CodeCast

CodeCast Episode 22: F# with Chris SmithIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Chris Smith from Microsoft’s F# language team on F#, functional programming, his new F# book, F# for VS 2008, upcoming F# inclusion in VS 2010, and why F# is useful to C# and VB developers. Guests ·         Chris Smith – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/chrsmith, Twitter: http://twitter.com/aChrisSmith Links ·         Programming F# by Chris Smith ·         F# Developer Center – http://msdn.com/fsharp Length: 28:21 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 21: .NET, Java, Oracle-Sun, New IT Cold War with Ted NewardKen Levy interviews Ted Neward in an in-depth 71 minute discussion around the impact of Oracle buying Sun Microsystems and how it relates to Java, MySQL, Microsoft, .NET programming languages, IBM, and other companies and topics related in the IT world. Guests ·         Ted Neward (@ 27:28) – Blog: http://blogs.tedneward.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/TedNeward Length: 01:12:28 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 20: Biz Apps Team and VB with Beth MassiCo-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss Expression and XAML, and tech/gadget talk on the upcoming iPhone 3.0 OS and the upcoming ZuneHD. The show interview is Ken interviewing Beth Massi, Microsoft, program manager on Microsoft’s BizApps team in the VS group. Beth discusses her work over the past two years at Microsoft on the VB team and now on the BizApps team, and chat about some cool new features and content in Visual Studio 2010. Topics ·         Beth Massi (@ 27:28) – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi Links ·         VB Team Blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam ·         VB Developer Center – http://msdn.com/vbasic ·         VSTO Developer Center – http://msdn.com/vsto ·         Beth Massi on Channel 9 Length: 42:00 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 19: Windows Mobile Dev Community with Constanze RomanIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss event news (including DevTeach), tech news (Oracle/Sun merger), and an in-depth chat about WPF and Silverlight. The interview for this show includes Ken Levy chatting with Constanze Roman, community PM for the Windows Mobile DevX team, discussing content and community for Windows Mobile developers.   Topics ·         Constance Roman (@ 35:18) – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/croman, Twitter: http://twitter.com/stanzikratel Links ·         Windows Mobile Developer Portal – http://developer.windowsmobile.com ·         Windows Mobile Dev Center – http://msdn.com/windowsmobile ·         Windows Mobile Dev Team on Twitter: http://twitter.com/wmdev ·         DevTeach – http://devteach.com (June 8-12, Vancouver CA) Length: 49:45 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 18: IronPython and Dynamic Languages with Harry PiersonThis episode includes Ken Levy interviewing Microsoft’s IronPython program manager Harry Pierson, a part 2 from CodeCast #13. This is an extended in depth discussion with Harry giving examples of how dynamic languages are useful to any VB or C# developer, and how the next version of VS (version 2010) will include new features for integrating dynamic language programming within a VB or C# project. Topics ·         Harry Pierson – Blog: http://devhawk.net, Twitter: http://twitter.com/devhawk Links ·         IronPython Blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/ironpython (includes DLR resource and download links) ·         IronPython Studio - http://codeplex.com/IronPythonStudio ·         CODE Magazine article – Introducing IronPython by Harry Pierson Length: 37:37 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 17: Visual Basic 2010 Preview with Lisa FeigenbaumThis episode includes Ken Levy with a part 2 interview with Microsoft’s VB community program manager Lisa Feigenbaum. Lisa discusses many of the cool new features coming in the VB 2010 language and compiler, and some new VS 2010 IDE features. Also discussed is VB within Microsoft’s family of various .NET programming languages. Topics ·         Lisa Feigenbaum – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam, Twitter: http://twitter.com/lisafeig, Email: Lisa.Feigenbaum@microsoft.com Links ·         VB Developer Center – http://msdn.com/vbasic ·         VB 2010 preview document: http://code.msdn.com/vbfuture ·         VB Forums on MSDN: VB Support page Length: 25:05 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 16: MVPs and Connected Systems Community with Ed HickeyIn this episode of CodeCast, hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short talk in depth about Microsoft’s MVP Program, plus what’s new with CODE Magazine branding and production including plans for the Kindle format publication. In tech and gadget news, the hosts discuss Skype for iPhone and Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Mobile marketplace plans. In this shows interview, Ken Levy interviews Microsoft’s Ed Hickey, community program manager for the Connected Systems Customer Experience team, discussing his past role in the MVP program and his new current role working with the Connect Systems community.   Topics   ·         Ed Hickey (@ 30:11) Links   ·         Connected Systems Dev Centers – http://msdn.com/wcf, http://msdn.com/wf, http://msdn.com/biztalk, http://msdn.com/oslo ·         Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com ·         Channel 9 videos on MVP Program: Toby Richards, archive: Sean O'Driscoll ·         Video: CODE Magazine Redesign ·         Microsoft Case Study on EPS, video: EPS Case Study ·         Houston Channel 39 News Video on EPS and Surface Length: 49:36 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 15: Oslo and M with Paul VickIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss recent event news (MIX09 and DevConnections) and upcoming events (TechEd and PDC). Also discussed is news around Silverlight, Expression Blend, ASP.NET MVC, and IE 8.0. Then Ken Levy interviews Paul Vick (developer and architect at Microsoft). Paul discusses his history at Microsoft working on the Access and VB teams, and also chats about DSLs and the modeling language M in his new role on the Oslo team.   Topics   ·         Paul Vick (@ 21:52) – Blog: http://panopticoncentral.net, Twitter: http://twitter.com/paulvick Links   ·         MIX09 Videos - http://videos.visitmix.com ·         IE8 CODE Focus Magazine – http://code-magazine.com/focus ·         Oslo developer center – http://msdn.com/oslo Length: 38:13 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 14: Expression and MDSN Developer and Design CentersIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Lori Dirks, community program manager at Microsoft on Expression team, and another interview with Laurie Moloney who is a site manager on Microsoft’s MSDN.com website team. These interviews include news, strategy, and other topics related to the Expression and MSDN developer/designer center websites.   Topics   ·         Lori Dirk (@ 2:16) – http://expression.microsoft.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/msexpression ·         Laurie Moloney  (@ 14:28) – http://msdn.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/lauriemol Links   ·         MIX09 Videos - http://videos.visitmix.com ·         Microsoft Virtual TechDays – http://www.msfttechdays.com (Online, April 1, 2009) Length: 26:37 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

CodeCast Episode 13: IronPython and Dynamic LanguagesIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy and Markus Egger discuss upcoming developer event news and dynamic languages. This show’s interview is with Ken discussing IronPython with Harry Pierson, a program manager on Microsoft’s dynamic languages team.   Topics   ·         Harry Pierson (@ 13:50) – Blog: http://devhawk.net, Twitter: http://twitter.com/devhawk Links   ·         TechEd 2009 – http://msteched.com (L.A., May 11-15, 2009) ·         DevTeach – http://devteach.com (Vancouver, June 8-12, 2009) ·         IronPython Blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/ironpython (includes DLR resource and download links) ·         IronPython Studio - http://codeplex.com/IronPythonStudio ·         CODE Magazine article – Introducing IronPython by Harry Pierson Length: 33:45 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast (codecast@code-magazine.com)

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 (codecast@code-magazine.com)

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 (codecast@code-magazine.com)

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 (codecast@code-magazine.com)

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 (codecast@code-magazine.com)

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 (codecast@code-magazine.com)