Audiobooks narrated by Theodore O'brien

Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems

Newly adapted for audiobook listeners. As organizations shift from monolithic applications to smaller, self-contained microservices, distributed systems have become more fine-grained. But developing these new systems brings its own host of problems. This expanded second edition takes a holistic view of topics that you need to consider when building, managing, and scaling microservices architectures. Through clear examples and practical advice, author Sam Newman gives everyone from architects and developers to testers and IT operators a firm grounding in the concepts. You'll dive into the latest solutions for modeling, integrating, testing, deploying, and monitoring your own autonomous services. Real-world cases reveal how organizations today manage to get the most out of these architectures. Microservices technologies continue to move quickly. This book brings you up to speed. Get new information on user interfaces, container orchestration, and serverless Align system design with your organization's goals Explore options for integrating a service with your system Understand how to independently deploy microservices Examine the complexities of testing and monitoring distributed services Manage security with expanded content around user-to-service and service-to-service models

Sam Newman (Author), Theodore O'brien (Narrator)

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I Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus

How do people come to Jesus in today's postmodern culture? Not by a mechanical, linear process of cookie cutter conversions. Nor by a nebulous spiritual wandering that never culminates in decision and commitment. Over the last decade, Don Everts and Doug Schaupp have listened to the stories of two thousand postmodern people who have come to follow Jesus. While their stories are diverse and varied, certain common themes emerge. Postmodern evangelism is a mysterious and organic process that nevertheless goes through discernible phases, as people cross thresholds from distrust to trust, from complacency to curiosity and from meandering to seeking. Everts and Schaupp describe the factors that influence how people shift in their perspectives and become open to the Gospel. They provide practical tools to help people enter the kingdom, as well as guidelines for how new believers can live out their Christian faith.

Don Everts, Doug Schaupp (Author), Theodore O'brien (Narrator)

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Rising Sun, Falling Skies: The Disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II

Few events have ever shaken a country in the way that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor affected the United States. After the devastating attack, Japanese forces continued to overwhelm the Allies, attacking Malaya with its fortress of Singapore, and taking resource-rich islands in the Pacific - Borneo, Sumatra, and Java - in their own blitzkrieg offensive. Allied losses in these early months after America's entry into the war were great, and among the most devastating were those suffered during the Java Sea Campaign, where a small group of Americans, British, Dutch, and Australians were isolated in the Far East - and directly in the path of the Japanese onslaught. It was to be the first major sea battle of World War II in the Pacific.

Jeffrey Cox (Author), Theodore O'brien (Narrator)

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Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond

Newly adapted for audio. Information architecture (IA) is far more challenging-and necessary-than ever. With the glut of information available today, anything your organization wants to share should be easy to find, navigate, and understand. But the experience you provide has to be familiar and coherent across multiple interaction channels, from the Web to smartphones, smartwatches, and beyond. To guide you through this broad ecosystem, this popular guide-now in its fourth edition-provides essential concepts, methods, and techniques for digital design that have withstood the test of time. UX designers, product managers, developers, and anyone involved in digital design will learn how to create semantic structures that will help people engage with your message. This book includes: An overview of IA and the problems it solves for creating effective digital products and services A deep dive into IA components, including organization, labeling, navigation, search, and metadata Processes and methods that take you from research to strategy, design, and IA implementation

Jorge Arango, Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville (Author), Theodore O'brien (Narrator)

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship: Newly adapted for audiobook listeners.

Even bad code can function. But if code isn't clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn't have to be that way. Noted software expert Robert C. Martin presents a revolutionary paradigm with Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship. Martin has teamed up with his colleagues from Object Mentor to distill their best agile practice of cleaning code 'on the fly' into a book that will instill within you the values of a software craftsman and make you a better programmer-but only if you work at it. Clean Code is divided into three parts. - The first 13 chapters, fully contained in the audio, describes the principles, patterns, and practices of writing clean code. - The second part, chapters 14 to 16, consists of several case studies of increasing complexity and is included in a pdf that comes with your purchase. Each case study is an exercise in cleaning up code-of transforming a code base that has some problems into one that is sound and efficient. You'll be reading code-lots of code. And you will be challenged to think about what's right about that code, and what's wrong with it. - The third part, chapter 17, is provided both in the audio and the pdf. It is the payoff: a single chapter containing a list of heuristics and 'smells' gathered while creating the case studies. The result is a knowledge base that describes the way we think when we write, read, and clean code. Listeners will come away from Clean Code understanding: - How to tell the difference between good and bad code - How to write good code and how to transform bad code into good code - How to create good names, good functions, good objects, and good classes - How to format code for maximum readability - How to implement complete error handling without obscuring code logic - How to unit test and practice test-driven development This book is a must for any developer, software engineer, project manager, team lead, or systems analyst with an interest in producing better code.

Robert C. Martin (Author), Theodore O'brien (Narrator)

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The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers

Programmers who endure and succeed amidst swirling uncertainty and nonstop pressure share a common attribute: They care deeply about the practice of creating software. They treat it as a craft. They are professionals. In The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, legendary software expert Robert C. Martin introduces the disciplines, techniques, tools, and practices of true software craftsmanship. This book is packed with practical advice-about everything from estimating and coding to refactoring and testing. It covers much more than technique: It is about attitude. Martin shows how to approach software development with honor, self-respect, and pride; work well and work clean; communicate and estimate faithfully; face difficult decisions with clarity and honesty; and understand that deep knowledge comes with a responsibility to act. Listeners will learn: - What it means to behave as a true software craftsman - How to deal with conflict, tight schedules, and unreasonable managers - How to get into the flow of coding, and get past writer's block - How to handle unrelenting pressure and avoid burnout - How to combine enduring attitudes with new development paradigms - How to manage your time, and avoid blind alleys, marshes, bogs, and swamps - How to foster environments where programmers and teams can thrive - When to say 'No'-and how to say it - When to say 'Yes'-and what yes really means Great software is something to marvel at: powerful, elegant, functional, a pleasure to work with as both a developer and as a user. Great software isn't written by machines. It is written by professionals with an unshakable commitment to craftsmanship. The Clean Coder will help you become one of them-and earn the pride and fulfillment that they alone possess.

Robert C. Martin (Author), Theodore O'brien (Narrator)

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Clean Agile: Back to Basics

Agile Values and Principles for a New Generation 'In the journey to all things Agile, Uncle Bob has been there, done that, and has the both the t-shirt and the scars to show for it. This delightful book is part history, part personal stories, and all wisdom. If you want to understand what Agile is and how it came to be, this is the book for you.' -Grady Booch 'Bob's frustration colors every sentence of Clean Agile, but it's a justified frustration. What is in the world of Agile development is nothing compared to what could be. This book is Bob's perspective on what to focus on to get to that 'what could be.' And he's been there, so it's worth listening.' -Kent Beck 'It's good to read Uncle Bob's take on Agile. Whether just beginning, or a seasoned Agilista, you would do well to read this book. I agree with almost all of it. It's just some of the parts make me realize my own shortcomings, dammit. It made me double-check our code coverage (85.09%).' -Jon Kern Nearly twenty years after the Agile Manifesto was first presented, the legendary Robert C. Martin ('Uncle Bob') reintroduces Agile values and principles for a new generation-programmers and nonprogrammers alike. Martin, author of Clean Code and other highly influential software development guides, was there at Agile's founding. Now, in Clean Agile: Back to Basics, he strips away misunderstandings and distractions that over the years have made it harder to use Agile than was originally intended. Martin describes what Agile is in no uncertain terms: a small discipline that helps small teams manage small projects . . . with huge implications because every big project is comprised of many small projects. Drawing on his fifty years' experience with projects of every conceivable type, he shows how Agile can help you bring true professionalism to software development. - Get back to the basics-what Agile is, was, and should always be - Understand the origins, and proper practice, of SCRUM - Master essential business-facing Agile practices, from small releases and acceptance tests to whole-team communication - Explore Agile team members' relationships with each other, and with their product - Rediscover indispensable Agile technical practices: TDD, refactoring, simple design, and pair programming - Understand the central roles values and craftsmanship play in your Agile team's success If you want Agile's true benefits, there are no shortcuts: You need to do Agile right. Clean Agile: Back to Basics will show you how, whether you're a developer, tester, manager, project manager, or customer.

Robert C. Martin (Author), Theodore O'brien (Narrator)

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Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design: Newly adapted for audioboo

By applying universal rules of software architecture, you can dramatically improve developer productivity throughout the life of any software system. Now, building upon the success of his best-selling books Clean Code and The Clean Coder, legendary software craftsman Robert C. Martin ('Uncle Bob') reveals those rules and helps you apply them. Martin's Clean Architecture doesn't merely present options. Drawing on over a half-century of experience in software environments of every imaginable type, Martin tells you what choices to make and why they are critical to your success. As you've come to expect from Uncle Bob, this book is packed with direct, no-nonsense solutions for the real challenges you'll face-the ones that will make or break your projects. - Learn what software architects need to achieve-and core disciplines and practices for achieving it - Master essential software design principles for addressing function, component separation, and data management - See how programming paradigms impose discipline by restricting what developers can do - Understand what's critically important and what's merely a 'detail' Implement optimal, high-level structures for web, database, thick-client, console, and embedded applications - Define appropriate boundaries and layers, and organize components and services - See why designs and architectures go wrong, and how to prevent (or fix) these failures Clean Architecture is an essential book for every current or aspiring software architect, systems analyst, system designer, and software manager-and for every programmer who must execute someone else's designs.

Robert C. Martin (Author), Theodore O'brien (Narrator)

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Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction while Embracing Uncertainty: Newly adapted for aud

A good product roadmap is one of the most important and influential documents an organization can develop, publish, and continuously update. In fact, this one document can steer an entire organization when it comes to delivering on company strategy. This practical guide teaches you how to create an effective product roadmap, and demonstrates how to use the roadmap to align stakeholders and prioritize ideas and requests. With it, you'll learn to communicate how your products will make your customers and organization successful. Whether you're a product manager, product owner, business analyst, program manager, project manager, scrum master, lead developer, designer, development manager, entrepreneur, or business owner, this book will show you how to: Articulate an inspiring vision and goals for your product Prioritize ruthlessly and scientifically Protect against pursuing seemingly good ideas without evaluation and prioritization Ensure alignment with stakeholders Inspire loyalty and over--delivery from your team Get your sales team working with you instead of against you Bring a user- and buyer--centric approach to planning and decision-making Anticipate opportunities and stay ahead of the game Publish a comprehensive roadmap without over-committing

Bruce Mccarthy, C. Todd Lombardo, Evan Ryan, Michael Connors (Author), Theodore O'brien (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Theodore O'brien