Connected Show Developer Podcast!

In this episode, the man, the myth, the legend: C# MVP Jon Skeet joins Peter on a whirlwind tour into the bowels of the C# language. Jon talks up lambdas, expression trees, and other C# goodness. Prepare to have your brain tickled! (Interview starts at 31:18)

Also, guest host Andrew Brust joins Peter to rap about phpBB in the Microsoft Web Platform Installer, Office 2010, Windows Phone 7, and HTML5 video.

In this episode, guest Pete Brown joins Peter to discuss the recent release of Silverlight 4 & WPF4. Pete talks about how to light up with COM and do some crazy stuff on your client. Mics, webcams, and sensors, oh my! (Interview starts at 13:34)

Also on tap, guest host Dane Morgridge joins me to cover the latest Microsoft developer & interoperability news including: Enterprise Library 5 and new SQL Server drivers for Java & PHP.

In this episode, Microsoft's own Sara Ford joins Peter to discuss her work on the CodePlex.com open source software hosting platform. Sara dishes on how the Codeplex.com team evolved the site over time using Agile methodologies, as well as her own journey from Visual Studio tipster to Silicon Valley Technology Evangelist (Interview starts at 21:39). Also on tap, guest host Dani Diaz joins Peter to cover the latest Microsoft interoperability news including: Nick Knocks, CoApp, SQL Reporting Services for PHP, oData, and PHP on Azure.

In this episode, guest Andrew Brust joins Dmitry and Peter to discuss the latest happenings from SxSW and Mix10. On tap this time around: XP Mode hardware restrictions removed, Silverlight 4, Windows Phone 7 development, and IE9 support for HTML5. Andrew also talks to us about the potential of oData for interoperability and easy data access on the web.

In this episode Peter and Dmitry run solo to discuss the latest ‘buzz’ around the web, Jon Skeet jokes, marriage and other “developer” topics. Eventually the duo also covers hard news such as CodePlex updates, Visual Studio 2010 RC, Azure Platform updates, Moonlight and much more.

In this episode, guest host Andrew Brust joins Peter to cover the Windows Phone 7 Series news from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Also, Andrew and Peter discuss the latest developer & interoperability news, including: The Enterprise Library roadmap from the Microsoft Patterns & Practices team, Zend Framework’s support for Windows Azure, and innovation at Microsoft.

In this episode, guest Mark Pollack joins Peter to discuss the Spring.NET application framework. In a world driven by POJOs and POCOs, Mark tells us about how he originally created Spring.NET for a team of Java developers to enable a similar development experience in .NET. Since then, the framework has grown from a simple IoC container to a more powerful framework capable of separating cross-cutting concerns from business application logic. Also, Dmitry and Peter discuss Snoop, FastCGI 1.5, Windows Mobile wish lists, Windows Azure X-Drive, PHP MEF, Gaming Addictions, and other bad habits. Is this a Developer talk show or what?!

In this episode, guest Stephen Bohlen joins Peter to discuss the Agile software development methodology. Stephen talks about what it means to be agile, how agile can improve the software development process, and what boiling molasses may portend for the future of “software engineering”. Also, guest host Andrew Brust joins us for a review of the shiny new toys shown at CES in Las Vegas, NV. Andrew shares his thoughts and observations at CES on Android, slates, tablets, 3D TV, Internet TV, and more.

In this episode, guest Maarten Balliauw joins Peter to discuss his implementation of Language Integrated Query (LINQ) for PHP and linking (non-pun intended) PHP to Microsoft Office Excel via the PHPExcel project. Maarten is a Microsoft MVP for ASP.NET and a PHP developer. Also, Dmitry and Peter discuss WinCache for PHP 1.0, Moonlight 2.0, and having a backup strategy.

In this episode guests Sumit Chawla & Tim Wise join Peter to discuss offloading a Java server infrastructure to Windows Azure to save pizza money (Starts at 40:31). Guest hosts Gary Russo and Sara Chipps also join me for a wrap up of PDC 2009.