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Glenn Block Simplifies WCF with WebAPI

May 09, 2011 00:50:00 48.03 MB Downloads: 0

Richard caught up with Glenn Block at Mix 2011 to find out what he's been working on since the MEF days. After a quick tour down memory lane about MEF and Brad Abrams, Glenn discusses WCF Web APIs. The Web APIs focus WCF onto pure HTTP, making it easier to build RESTful applications while not requiring your applications to use REST. WCF Web APIs are all about creating HTTP clients and servers that do not have to be browsers and web servers, opening HTTP to a whole new world of devices and simplifying testing of your HTTP applications.

Chatting with the Imagine Cup Winners!

May 04, 2011 00:49:00 47.3 MB Downloads: 0

While Richard is climbing a mountain in Nepal, Carl talks to the US regional winners of Imagine Cup 2011.

Billy Hollis is a XAML Developer

May 02, 2011 00:50:00 48.12 MB Downloads: 0

While at Mix 2011, Richard talked to Billy Hollis about XAML development. Billy talks about the balance between WPF and Silverlight work, how he chooses which approach to use. The conversation also digs into steering clear of the 'One Right Way' mindset, and how right now is a great time to be ready to experiment with new technologies - XAML, touch and even gesture.

Pat Hynds Plans for Disaster Recovery

April 27, 2011 00:50:00 48.91 MB Downloads: 0

After getting an email from Shaun van Halewyn in Christchurch, New Zealand, Carl and Richard talk to Pat Hynds about disaster recovery for developers. This show is less about technology and more about planning - if you're responsible for your company's systems, have a listen.

Remi Caron Connects Applications using BizTalk and the Enterprise Service Bus Toolkit

April 25, 2011 00:47:00 38.87 MB Downloads: 0

Carl and Richard talk to Remi Caron about his project utilizing Enterprise Service Bus architecture to connect a huge number of applications together. Remi talks about using Microsoft Biztalk with the Enterprise Service Bus Toolkit to create a consistent mechanism for having different applications 'report-up' to a common infrastructure.

Richard Campbell Talks Tech Ed 101

April 20, 2011 00:40:00 48.89 MB Downloads: 0

Carl interviews Richard about Tech Ed US in Atlanta. Richard does the Tech Ed 101 sessions at the conference, in the interview he shares his secrets for how to get the most from Tech Ed. Carl and Richard also talk about their own activities at Tech Ed US, including Speaker Idol and the 64 Bit Question game show.

Brian Noyes is looking through Prism 4

April 18, 2011 00:48:00 46.81 MB Downloads: 0

Carl and Richard talk to Brian Noyes about Prism 4. Prism is a combination of guidance and tooling from the Patterns and Practices team at Microsoft to help build WPF and Silverlight based applications. Brian digs into why Prism exists and what has been added to the latest version of Prism to work with Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight 4 and WPF 4. There's also a version for Windows Phone 7!

Dan Wahlin Digs Deep on Web Client Development

April 13, 2011 00:50:00 48.89 MB Downloads: 0

While at DevConnections, Carl and Richard talk to Dan Wahlin about the state of web client development. Dan talks about his experiences with Silverlight, HTML 5, MVC and jQuery.

Luca Passani Builds Mobile Web Pages with WURFL

April 11, 2011 00:46:00 44.17 MB Downloads: 0

Carl and Richard talk to Luca Passani about WURFL. WURFL stands for Wireless Universal Resource File. Originally, WURFL was an XML file containing the device capabilities of a huge variety of mobile devices. Today its available in a variety of database formats, including formats friendly to .NET.

Brian Randell Does Virtual Testing Live at DevConnections!

April 06, 2011 00:51:00 49.27 MB Downloads: 0

Recorded in front of the DevConnection audience in Orlando, Carl and Richard talk to Brian Randell about virtualization. Brian also digs into Virtual Lab Manager, the extensions to Visual Studio 2010 that help testers capture tests that fail and communicate them effectively to developers.

Cory Fowler Runs PHP on Azure

April 04, 2011 00:43:00 41.3 MB Downloads: 0

Carl and Richard talk to Cory Fowler about running PHP on Azure. Cory digs into the challenges of getting PHP up and running in Azure, especially the evil popup dialog box. Cory also points out the Microsoft Web Platform Installer Command Line edition that allows you to install anything from the WebPI onto Azure. The conversation also digs into the differences between Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Azure. Microsoft runs open source software well on Azure, check it out!

Ayende Does Transactions with RavenDB

March 30, 2011 00:56:00 53.9 MB Downloads: 0

Carl and Richard talk to Oren Eini, aka Ayende Rahein, about RavenDB. RavenDB is a NoSQL JSON document database. Oren explains how he came to the realization that he needed to build his own data store, and the advantages of document databases over relational databases. Is SQL dead? Not hardly, but RavenDB is an interesting addition to your data solution!

Eric Lippert Talks About Project Roslyn

March 28, 2011 00:57:00 55.42 MB Downloads: 0

Recorded on PI day, Carl and Richard talk to the one-and-only Eric Lippert from the C# Compiler team. But we don't only talk about C#! The conversation wanders around all the languages, a little F#, a little IronPython, heck, even VB.NET! Eric talks about Project Roslyn, Microsoft's efforts to make the C# compiler available as a service. A little artificial intelligence, a little parallelism, and you've got one brain twisting show!

Jean Paoli is All About Web Interoperability

March 23, 2011 00:58:00 55.78 MB Downloads: 0

Carl and Richard talk to Jean Paoli, the General Manager of Interoperability Strategy at Microsoft. Jean Paoli was part of the team at the W3C that created the XML specification. Jean does a great job of helping us understand how huge the interoperability effort at Microsoft is. He also digs into the iterative (almost agile!) process of developing web specifications by building prototype code and taking that experience back to the working group.

Adam Driscoll Does PowerShell with TFS

March 21, 2011 00:43:00 42.17 MB Downloads: 0

Carl and Richard talk to Adam Driscoll of Quest Software. The conversation starts with a discussion around Adam's TFS plugin for Android. Then it moves into PowerGUI and the PowerGUI extensions for Visual Studio. PowerGUI is a UI for writing PowerShell scripts and PowerGUI VSX ties PowerGUI into Studio. Adam talks about applications can be built to be PowerShell driven with UI over top to generate the PowerShell commands.