Agile Software Development

الحلقة الخامسة عشر من راديو اسأل مطور, في هذه الحلقة نناقش واحدة من أهم مهارات المطور و هي مهارة تحليل الأخطاء, هذه المهارة التي لن تدرسها في الجامعات و ستكتسبها فقط بالممارسة, و في هذه الحلقة نشرح ما هي الأخطاء البرمجية و ما هي أشهر أنواعها و كيف تحل كل نوع منها و الطريقة المثلي للتفكير و البدء في الحل.
Welcome to the 15th episode of Ask Developer Podcast, in this episode we discuss the one of the most important skills each developer needs, which is Debugging, we discuss the different types of bugs and how to approach each type of these bugs.

EP15 - Developer Skills - Debugging

Weekly Podcast discussing the Egyptian IT industry, and various other technology related topics 
راديو عربي على الانترنت من المبرمجين المصريين للمبرمجين, باللغة العربية و باللهجة المصرية