CodeCast

CodeCast Episode 32: Roadmap for VB, C#, and F# with Luca BologneseIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discussing Kindle and Sony eBook readers, upcoming  Microsoft Zune HD, Visual Studio 2010 beta. Then in the guest interview, Ken interviews Luca Bolognese who is the group program manager at Microsoft on the Visual Studio languages team. Luca talks about the roadmap for and co-evolution of VB, C#, and F# languages beyond Visual Studio 2010. Guests ·         Luca Bolognese- (@ 22:32) – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/lucabo Links ·         Channel 9: Luca Bolognese: C# and VB.NET Co-Evolution - The Twain Shall Meet Length: 54:02 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 31: Google Wave, Apple, Bing.com with Ken Levy and Gary ShortIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy and Gary Short discuss summer news for developers. Topics discussed include event news, Google Wave, Apple news, Bing.com, and WolframAlpha.com.Guests ·         Ken Levy – Blog: http://mashupx.com/blog, Twitter: http://twitter.com/KenLevy ·         Gary Short - Blog: http://garyshortblog.wordpress.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/GaryShort Links ·         Google Wave – http://wave.google.com Length: 26:44 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 30: CodeRush Xpress with Gary ShortIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Gary Short on the new CodeRush Xpress for C# and VB, a new free light version of CodeRush by DevExpress. CodeRush Xpress is available for Visual Studio 2008 including many editor, productivity, and refactoring features from the full version of CodeRush, with a new version being worked on for future release supporting Visual Studio 2010. Guests ·         Gary Short – Blog: http://garyshortblog.wordpress.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/GaryShort Links ·         CodeRush Xpress – http://devexpress.com/coderushxpress Length: 31:15 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 29: Dynamic Language Features in C# 4.0 with Alexandru GhiondeaIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Alexandru Ghiondea who is a QA test engineer on the C# compiler team focused on the area of new dynamic language features in C# 4.0 (Visual Studio 2010). Alexandru discusses how the new dynamic features in C# 4.0 relates to dynamic features of VB, how C# 4.0 will improve areas such as COM programming support (dynamic methods, late binding of COM, etc)., and how C# 4.0 is improved interop with dynamic languages like IronPython and IronRuby, Guests ·         Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/alexghi Links ·         C# Developer Center: http://msdn.com/vcsharp Length: 18:29 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 28: Adding Features to C# and VB Compilers with Sam NgIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Sam Ng who is a developer on the C# compiler team at Microsoft, discussing processes for adding new features to the C# compiler and language, including new features coming in Visual Studio 2010. Guests ·         Sam Ng – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/samng Links ·         Channel 9: Inside C# 4.0: dynamic typing, optional parameters, covariance and contravariance Length: 30:38 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 27: Extensible Start Page in Visual Studio 2010 with Noah CoadIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Noah Coad who is a program manager on the Visual Studio Platform team. Noah is working on bringing various VS IDE UI components into WPF for VS 2010, and discusses his efforts on the new Visual Studio 2010 IDE including the cool new customizable and extensible WPF/XAML based Start Page. Guests ·         Noah Coad - Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/noahc, Twitter: http://twitter.com/noahcoad Links ·         Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Start Page Customization Length: 12:45 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 26: IronRuby with Jimmy SchementiIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Jimmy Schementi who is a program manager on the IronRuby team at Microsoft. Jimmy discusses his role on the IronRuby team, how IronRuby relates to Microsoft’s other .NET program languages, scenarios for using IronRuby, and Microsoft’s roadmap for IronRuby. Guests ·         Jimmy Schementi – Blog: http://blog.jimmy.schementi.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/jschementi Links ·         IronRuby homepage: http://ironruby.net ·         Jimmy Schementi on Channel 9: Inside IronRuby Length: 42:08 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 25: Advanced .NET Programming with Eric LippertIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Eric Lippert who is a senior software design engineer at Microsoft. Eric has been working at Microsoft on developer tools and languages since 1996, and has assisted with the design and implementation of VBScript, JScript, JScript .NET, Windows Script Host, Visual Studio Tools for Office and C#. Some of the many questions and topics Eric discusses include: What forces influence language designers when (1) choosing what features go into a language and (2) deciding how those features are exposed to the user? Why is LINQ syntax structured they way it is relative to standard SQL? How does the C# compiler functionality reflect how C# programming is thought of and designed? What process does Microsoft use in general to decide what goes into the next major release of the languages? Guests ·         Eric Lippert – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert Links ·         Eric Lippert on Channel 9 Length:43:34 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 24: MDSN Forums and msdn.com with Jeremy KelleyIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Jeremy Kelley of Microsoft, who is a program manager on the MSDN Forums team. Jeremy discusses the state and future of MSDN forums, the msdn.com dev centers, developer feedback, and other community related topics for developers on the Microsoft platform. Guests ·         Jeremy Kelley – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/JeremyKelley, Twitter: http://twitter.com/Fizzlenik Links ·         MSDN Forums: http://forums.msdn.com Length: 24:25 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 23: VS 2010 Extension Manager and Visual Studio GalleryIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Quan To and Anthony Cangialosi of the Visual Studio Platform team at Microsoft. The discussion goes into new details about the Extension Manager in Visual Studio 2010 and the enhancements to the Visual Studio Gallery (http://visualstudiogallery.com) to allow hosting extensions online allowing them to be installed from within the VS IDE. Also discussed, enhancements to the current and upcoming versions of the Visual Studio SDK for creating free and product based extensions. Guests ·         Quan To – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/quanto ·         Anthony Cangialosi – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/acangialosi, Twitter: http://twitter.com/acangialosi Links ·         Visual Studio Gallery – http://visualstudiogallery.com ·         VSX Team Blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/vsxteam ·         VSX on Twitter – http://twitter.com/VSX Length: 34:49 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])