episode 19

David Heinemeier Hansson

We talk with DHH about rails, bookwriting, and 37signals.

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Time: 39 mins 17 secs18 MB

David’s Bio
Started out in Journalism
Discovered the internet and started building web sites in PHP and Java
37 Signals was David’s first paid gig
Basecamp and Rails
Built for themselves so no constraints on programming languages, time or techniques
“Take good ideas from Java and put them in a language that doesn’t suck”
How do you determine where code should go in an MVC framework?
Active Record
Borrowed from Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
How is the future direction of Rails determined?
E-books and publishing
Agile Web Development with Rails
Why you should start a business right now
Caterina Fake’s Post
The super secret reveal, Sunrise CRM application

Comments

byjem giffo added May 27, 2006

"Discovered the internet and started building web sites in PHP and Java " thanks hehe good web cast a serious thanks :)

byDavid N. added May 29, 2006

http://www.webneeks.com Nice podcast!

byAdrian M. added May 30, 2006

Great interview guys. Please don't forget about the "process" questions (workflow, preferred tools, etc.) next time. ;-) Best regards!

byMatt B. added October 05, 2007

I especially enjoyed the, "Why you should start a business right now..." part of the cast; very, very inspirational. Keep up the great interviews!