2012 on Brian P. Hogan

“Why I Love Programming – Stories From Developers”

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:14:25 +0000

I’m teaching an introduction to programming course and I asked my friends and fellow developers to send me short 30-second clips of why they love what they do. Then I edited them all together. Here’s the video! Why I Love Programming – Stories From Developers from Brian Hogan on Vimeo.

Another Change of Direction

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:52:51 +0000

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had this passion for showing people how to do things. When I was in fourth grade, my dad, a teacher for the blind and visually-impaired, taught me how to program on an old Apple IIe computer. Once I got the hang of it, I started teaching my friends how to do write little programs of their own in our short-lived computer club after school.

tmux – Productive Mouse-Free Development

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:43:53 +0000

Back in February, I released my latest book, tmux: Productive Mouse-Free Development with help from the wonderful folks at the Pragmatic Bookshelf. If you don’t know what tmux is all about, watch this video:

Web Development Recipes now in Print

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:17:58 +0000

I’m proud to announce that my latest book, Web Development Recipes{.popup}, is available in print directly from the publisher. Modern web development takes more than just HTML and CSS with a little JavaScript mixed in. Clients want more responsive sites with faster interfaces that work on multiple devices, and you need the latest tools and techniques to make that happen. This book gives you more than 40 concise, tried-and-true solutions to todays web development problems, and introduces new workflows that will expand your skillset.