CodeCast

CodeCast Episode 12: Visual Basic and the VB CommunityIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss Internet Explorer 8, Windows 7 beta, Kindle and Sony eBook readers, and Visual Studio 2010. Ken has two in-depth interviews on the topic of Visual Basic, .NET languages, and the VB community. The first interview is with VB community program manager Lisa Feigenbaum and the second is with VB program manager Dustin Campbell.   Topics   ·         Lisa Feigenbaum (@ 20:32) – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam, Twitter: http://twitter.com/lisafeig ·         Dustin Campbell (@ 35:15) – Blog: http://diditwith.net, Twitter: http://twitter.com/dcampbell Links   ·         IE8 issue of CODE Focus magazine – http://code-magazine.com/focus ·         Internet Explorer 8 – http://microsoft.com/ie ·         Windows Live Essentials - http://download.live.com ·         Amazon Kindle – http://amazon.com/kindle Length: 50:07 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 11: REST and jQueryIn this episode of CodeCast, Markus Egger has two in-depth discussions with Rick Strahl, one on REST and the other on jQuery.   Topics   ·         REST (@ 0:27) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer ·         jQuery (@ 11:26) – http://jquery.com Links   ·         Rick Strahl’s Blog – http://west-wind.com/weblog   Length: 22:37 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 10: DevExpress - CodeRush, Refactor!, and DXCoreThis is a special episode where some of the co-hosts are actually the ones being interviewed. Hosts are Ken Levy, Markus Egger, Gary Short, and Rick Strahl. With our co-host Gary Short being a technical evangelist for DevExpress (DX) and the other co-hosts familiar with the DX tools, we decided to do a show dedicated to the topic.   Topics   ·         CodeRush ·         Refactor! ·         DXCore   Links   ·         DevExpress – http://devexpress.com   Length: 35:00 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 9: 2008 Year in ReviewOur special 2008 year in review episode with hosts Ken Levy and Markus Egger, joined by special guest co-host Rick Strahl of West Wind Technologies.   Topics ·         Visual Studio (@ 2:37) ·         Languages (@ 6:28) ·         SQL Server (@ 10:15) ·         Windows (@ 12:57) ·         WPF/Silverlight (@ 18:10) ·         SOA/WCF (@ 24:56) ·         IIS/ASP.NET (@ 29:55) ·         VSX (@ 36:07) ·         Tablet/Touch/Surface (@ 40:20) ·         Mobile (@ 43:07) ·         Browsers (@ 51:14) ·         Social Networking/Media and Web 2.0 (@ 59:02) ·         The "one big thing" in 2008 discussion (@ 1:05:57) ·         Our 2009 new year's resolutions for business discussion (@ 1:08:24)   Links ·         CoDe Magazine – http://codemag.com Length: 1:12:52 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 8: Rod Paddock - Editor-In-Chief of CoDe MagazineOur 8th episode of CodeCast is our special 2008 holiday show. Host Ken Levy interviews Rod Paddock, Editor-In-Chief of CODE Magazine.   Interview ·         Rod Paddock (@ 00:27): Rod Paddock - http://dashpoint.com   News and gadget links   ·         CODE Magazine – http://codemag.com ·         CODE Focus – http://codemag.com/focus/ ·         Xiine – http://xiine.com   Length: 24:31 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 7: Twitter, F#, WPF, SurfaceIn episode 7, co-hosts Markus Egger and Gary Short join Ken Levy discussion news, programming languages increasing in usage such as F#, and using Twitter within a business environment. This episode interview iclues Markus Egger interviewing Tim Huckaby from VS DevConnections 2008 discussing WPF and the Microsoft Surface.   Interview ·         Tim Huckaby (@ 29:27): Tim Huckaby   News and gadget links   ·         F# - http://msdn.com/fsharp   ·         Twitter   Book Links   Foundations of F# on Amazon.com   Length: 39:59 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 6: PEX, Twitter, AJAXIn this show, hosts Ken Levy and Gary Short discuss the new PEX from Microsoft Research followed by an in-depth discussion on Twitter (part 1 of 2). This episode interview is with Dino Esposito in a discussion with host Markus Egger, recorded at VS DevConnections 2008 in Las Vegas.   Interview ·         Dino Esposito (@ 27:06): Dino Esposito’s Blog   News and gadget links   ·         PEX ·         Netgear SPH200W WiFi Phone with Skype ·         Sandisk SD Plus USB ·         Twitter   Length: 33:45 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 5: VSX, VSIP, Aggiorno, DBI-Tech ControlsThis 5th episode of CodeCast includes host Ken Levy with a new segment on news and gadgets, and three interviews all related to VSX and VSIP (Visual Studio Extensibility and Visual Studio Industry Partners). Interviews are with Microsoft and with two different Microsoft partners who are VSIP members. Missing from this show are co-hosts Markus Egger and Gary Short who where both at various conferences and other travel.   Interviews   ·         Terry Clancy (@ 9:19) http://msdn.com/vsx, http://msdn.com/vsip,  http://visualstudiogallery.com/   ·         Federico Zoufaly (@ 18:44): Aggiorno   ·         Alan Sheed (@ 25:00): DBI-Technologies   News and Gadget links   ·         Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1   ·         Live Search SDK, http://dev.live.com   ·         Windows Live Agents 5.1   ·         Microsoft .NET Services SDK   ·         Azure Services Training Kit - PDC Preview   ·         Microsoft Surface Data Sheet   ·         Microsoft Store   ·         Safari Books Online   ·         Microsoft Downloads   ·         Microsoft Download (Silverlight beta version)   ·         Zune Client 3.1   ·         Zune Pass   There is no exit music from a community band in this episode but we will include more in random future episodes as it becomes available to us. We are working on improvements to the audio recordings both in studio and with interviews. These interviews were all recording at PDC, and we have improved our recording techniques since then for interviews. We will try to keep each show at around 30 minutes each like this one. episode 7 we should be out of what we might consider CodeCast beta mode. J   Length: 30:27 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 4: State of .NET, IE8, ASP.NET MVC, and O'Reilly Media Hosts Ken Levy and Markus Egger discuss the new State of .NET events, IE8, ASP.NET MVC, followed by an interview from PDC with two editors from O'Reilly Media. More on ASP.NET MVC can be found at http://asp.net/mvc. Interview (@ 27:40): John Osborn and Laurel Ruma from O'Reilly Media discussing new books, eBooks, Safari, and more. http://oreilly.com/. John is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/johnatoreilly/ and Laurel is at http://twitter.com/laurelatoreilly. The exit music is from Rick Strahl's band Two Bit Thief, song is City Boys - http://west-wind.com/music/Two%20Bit%20Thief/. Length: 38:18 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 3: PDC, C#, IE8, and Surface In this third CodeCast show, hosts Ken Levy and Markus Egger discuss a quick final summary of PDC 2008, then introduce a series of interviews with folks from Microsoft interviewed at PDC: Interview 1 (9:29): C# community and C# 4.0 0 - Charlie Calvert - http://blogs.msdn.com/charlie Interview 2 (21:51): IE 8 for developers - Pete LePage - http://blogs.msdn.com/petel Interview 3 (29:26): Surface - Robert Levy - http://blogs.msdn.com/surface The exit music is from Rick Strahl's band Anti-Trust, song is No Privacy - http://west-wind.com/music/anti-trust/ Length: 42:24 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])