Episode 67
| October 15, 2016
| 46 minutes
Dear Developer
Compañeros! The good organizers SQLSaturday in Pittsburgh allowed me to take a slot on the schedule and opened up the podcast for a little Q&A session and I was super happy with the results. We had several SQL Server pros come and our conversation was around one central issue–testing in your development environment. We came at from a setup perspective, but also from a how to compare apples and oranges when your hardware is different. Because we had a developer ask the question, I opted to call this episode “Dear Developer”. Hear from Microsoft MVPs and SQL Server consultants such as Allen White, Kevin Feasel, Jonathan Stewart, Tim McAliley and others give their thoughts on this subject. At the very least you will have a few more ideas on where to start looking for potential options to your testing after listening to this episode.
Microsoft Ignite
What are Containers and Why Do You Need Them?
What is Docker?
Wait Statistics, or Please Tell Me Where it Hurts
SQL Sentry (Sentry One)
Listen to Learn
- The importance of Docker and containers
- Why Allen says you have to “re-tool” yourself every five years
- Why being the master of everything is no longer necessary
- How to pick a professional specialization
- Which essential database tools they recommend
Containers are the same thing. Learn Docker, learn Docker or eventually you will lose your job. Windows Server 2016 will have Docker support. Windows 10 professional edition has Docker support. We’re seeing this already on the Windows side. We’ve seen it on the Linux side for several years now. It will get more popular on this side of the house as well. It is time to get ahead of that because otherwise these containers will come up, you will have no clue what you’re doing with them, and bad things will happen.
Meet the Hosts
Carlos Chacon
With more than 10 years of working with SQL Server, Carlos helps businesses ensure their SQL Server environments meet their users’ expectations. He can provide insights on performance, migrations, and disaster recovery. He is also active in the SQL Server community and regularly speaks at user group meetings and conferences. He helps support the free database monitoring tool found at databasehealth.com and provides training through SQL Trail events.
Eugene Meidinger
Eugene works as an independent BI consultant and Pluralsight author, specializing in Power BI and the Azure Data Platform. He has been working with data for over 8 years and speaks regularly at user groups and conferences. He also helps run the GroupBy online conference.
Kevin Feasel
Kevin is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and proprietor of Catallaxy Services, LLC, where he specializes in T-SQL development, machine learning, and pulling rabbits out of hats on demand. He is the lead contributor to Curated SQL, president of the Triangle Area SQL Server Users Group, and author of the books PolyBase Revealed (Apress, 2020) and Finding Ghosts in Your Data: Anomaly Detection Techniques with Examples in Python (Apress, 2022). A resident of Durham, North Carolina, he can be found cycling the trails along the triangle whenever the weather's nice enough.
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