The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser
535 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWelcome to the Backend Engineering Show podcast with your host Hussein Nasser. If you like software engineering you’ve come to the right place. I discuss all sorts of software engineering technologies and news with specific focus on the backend. All opinions are my own.
Most of my content in the podcast is an audio version of videos I post on my youtube channel here http://www.youtube.com/c/HusseinNasser-software-engineering
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Episodes
Episode 87 - Q&A - When to use Shape File vs Geodatabase?
February 09, 2019 21:56 - 10 minutes - 9.68 MBIn this episode we answer a question from Anthony. How do you know when to focus on building a geodatabase (let's say SQL server database) rather than just let the data sit in the shapefile? I would say if you are planning to have multiple users accessing and editing the data, also if your data grew too large shape files might not be scalable to read. Also if you are planning to use the capabilities of Geodatabase such as domains, subtypes, attribute rules, versioning, archiving etc not to m...
Episode 86 - Recycling in ArcGIS Server
February 05, 2019 17:58 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBWhen you publish a service you can specify how many processes (min / max) your service can use. As requests are being served memory is allocated, state is changed, some processes could go corrupt Recycling is the process destroying and re-spawning processes that are running to maintain a good memory footprint. Here is a good read on recycling http://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/publish-services/windows/tuning-and-configuring-services.htm Enjoy Hussein
Episode 85 - No Excuses
February 02, 2019 23:10 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBI don’t have the equipments. There are people doing that already. And my personal favorite, I don’t know enough. Excuses are always there, In this podcast I talk about my personal story of how I got started. You don't need fancy equipments to share your skills and knowledge. In this podcast we discuss how with just a screen sharing app (Quicktime) and this microphone I was able to grow my youtube software engineering channel to 2000 subs and more than 1 million watch hours.
Episode 84 - Layer vs Data Source
January 31, 2019 18:41 - 10 minutes - 9.32 MBA podcast about the difference between a layer and its data source. Enjoy!
Episode 83 - Q&A: Programming for GIS
January 27, 2019 17:30 - 26 minutes - 15.4 MBVikrant asked a question on Linked: Dear Hussein, I want to learn programming for GIS. Is python useful? I am not very good in programming. Kindly guide. And thanks for the posts.. Programming for GIS really depends on what you are trying to do and how do you want to advance your career. In this podcast we will discuss four kind of areas where you can programming for GIS. GIS Admin Programming GIS Desktop Programming GIS Web Programming GIS Server Programming Enjoy
Episode 82 - Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
January 19, 2019 02:25 - 14 minutes - 9.69 MBIf you ever go a website and there some images you liked to reference in your page or blog. You would copy the link, and put in your blog. Only to find out that the image looks broken? You copy the link again and paste it in URL and it opens fine? This is an effect of CORS or cross origin resource sharing. https://husseinnasser.com/courses
Episode 81 - ArcGIS Server Talk - SOE vs SOI
January 06, 2019 19:44 - 17 minutes - 10 MBArcGIS Server is a technology that allows you to pull your heavy work load on the backend and isolate the clients from complexity of the database by exposing HTTP services instead of low level TCP database. You can also extend the server capability by writing your own extensions. In this episode ArcGIS Server talk we will talk about two ways you can extend your ArcGIS server, Server Object Extensions and Server Object Interceptors. Server Object Extension Extends the MapServer to allow...
Episode 80 - MIME Sniffing
January 04, 2019 05:46 - 11 minutes - 6.45 MBAny content served through HTTP “should” include meta data about its type. This is so the browser/client knows what to do with the content it receives. For example, if the content type header is an image the browser will preview it, if it is HTML it will render the markup and execute any javascript code. Content type however is optional and web masters sometimes don’t set it, which leave the browsers wondering about the content type it is consuming. So browsers had to implement parsing and ...
2018 was a great year
December 31, 2018 00:39 - 1 minute - 1010 KBThank you so much guys for a great year! I love you. -Hussein 2018 was a great year: Created, edited and posted 120 software engineering youtube videos with over 1.1 Million impressions Published 75 podcasts with over 8k plays Self Published a new GIS book Published two programming online courses #hustle
Episode 79 - Availability vs Scalability
December 31, 2018 00:34 - 20 minutes - 11.6 MBThis is the final episode of 2018. We will discuss the difference between Availability vs Scalability in software services. Availability What does it mean for my software to be available? software, service, application is designed in way so it can be available to consumers despite situation Will your service be available if Host Failure Maintenance Upgrading Security updates Available doesn’t necessarily mean performant. Scalability What does it mean fo...
Episode 78 - Geodatabase Talk - Subtypes
December 27, 2018 16:14 - 15 minutes - 8.59 MBIn this episode we discuss the concept of subtypes in the geodatabase, subtype layers and much more!
Episode 77 - Authentication vs Authorization
December 22, 2018 22:43 - 8 minutes - 5.57 MBIn this episode we discuss the difference between authentication and authorization.
Episode 76 - Database Locks
December 16, 2018 22:50 - 6 minutes - 3.55 MBHussein's Courses 📐⟶ https://www.husseinnasser.com/courses Hussein's Books 📒⟶ https://www.husseinnasser.com/books In this episode of #softwaretalk I'm in beautiful San Francisco for the weekend. Our topic today is database locks. Stay Awesome! Hussein
Episode 75 - Arcade - The ArcGIS Scripting Language
December 13, 2018 19:41 - 7 minutes - 6.95 MBIn this episode we discuss the ArcGIS scripting language Arcade. New to GIS? Checkout my books and courses here https://husseinnasser.com/books
Episode 74 - Short vs Long Geodatabase Transactions
December 09, 2018 01:17 - 6 minutes - 6 MBWe discuss the difference between short and long transactions in the geodatabase
Episode 73 - Consistency
December 07, 2018 16:39 - 4 minutes - 3.32 MBWe discuss consistency in this episode
Episode 72 - The Evolution of the Feature Service
December 06, 2018 02:31 - 17 minutes - 9.76 MBIn this episode I talk about how the feature service came to be. From local shape files through the enterprise geodatabase to the beautiful HTTP protocol services. Https://husseinnasser.com
Episode 71 - Best Programming Language for 2019 (Rant)
December 05, 2018 04:41 - 8 minutes - 4.6 MBHussein's Courses 📐⟶ https://www.husseinnasser.com/courses Hussein's Books 📒⟶ https://www.husseinnasser.com/books I don’t usually do rants. f you are new software developer, pick a language and write software. There is no best programming language. Each programming language has its own of pros and cons. Stay Awesome -Hussein
Episode 70 - What is Back-end Development ?
November 26, 2018 20:08 - 8 minutes - 5.79 MBIn this episode I explain the backend development, its history, how it came into existence and where it is going. I also share with you my latest online course Python on the Backend. http://www.husseinnasser.com/courses
Episode 69 - The Beauty of HTTP
November 24, 2018 19:07 - 6 minutes - 3.47 MBWe discuss the HTTP protocol and explain its elegance and how it is powering the microservices architecture.
Episode 68 - Geodatabase Talk - ObjectID
November 19, 2018 23:07 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBHussein's Courses 📐⟶ www.husseinnasser.com/courses Hussein's Books 📒⟶ www.husseinnasser.com/books ObjectId (among others) is a system field that is added to a geodatabase table. In this episode we discuss best practices in coding against this field. Checkout my new book (learn gis programming with ArcGIS online and Javascript 4.9 API) ! www.husseinnasser.com
Episode 67 - Pull, Push and the Long- Poll
November 16, 2018 16:53 - 10 minutes - 5.74 MBIn this episode we discuss the difference between the HTTP client pull, server push and the long poll also known as #HTTP ASYNCHRONOUS polling.
Episode 66 - YouTube Audio and Video Streaming in the mobile app
November 16, 2018 02:59 - 6 minutes - 3.67 MBAs a software engineer, I like to reverse engineer applications and see how it was made. This episode we discuss how YouTube handles audio vs video streaming. When you minimize the app,
Episode 65 - ArcGIS Server Talk - 6080
November 14, 2018 17:56 - 8 minutes - 4.98 MBPort 6080 is interesting, we talk little bit about it in this episode.
Episode 64 - ArcGIS Server Talk - When to use Sync vs async gp service?
November 12, 2018 21:13 - 7 minutes - 6.94 MBIf you go to the geoprocessing service in Manager you might have noticed that there is an option to run asynchronously. In this episode we explain when you might want to do this!
Episode 63 - Geodatabase Talk - SDE Intercepts
November 11, 2018 22:23 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBSde intercept Any operation performed on ArcGIS ends up eventually to the geodatabase as a set of one or more queries. A “zoom-in” or pan operation translates to multiple queries to the underlying geodatabase. SDE intercepts always you to intercept and take a look at those queries to diagnose slow operations in your enterprise geodatabase. It also helps pinpoint where the bottle neck is and how can you optimize your app or geodatabase. https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000010355
Episode 62 - Load Balancer vs Reverse Proxy
November 05, 2018 01:01 - 9 minutes - 6.86 MBMost of the time a Load balancer is a reverse proxy but a reverse proxy is not necessary a load balancer. Reverse proxy takes a request from client and forward it to “a server” doesn’t care of the server is overloaded or down or not just forwards it. Load balancer stores state about each server behind it, how overloaded each server is, and what server is down, and smartly forward request to a server to balance the load across all the group. So a load balancer is a special case of a reverse pr...
Episode 61 - ArcGIS Server Talk - Max SOC Heap Size
October 30, 2018 20:01 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBWe discuss the max heap size property on the arcgis server admin. Enjoy
Episode 60 - ArcGIS Server Talk - Database Schema Lock
October 29, 2018 14:56 - 7 minutes - 7.27 MBIn this episode of arcgis server talk we discuss the database schema lock option in manager. Advantages and disadvantages of having your service acquire a lock.
Episode 59 - Geodatabase Talk - Split
October 28, 2018 14:26 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBWe discuss how split work, the split policy on the domain and the split editing model.
Episode 58 - The Art of Software Troubleshooting
October 20, 2018 02:22 - 13 minutes - 9.02 MBIn this episode of #softwaretalk we discuss the art of software troubleshooting. We can become better software engineers by aiming to excel at our craft. Not just find a bug, but track its cause. Not just find a bad performing workflow in the app but find out what causes the performance bottleneck. Do the due diligence. Enjoy this episode guys www.husseinnasser.com
Episode 57 - ArcGIS Server Talk - ApplyEdits
October 19, 2018 15:31 - 9 minutes - 9.25 MBIn this episode, we talk about applyEdits method on the feature service REST API. Enjoy Grab my Administering ArcGIS for Server book and learn more about Installing and configuring ArcGIS for Server to publish, optimize, and secure GIS services. http://husseinnasser.com/books
Episode 56 - Geodatabase Talk - Undo edits through services
October 15, 2018 14:58 - 8 minutes - 8.28 MBIn this episode we discuss how using the new ArcGIS Server version management service we can undo edits even after the service goes down!
Episode 55 - When to Fix the bugs?
October 13, 2018 17:50 - 5 minutes - 3.41 MBIn software development, introducing a new feature or functionality always introduces bugs specially in a large software. In this episode we discuss should we fix all the bugs that get introduced from a new feature or install the feature and worry about the bugs later? #agile
Episode 54 - Stateful PHP Service
October 08, 2018 17:48 - 8 minutes - 4.61 MBThrow back me using PHP and apache to build a stateful service.
Episode 53 - Product Architect vs Solutions Architect
October 07, 2018 02:07 - 12 minutes - 10.2 MBIn this episode of #softwaretalk, we discuss the differences between the software product architect and a solutions architect. We start by defining the difference between a software product and a solution. Then we discuss the responsibilities of product architect vs solution architect. If you are interested to be a solution or product architect or engineer you came to the right place. Cheers Hussein
Episode 52 - Geodatabase Talk - Archiving
October 06, 2018 19:29 - 7 minutes - 6.99 MBArchiving is used to store or keep track of state of rows even after they are edited in older state. In this episode we discuss how can you do archiving in the geodatabase.
Episode 52 - ArcGIS Server Talk - Logging
October 05, 2018 01:26 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBIn this episode of ArcGIS Server Talk we discuss logging.
Episode 51 - Geodatabase Talk - DDL vs DML
October 05, 2018 01:07 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBIn this episode we explain the difference between ddl and dml, with respect to the geodatabase
Episode 50 - Geodatabase Talk - SDE
October 03, 2018 18:46 - 10 minutes - 9.4 MBThe communication between the client and the enterprise geodatabase is done through the spatial database engine. We explain that layer in this episode.
Episode 49 - User Experience vs API - What Comes First?
September 30, 2018 19:10 - 16 minutes - 11 MBAny modern software or application that we build must have a backend API (Application Programming Interface) whether design in C++ IMPL Interfaces Or HTTP REST Architecture, and a Front End User Experience to consume this API which could range from a mobile app to a voice device. This is an open discussion, when you as a software engineer want to design a new application, what do you start first? Front-End User Experience? Or the Back-end API? We discuss the pros and cons of both. I enjoyed m...
Episode 48 - ArcGIS Server - Asynchronous Geoprocessing Service
September 29, 2018 01:54 - 5 minutes - 5.09 MBWe explain how the asynchronous geoprocessing service works in ArcGIS. We also briefly explain the difference between synchronous vs asynchronous request. Enjoy !
Episode 47 - How to become a Better Software Engineer? (Rant)
September 28, 2018 10:46 - 15 minutes - 7.04 MBThere is no secret, no magic potion, no pill or book or a “new” programming language that will make you a better software engineer. To be a better software engineer you have to write more software. Write silly software, write fart software, write stupid software, write bad performant software. Write enough software to give the edge to be better than other software engineers and software developers.
Episode 45 - Geodatabase Talk - Domains
September 27, 2018 13:56 - 10 minutes - 9.95 MBToday’s topic is geodatabase domains.
Episode 44 - Is Coding Easy?
September 17, 2018 00:02 - 12 minutes - 5.73 MBWelcome to the first episode of software engineering talk. This series we pick a topic and casually talk about it. In today’s episode, we try to answer the question is Coding easy?
Episode 43 - Never underestimate a coding task
September 15, 2018 20:34 - 8 minutes - 5.14 MBIn this episode of software engineering by example we discuss how software engineers should be empathetic and never underestimate and brush a problem as simple. We have to give it some thoughts and think it all the way through.
Episode 42 - Geodatabase Talk - Stateful DB Connection
September 07, 2018 14:45 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBThis episode I explain what is a stateful connection and how that compare to traditional vs the new branch versioning model. We also explain Pros and cons of the stateful connection (with a DMV example :) )
Episode 41 - Geodatabase Talk - High Isolation
September 04, 2018 13:58 - 8 minutes - 8.06 MBWe explain the difference between Isolation and High Isolation from a geodatabase point of view.
Episode 40 - Geodatabase Talk - Registration types
August 23, 2018 14:04 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBWe discuss briefly the 5 registration types in the enterprise geodatabase. Unversioned, unversioned with archiving, versioned, versioned with archiving and branched versioned.