CodeCast

CodeCast Episode 97: Microsoft Tag with Didier Caron In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Didier Caron of Sparked in the Netherlands. Didier goes through a detailed introduction of Microsoft Tag, various scenarios of how he has used Tag as a developer at Sparked and for the SDN.nl developer events, creating Tags, scenarios for a wide variety of use cases for Tag, and .NET developer APIs using the Microsoft Tag SDK.Guest ·         Didier Caron: @dgcaron, Blog: http://dgcaron.wordpress.com Links ·         Microsoft Tag: http://tag.microsoft.com ·         Building Software using the Microsoft Tag API ·         Example: Harnessing the power of IExtensibleDataObject Length: 43:15 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 96: Cloud Computing with Remi CaronIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Remi Caron of Sparked in the Netherlands, and is also president of SDN.nl. Remi discusses in-depth the cloud computing for .NET developers including hosting, application architecture, application hosting (Azure), databases in the cloud (SQL Azure), and the paradigm shift in the business model of the user side of cloud-based applications.Guest ·         Remi Caron: @The_Undutchable, Blog: http://remicaron.wordpress.com Links ·         http://microsoft.com/cloud ·         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing ·         http://sdn.nl Length: 55:04 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 95: LightSwitch Scenarios with Beth MassiIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Beth Massi, a senior program manager at Microsoft on the BizApps team who build the Visual Studio tools for Azure, Office, SharePoint, and Visual Studio LightSwitch. Beth is also a community champion for business applications and Visual Basic developers. In this episode, Beth discusses the overall architecture of LightSwitch, the various phases of developing a LightSwitch application, options for a variety of deployment methods, and a range of scenarios for .NET and non-professional developers for using LightSwitch.Guest ·         Beth Massi - Blog: http://BethMassi.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/BethMassi Links ·         LightSwitch Developer Center – http://msdn.com/lightswitch Length: 55:04 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 94: PDC 2010 Summary - Silverlight, Azure, Async for C#/VBIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Gary Short and Markus Egger discuss news and announcements from PDC 2010, including the changes in strategy for future versions of Silverlight, Azure, and the announcement of the new Async programming features coming in the next versions of the C# and VB languages. Links ·         Silverlight and PDC message from Microsoft ·         http://player.microsoftpdc.com ·         http://msdn.com/vstudio/async   Length: 55:23 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 93: Xamalot.com - Free XAML Resources for WPF and SilverlightIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Markus Egger, Gary Short, and Ken Levy discuss the new Xamalot.com website created by Markus and EPS Software. Xamalot.com is a provider of free clipart and other XAML resources (and most art is also available in other formats, such as PNG or SVG). The first 15 minutes of this show includes news about Windows Phone 7 and pre-PDC event discussions.Links ·         http://xamalot.com ·         http://twitter.com/xamalot ·         http://facebook.com/xamalot ·         Channel 9: TWC9 - ASP.NET Fix, Xamalot, MVC tools Embed PPT ·         PDC videos: http://player.microsoftpdc.com Length: 47:44 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 92: Windows Live Essentials 2011 with Kip Kniskern of LiveSide.netIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Kip Kniskern who is the Managing Editor of the LiveSide.net blog and website. Discussion on LiveSide.net, and in-depth on Windows Live Essentials 2011 which includes Messenger, Hotmail, Mail Desktop, Photo Gallery, FrameIt, Movie Maker, Calendar, Groups, Bing Bar, SkyDrive (including Office Web Apps), Mesh, Writer, Live ID, Family Safety, Outlook Connector Pack (includes Outlook Hotmail Connector and Outlook Social Connector Provider for Windows Live Messenger), Gallery, dev.live.com, Windows Live on mobile, and Spaces moving to WordPress.com.Links ·         http://liveside.net ·         http://twitter.com/LiveSide ·         http://facebook.com/LiveSide ·         http://twitter.com/KipKniskern ·         Windows Live Essentials: http://download.live.com ·         List of Windows Live products and services: http://feedback.live.com Length: 01:06:30 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 91: Servoy Development Suite with Sean DevlinIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Sean Devlin, a Senior Technical Engineer at Servoy. Servoy is a cross-platform development and deployment platform - based on a powerful data-centric application server combined with a productive open source developer tool. Servoy applications can be deployed either on premise, hosted or in the Cloud, or as a service (SaaS). While Servoy is Java based, most programming is done via JavaScript with Java programming optional as needed or preferred. Servoy client forms and web forms run from the same UI/code base and all logic executes on the server. This discussion covers the architecture and product suite offered by Servoy to deploy solutions towards users either as a zero-deployment, native smart client, or a browser-based web client.Links ·         Servoy – http://servoy.com ·         Servoy on Twitter – http://twitter.com/Servoy ·         Servoy for VFP developers – http://servoy.com/foxpro ·         ServoyForge – http://servoyforge.net ·         Servoy tech forums – http://servoy.com/i ·         ServoyWorld – http://servoy.com/servoyworld Length: 46:28 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 90: Surface and Multi-Touch UI with Dr. Neil RoodynIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Dr. Neil Roodyn with an extended conversation on a variety of topics including the Microsoft Surface, multi-touch applications, Bing Translator, and the Messenger Connect SDK. This discussion is a follow-up from a related CodeCast show with Dr. Neil (#34, July 2009).Guest ·         Dr. Neil Roodyn - Blog: http://roodyn.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/DrNeil Links ·         nsquared - http://nsquared.com.au ·         http://surface.com ·         http://twitter.com/MSSurface ·         Bing Translator - http://www.microsofttranslator.com/ ·         Messenger Connect – http://dev.live.com Length: 01:13:54 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 89: Windows 7 Development with Ritscher and WildermuthIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Walt Ritscher and Shawn Wildermuth on the topic of Windows Phone 7 development and marketplace. Discussion includes topics such as tools for creating apps for Windows Phone 7, XNA vs. Silverlight, Windows Phone 7 SDK and API details, the app marketplace, and various details on what to expect for the first version release.Guests ·         Walt Ritscher - Blog: http://blog.waltritscher.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/WaltRitscher ·         Shawn Wildermuth - Blog: http://wildermuth.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/ShawnWildermuth Links ·         Windows Phone Developer Center - http://developer.windowsphone.com Length: 56:48 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 88: LightSwitch for .NET Developers with Jay SchmelzerIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy and Markus Egger discuss Microsoft’s new Visual Studio LightSwitch product with the team’s group program manager Jay Schmelzer. Jay discusses in-depth technical details and insights into LightSwitch including scenarios of who it’s for, developer scenarios, data-driven and modeling architecture, extensibility, ecosystem, version 1 features, and how it fits into the Visual Studio product family.Links ·         Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch product page – http://microsoft.com/lightswitch ·         LightSwitch Developer Center – http://msdn.com/lightswitch ·         LightSwitch team blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lightswitch Length: 48:34 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 87: PostSharp for VS with Gael FraiteurIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Gael Fraiteur, developer of PostSharp for Visual Studio. Gael discusses the benefits of AOP (Aspect Oriented Programming) and how PostSharp for Visual Studio increases productivity of .NET development allowing developers to easily write and apply custom attributes that add new behaviors to code for scenarios including tracing, thread management, exception handling, data binding, and more.Links ·         PostSharp - http://www.sharpcrafters.com ·         PostSharp Blog: http://www.sharpcrafters.com/blog ·         PostSharp on Twitter: http://twitter.com/PostSharp ·         PostSharp Support on Twitter: http://twitter.com/PostSharpHelp Length: 41:14 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 86: News on Mobile Devices, WebMatrix and RazorIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss various news and experiences with mobile device news such as the iPhone 4, iPad, and  the upcoming Windows Phone 7. Also discussed, starting at minute marker 56:30, news and scenarios around Microsoft’s recent release of the WebMatrix and Razor web technologies.Links ·         Microsoft WebMatrix – http://microsoft.com/web/webmatrix and http://www.asp.net/webmatrix ·         Microsoft sharpening Razor view engine for ASP.NET ·         ASP.NET Web Pages with Razor Syntax Length: 01:10:28 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 85: Cool Apps, Utilities, and Tips for Windows, Mac, and iOSIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy and Gary Short discuss many useful cool apps, utilities, and tips for power users (developers and non-developers) for the Windows, Mac, and iOS platforms. Topics include: ZoomIt, TweetDeck, Kindle apps, iPhone Disk / iPhone Explorer, Adapter, SharedView, UltraVNC, Remote Desktop, Virtual PC 2007, Zinio, AppDelete, Flash Video, Dash Monitors, iOS SDK emulator, ShowAnytime, VR+ Recorder, RedLaser, SmartScan, ShareIt, Air Sharing, iExplorer, My Secrets, News Fuse / Tech Fuse, lynda.com, Instapaper, Windows Live Messenger, Podcaster, Twittelator, Dragon Dictation, Bing app, Pastebot, iGo MyWay, Maplets, WiFoFoFum, iNet, iTeleport, Jaadu RDP, FTPOnTheGo, Whiteboard, My Movies, Deliveries, FlightTrack, iRail, Expedia, Point Inside, LED Football, Mikey mic for iPhone/iPod. Length: 01:02:40 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 84: IronPython 2.6.1 for VS 2010 with Jimmy SchementiIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Jimmy Schementi who is a program manager on the VS languages team at Microsoft. Jimmy discusses what’s new in IronPython 2.6.1, released in sync with Visual Studio 2010. Included in the discussion is many scenarios of how IronPython can be used as a great additional .NET programming language used by C# and VB developers, using IronPython with Silverlight, and details in the roadmap for upcoming released of IronPython.Guest ·         Jimmy Schementi – Blog: http://blog.jimmy.schementi.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/jschementi Links ·         http://ironpython.net ·         http://ironpython.codeplex.com ·         IronPython Interactive DLR Console in Silverlight - http://ironpython.net/browser/examples/dlrconsole Length: 53:01 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 83: 10 Years of CODE Magazine with Markus Egger and Rod PaddockIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy and Markus Egger welcome special guest Rod Paddock, editor of CODE Magazine. The original idea of CODE Magazine, owned by EPS Software, was an idea conceived by Markus Egger and Rick Strahl during a trip to Europe in the late 1990s. This special anniversary includes discussions of the history of CODE magazine, behind-the-scenes of publication, artwork, editing, writing, and fun never before told CODE stories from the past decade.Guest ·         Rod Paddock - Blog: http://blog.dashpoint.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/RodPaddock Links ·         CODE Magazine – http://codemag.com ·         @CODEmagazine on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CODEmagazine ·         CODE Magazine on Facebook: http://facebook.com/CODEmagazine ·         Writing for CODE Magazine – http://codemag.com/write ·         CODE Training - http://codemag.com/training ·         CodeCast - http://codemag.com/codecast ·         10 Years of CODE by Markus Egger ·         EPS Software: http://eps-software.com Length: 01:19:35 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)