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CodeCast Episode 72: VS 2010 Start Page Customization with Adrian CollierIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy chats with Adrian Collier, a program manager at Microsoft on the Visual Studio platform team. Adrian discusses the powerful new WPF based customizable start page in Visual Studio 2010. The conversation includes an overview of the new start page architecture, a new template for creating customized start pages, and scenarios of how customized start pages will enhance Visual Studio. Included is details on how using the Visual Studio SDK can extend the power of what start pages can do, how start pages can be packaged as VSIX extensions and posted on the Visual Studio Gallery and then downloaded and installed by developers via the new Extension Manager in VS 2010. Visit the Visual Studio team blog for more details about customizing the VS 2010 start page.Links ·         Visual Studio Team Blog Length: 40:18 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 71: Microsoft MVP Summit and Windows Phone 7 SeriesIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy and Gary Short discuss the non-NDA details of the recent Microsoft MVP Summit in Redmond, WA, along with a discussion on how MVPs contribute to the community and how MVPs and the MVP Summit helps developers and users who aren’t MVPs. Also discussed is the recent news around Windows Phone 7 Series including some details and expectations of the developer story for the new mobile platform to be announced at the MIX10 in mid March.Links ·         Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) ·         Windows Mobile 7 Series ·         Windows Phone Blog Length: 01:04:09 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 70: Code Camp with Chris Kinsman and Walt RitscherIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy discusses the topic of Code Camp events with Chris Kinsman and Walt Ritscher. While the discussion is about organizing and attending Code Camp events in general, the upcoming Seattle Code Camp is discussed as an example event. Code Camp is a type of community event where developers talk with-and learn from-fellow developers, free, and anyone is welcome to attend and speak. An original Code Camp organizer, Thom Robbins, wrote a six-point manifesto: Code Camps are (1) by and for the developer community; (2) always free; (3) community developed material; (4) no fluff - only code; (5) community ownership; and (6) never occur during working hours. Seattle Code Camp v5.0 - April 17-18, 2010 - Redmond, WA (Microsoft Commons center).Links ·         Seattle Code Camp (Apr 17-18) - http://seattle.codecamp.us ·         Blog: http://seattle.codecamp.us/blog ·         Twitter: @SeattleCodeCamp Length: 31:08 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 69: Virtual Brown Bag Meetings with Claudio LassalaIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Claudio Lassala, lead developer at EPS Software, and primary host of the free weekly Virtual Brown Bag meetings online via Live Meeting. The idea of a brown bag meeting is simple: once a week, people bring their “brown bag lunch” to the conference room, and we share tips and tricks. In order to cater for that online, we’re starting a “virtual” brown bag meeting. The meetings are hosted by the Virtual ALT.NET website through LiveMeeting (one of the most important aspects of ALT.NET is “continuous improvement”. The weekly schedule is every Thursday at 12:00pm noon CT (1pmET/10amPT). Claudio discusses the history, recent activity, participation information, benefits, and future plans for the Virtual Brown Bag (VBB) meetings.Guest ·         Claudio Lassala - Blog: http://claudiolassala.spaces.live.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/Claudiolassala, Band: http://DescentIntoMadness.com Links ·         Virtual Brown Bag (VBB): http://tinyurl.com/VirtualBrownBag Length: 25:14 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 68: Convention over Configuration, AOP with JBIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy and Markus Egger are joined by JB who is a software developer at EPS Software. JB talks about Convention over Configuration as a general theme, about creating applications so you only have to write the code that matters rather than a bunch of code to wire things up. Technology wise, its AOP (Aspect Oriented Programming) with PostSharp, Prism, StructureMap, etc., but the idea that binds all these things together is Convention over Configuration. Guest ·         JB - Blog: http://www.theabsentmindedcoder.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/RookieOne Links ·         Convention over Configuration MSDN article by Jeremy Miller ·         Prism / Composite WPF ·         PostSharp ·         StructureMap ·         Fluent NHibernate ·         Advanced WPF Workshop (Free Online Webinar) by JB (Feb 20 9:00am-1:00pm CT) Length: 57:29 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 67: VS 2010 IDE Shell with Weston HutchinsIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Weston Hutchins, program manager on the Visual Studio Shell team (team responsible for the core IDE services and extensibility architecture as well as the overall look and feel of Visual Studio). Weston has worked extensively with the Ecosystem team during the Visual Studio 2010 product cycle to design the New Project Dialog and the Extension Manager. In this episode, Weston gives a tour of the new IDE shell features of Visual Studio 2010 including the various components that are new, enhanced, WPF based, etc., as well as some cool tips as preparation for upgrading from VS 2008 to VS 2010.Guest ·         Weston Hutchins - Visual Studio Blog Links ·         Visual Studio developer center ·         Visual Studio Extensibility developer center ·         Visual Studio Gallery Length: 46:14 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 66: SOLID with Claudio LassalaIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy and Gary Short interview Claudio Lassala, a C# MVP, INETA Speaker, MCSD.NET, and Software Developer at EPS Software. Claudio gives an overview and discusses in depth the principles, practices, and benefits of using SOLID for .NET development.Guest ·         Claudio Lassala - Blog: http://claudiolassala.spaces.live.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/Claudiolassala, Band: http://DescentIntoMadness.com Links ·         Virtual Brown Bag ·         CODE: S.O.L.I.D. Software Development, One Step at a Time ·         Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# ·         Claudio on SOLID for the Virtual Alt.net: S1, S2, D ·         SOLID series on DimeCasts Length: 01:04:59 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 65: iPad, Tablet/Slate/Netbook PCs, Kindle, EPUBIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy and Markus Egger discuss in depth the new Apple iPad for both consumers/users and developers/businesses. This special show includes a detailed conversation of all the key details (hardware and software) of the newly announced iPad, with discussions on how it relates to PC based tablets, slates, and netbooks. The chat also includes how iPad and relative PC based devices can be used by developers in various ways for productivity and education. Plus, how the iPad is both a competitor and complement to Kindle devices and Amazon Kindle eBooks, as well as developers publishing content via EPUB format. CODE Magazine is available electronically via Kindle format which also includes reading on a PC (Mac soon), iPhone, iPod Touch, and on iPad via the free Kindle app.Links ·         Apple iPad ·         iLounge: First Look In Progress: Apple iPad ·         EPUB ·         CODE Magazine on Kindle store ·         CodeCast Episode 48: iPhone Development for .NET Developers Length: 01:24:00 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 64: MSBuild with Chuck EnglandIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Chuck England who is a program manager on the Visual Studio platform team at Microsoft responsible for MSBuild. This in-depth technical and scenario discussion includes detailed information on how and why to use MSBuild, either with Visual Studio 2008 or with new added features in Visual Studio 2010. New MSBuild features in VS 2010 include: New object model, new scheduler, Visual C++ now supported under MSBuild, new language features.Links ·         Visual Studio Blog ·         MSBuild Reference ·         New Object Model ·         C++ Support ·         Inline Tasks ·         Property Functions ·         Before / After Targets Length: 01:09:53 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 63: 2009 Year in ReviewIn this special episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short summarize news, technologies, and products from 2009, then discuss predictions and new year resolutions for 2010.Overall 2009 in review (Intro)Windows 7 (14:10)Expression and Visual Studio 2010 (22:10)Tech industry news, Oracle buying Sun (24:57)NUI (Natural User Interface) (28:56)Digital content and readers (37:14)Design UI, web, and client apps (41:39)ASP.NET MVC (50:00)Prism and MVVM pattern, RIA services (58:27)Azure (59:18)Virtualization (01:01:20)Silverlight and WPF (01:05:31)Bing (01:07:09)Online multimedia (01:15:19)Mobile devices and platforms (01:16:52)Social media, content, and platforms (01:24:15)2010 predictions (01:31:00)New year resolutions, 2009 predictions review (01:37:29)Length: 01:45:46 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])