Top 15 Podcasts All Web Developers Should Follow

Top 15 Podcasts All Web Developers Should Follow

on Sep 13th 2010 with 61 comments

As web developers, we’re always trying to get better at what we do. One of the best ways to do that is to listen to what other developers have to share. And even if you’re not learning, it’s still fun to hear what other devs are talking about. Today, I’ll share 15 podcasts that you should definitely check out.

1. Yahoo! Theater

It seems that as often as a few times a month, Yahoo! brings in developers on the cutting edge of web technology to keep their employees up to date. For the benefit of the rest of us, these talks are recorded and published. You’ll find well-known devs like Douglas Crockford and NNicolas Zakas, and talks on everything from performance and accessibility to JavaScript and the DOM.

2. The Dev Show

This may be my favourite show from this list. The Dev Show, hosted weekly by Dan Benjamin and Jason Seifer, will give you a carefully curated set of development-related links (usually with a web dev slant) to enjoy. As an added bonus, you can watch the show live on Tuesdays at 1pm EST.

3. The Changelog

The tagline for the Changelog says it all: “Open Source moves fast. Keep up.” This podcast, and the accompanying blog, is all about keeping you updated with the latest in Open Source Technology. It’s hosted by Adam Stacoviak and Wynn Netherland, and seems to be the official Github podcast.

4. jQuery Podcast

If you’re familiar with jQuery (and you probably are), you know there’s a podcast to go with it. Each week, hosts Ralph Whitbeck and Rey Bango bring you the latest in jQuery news, as well as great interviews with important people in the jQuery community. You can listen in to the jQuery wisdom of people like Remy Sharp, Yehuda Katz, Cody Lindley, and our own Jeffrey Way, among so many others.

5. SitePoint

Sitepoint is a great resource for anyone interesting in technology, design, and even business. Books, courses, forums, blogs, articles, they’ve got it all. Of course, there’s a podcast too: check it out to find out what’s going on in the web industry.

6. WebPulp

According to the site, WebPulp is “a podcast about technology that powers the web.” In each podcast, host Josh Owens interviews someone from behind the scenes of a well-known webapp; you’ll find out what hardware and software it takes to run apps like the 37signals apps, or GitHub.

7. The WordPress Podcast

It’s pretty apparent that both Nettuts+ readers and writers are big fans of WordPress. If you can’t get enough WordPress goodness, you’ll probably want to sign up for the WordPress Podcast, “a weekly podcast with news, interviews and plugin tips.” There’s a bonus here: one of the most recent interviewees was none other than Collis Ta’eed, CEO of Envato.

8. EE Podcast

If you’re a user of Ellis Lab’s Expression Engine, you’ll enjoy the EE Podcast (Ellis Lab is the company behind CodeIgniter; in fact, EE is build completely on CI). Each week, Ryan Irelan and Lea Alcantara will fill in you on a certain aspect of of EE deveopment.

9. CSS Tricks Screencasts

If you’re a web developer, you’re probably pretty familiar with Chris Coyier’s website CSS Tricks. Besides his excellent articles, Chris occasionally puts out a screencast every few weeks. With his relaxed style, you’ll learn about a random—but always practical—part of web development in each episode.

10. The Big Web Show

Hosted by Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin, the Big Web Show “features special guests and topics like web publishing, art direction, content strategy, typography, web technology, and more. It’s everything web that matters.” You’ll listen to interviews in which famous web personalities like Eric Meyer, Jason Fried, Nicole Sullivan, Ethan Marcotte, and other professionals you should know open their minds and let you learn from the best. You can catch this show live on Thursdays a 1PM EST. Just like the Dev Show and the EE Podcast, the Big Web Show is part of Dan Benjamin’s incredible 5by5 podcast network.

11. Think Vitamin Radio

You may be familiar with Carsonified, the company behind many web dev / design training initiatives (including the Future of Web Design and Future of Web Apps confernces). On Think Vitamin, Carsonified’s “blog about the web”, you can catch Think Vitamin Radio, “a bi-weekly chat about web design, development, and entrepreneurship.”

12. The Userability Podcast

User Interface Engineering “is a leading research, training, and consulting firm specializing in web site and product usability.” You can take advantage of some of the free usability training they offer in their podcast, the Userability Podcast.

13. jQuery for Designers

This is a great resource for any beginner (and even intermediate) jQuery developers. In each episode, Remy Sharp will explain how to create an popular web effect using jQuery. You’ll learn how to build pop-up bubbles, sliding headers, and simple tabs.

14. Nettuts+ iTunes

Of course, Nettuts+ publishes screencasts, too! For your convenience, you can get these in an iTunes feed, or subscribe to them on YouTube.

Bonus: HuffDuffer

HuffDuffer is a site created by Jeremy Keith; it allows you to easily create your own podcasts. From the tag cloud above, you can see that a lot of the content being collected is related to web development. Check it out!

Get Listening!

I’m sure most developers listen to the occasional podcast. Have I missed your favourite podcast? Let us all know in the comments!

 
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  • http://ralphholzmann.com/ Ralph Holzmann

    Plus 1 vote for YayQuery.

  • Mohamed Zahran

    Great post,

    thanks Andrew.

  • http://psd-to-modx.com Cipa

    Great collection!
    As a busy developer I personally do not have time to watch podcasts. I prefer text stuff because I find it easier to “scan” a page, and see if there is something new, than to listen or view long podcasts.

    • http://www.freshclickmedia.com Shane

      Couldn’t agree more. I find that about 95% of the content is worthless. It seems that most people seem to enjoy the sound of their own voice and chat endlessly, slipping in the odd ‘joke’.

      I much prefer Jeffrey’s way of presenting content on nettuts. Different end goal, perhaps, but I’d rather watch a video like that than listen to half an hour of waffling.

    • http://yuilibrary.com Jenny Donnelly

      Good point, Cipa! Almost all the videos on YUI Theater have transcripts to help you do that.

    • http://www.imageworksllc.com Joshua Briley

      Same here. Podcasts are too slow for me. This post, however, did turn me on to some good sites that I now have listed as feeds on my iGoogle page. I scan that everyday for new information…

    • http://www.kezber.com Etienne

      Podcast are great when your not in front of your computers. They are not meant to replaces articles.

      You can listen to podcast when you drive to work, or while your doing your morning jog.

      • sarmen

        I listen to podcasts all the time while in front of the computer. Its what makes me do my thing, although sometimes when i need to fully focus ill just turn off the podcast otherwise i have to have some noise in the background so that i can focus.

  • http://www.zachsuperior.com Zach Superior

    Honorable mention for Twit.TV ?

  • http://dropletweet.com Siriquelle

    would love an opml of these feeds.

  • http://www.caiapps.com Adam C

    Thanks for sharing. Very nice collection. Should spend some time on them.

  • http://sideradesign.com paul

    I love the big web show, and thanks for the list, some of them I didn’t know. another one that you didn’t mention is doctype.tv

    • http://andrewburgess.ca Andrew Burgess
      Author

      Good point! I had Doctype.tv on my unedited list, but I can’t remember now why I left them off :)

      • Bryan Markham

        Doctype really should have been on here. It is so good!

  • http://www.justinmcgonigle.com Justin

    I want my Boagworld!

    • http://andrewburgess.ca Andrew Burgess
      Author

      I was going to add Boagworld, but they stopped producing episodes in June; I wanted this list to be podcasts that were currently active. But all the back episodes of Boagworld are still available!

  • http://webpulp.tv Josh Owens

    Andrew,

    Wow! Thanks for including http://webpulp.tv in that list, I am humbled to be included in that! It is nice to see the word getting out about my new endeavor :)

  • http://www.aediscreative.com Christopher

    It’s that time again. My favorite podcasts are starting to dwindle. Boagworld is off the air, freelance switch is done. It’s great to occasionally get a list of what is new and upcoming. I couldn’t make it though the week without my favorite podcasts to keep me up to date.

  • http://www.cesarvillaca.com Cesar

    http://boagworld.com/ is the best.. period! It may be over as of recent, but the info shared in the 216 archives is very relevant to the past and future. They rarely discussed things that are not timeless in our field. Most of the info is slanted to running a web business and less pure development. I can attribute many of my biggest clients to tips i got from the show.

    • Wanyax

      Hear hear!

  • http://digitalbart.com Bart

    The faceoff show is another great one. http://faceoffshow.com/

  • http://eehash.com/ Kyle Cotter

    Hey Andrew,

    Nice roundup! Just one thing though. EllisLab and ExpressionEngine are both single spaced CamelCased words ;). As an EE user, it’s my job to correct that.

    I love all of Dan Benjamin’s stuff. Really awesome!!

    Thanks for the post!

  • http://www.ahkeno.com ahkeno

    Awesome .. Thank for sharing .. I already follow sitepoint and net.tutsplus :)

  • http://www.dasim.cz/en dasim

    I tried to listen to many web-related podcats and I must say that the most-inspiring and thoughtfull one os definitely The Big Web Show. The guests are amazing and the hosts have the insight necessary to make the interviews extremely interesting. I enjoy that one most by far.

  • http://saidur.wordpress.com saidur rahman bijon

    The techcrunch is another my favorite one http://techcrunch.com/

  • http://www.tristarwebdesign.co.uk Tristar Web Design

    Excellent list, I didnt realise there was a podcast for WordPress! Thanks =)

  • http://www.tiltin.nl Bejamin

    Thanks for sharing .

  • Kumar Shorav

    No Drupal Love! Must listen channels: Acquia: http://acquia.com/podcasts

  • http://twitter.com/ossamaweb ossama

    thanks for the list, but i think you should also list http://doctype.tv

  • henry

    Don’t forget:

    The TWIT network
    http://www.twit.tv
    - which has This Week in Tech, This Week in Google, Tech News Today, Mac Break Weekly, iPad Today, Security Now and FLOSS Weekly. The podcasts are available in audio and video. You can also watch the shows in live streaming at http://live.twit.tv

  • henry

    Don’t forget:

    Herding Code
    http://herdingcode.com/
    - which talk about .NET development.

  • http://www.thedesigngnome.com Max Luzuriaga

    +1 for anything on 5by5.

  • http://www.hodgeman.co.nz Adrian Hodge

    WHAT ABOUT BOAGWORLD!! – It’s the original audio podcast for all those involved in designing, developing and running websites on a daily basis.

  • http://www.cssami.com thecssami

    Great list.Thanks for sharing.

  • http://www.crearedesign.co.uk Kelly H

    Thanks for a very resourceful post.

    I personally like CSS-Tricks, as I’ve watched some really good Podcasts on there. I’ve only recently started in web design and the videos I’ve watched have been really useful and don’t make the subject feel as daunting as it can be.

    I’ll be making sure I check out some of the other recommendations and hopefully increase my knowledge in the process.

  • http://www.htmlartists.com/ HTML Artists

    Thanks for a very resourceful post.

  • http://creativexpert.com Alan H

    There’s a new design show coming from the producers who made a show better than any of these hacks.

  • Sean

    Im a fan of Explicit Web, I think they have finished their first season now second coming soon but of main three I listen too

    Boag
    Big Web
    Explicit Web,

    But ill give some of these a try thanks

  • http://www.youngstream.net/ Youngstream

    Thanks for the great post!

    I’ve been looking for quality podcasts for some time now.

  • http://twitter.com/davidwrs David

    Great post, but missed http://yayquery.com/

  • http://www.serprisedesign.co.uk Serprise Design

    I really recommend the CSS Tricks screencasts, very informative. For SEO I recommend SEO Rockstars from webmasterradio.fm. Lots of useful SEO information. Great Post =)

  • http://wpchannel.com/ Aurélien

    For the French WordPress lovers, there is WordPress Channel ! ;)

  • Mfawa Alfred Onen

    Really useful links…Thank you

  • http://craigps.info CraigSnedeker

    Don’t forget http://geeksandgod.com. VERY FUNNY :) I used to listen to them, good stuff.

  • Mark

    Don’t forget http://faceoffshow.com, at the time of writing there are 87 episodes.

  • http://alicebobandmallory.com/ Jonas Elfström

    http://thisdeveloperslife.com/ is absolutely fantastic.

  • http://www.tenaxtechnologies.com java developer

    Great collection!
    I personally do not have time to watch podcasts. I prefer text stuff because I find it easier to “scan” a page, and see if there is something new, than to listen or view long podcasts.

  • Phil

    I would heartily recommend http://hanselminutes.com/

  • http://www.bryankwilliams.com sk8erbryan

    Great list. I just subscribed to nearly all of them. I go to a lot of these websites and even watch some of the videos/podcasts after they’ve come out. I need to be better about keeping up on them though.

  • http://www.thewebsitedesigncompany.ca TDWC

    Really a resplendent post . Thanks a lot for sharing

  • http://www.logicspice.com/ Logic Spice

    Informative post. I liked it. Hope you will keep coming up with such good stuff.

  • http://rkvectors.blogspot.com/ rkvectors

    great collections, Thanks a lot… lol!!!

  • https://www.xeoscript.com Muhammed K K

    Thanks, thats a great list

  • http://www.web-designer.com.sg Web designer

    Great info. I like all your post.

  • http://wptheme.fr Themes Wordpress

    Thanks for this post. I really like the Sitepoint podcast !

  • aadithya915

    Find out the developers for podcast websites and social networking @ http://www.arokiait.com

  • Mingzhang Yang

    Thanks for sharing. BTW, http://flapcast.com/ is the top Podcast Web App. :-)

  • http://www.thomsondata.com/technology-lists/oracle-users-list.php Oracle Users List

    Nice List, and I want to ask something… Is there any list of podcast sites are there that they allow to submit our podcast into their sites?

  • http://www.pbwebdev.com.au/blog/ Peter Bui

    And Joomla Beat the only Joomla base podcast http://joomlabe.at