Misc. links from the week of May 1st, 2006
In the (infinitesimally small) event that you are wondering what I’m listening to, watching, and reading when I’m not making regular updates to my weblog, here’s a smattering of links for your multi-media enjoyment:
Audio: Bruce Eckel has released a series of audio interviews titled Thinking in Code: Bruce Eckel Interviews Software Luminaries. This series features a number of conversations between Bruce and a bunch of other big-ticket names in the software game, including Guido van Rossum and Anders Hejlsberg. I’ve listened to a couple so far, which have each been well over an hour in duration, and it’s definitely time well-spent.
Video: Sean Kelly put together a video titled Better Web App Development. It’s over 20 minutes long comparing the relative merits of J2EE for web development compared to Rails, TurboGears, Plone, and Django. My $.02: I think that Zope/Plone received a more favorable treatment than I would have expected in this kind of web framework shootout. Plone is a very capable and customizable Content Management System. However, for general purpose development, using an object database in lieu of a more traditional relational database is not a decision to make lightly. Rather, my bet is on TurboGears to put up some big points in the coming six months.
Text: Tim O’Reilly’s recap of his talk at the April 2006 Startup School. Also, here are the notes that were taken by the attendees.