Herding Code

On this episode of Herding Code, the guys talk to Amir Rajan about his Oak and Gemini projects, which bring Rails-inspired dynamic programming to ASP.NET MVC. Download / Listen: Herding Code 157 – Amir Rajan on dynamic web development with Oak and Gemini Show Notes: Overview – Developing with Oak Oak is an approach to […]

The guys catch up with Andreas and Steve on what’s new in NancyFx (a web framework for .NET that was originally inspired by Sinatra). Download / Listen: Herding Code 156 – Catching up with Andreas Håkansson and Steven Robbins on NancyFx Show Notes: Jon asks for a quick overview of NancyFx. Steve and Andreas both […]

On this episode of Herding Code, the guys talk to Ward Bell about single page applications and the Breeze project. Download / Listen: Herding Code 155 – Ward Bell on Single Page Applications and Breeze Show Notes: General SPA discussion Ward talks about how IdeaBlade has been building tools for working with data in rich […]

While at the //build/ conference, Jon talks to Aaron Stannard about how he left Microsoft to start up a new company focused on analytics for Windows 8 applications. They discuss Windows 8 development and the Window Store ecosystem and the technology stack Aaron and team settled on for their analytics platform. They end up by […]

The guys talk to Matt Wrock about Matt’s RequestReduce web optimization framework and his work to automate building and configuring Windows developer machines with the Chocolatey and BoxStarter projects. Download / Listen: Herding Code 153 – Matt Wrock on RequestReduce, Chocolatey and BoxStarter Show Notes: RequestReduce Matt explains how he got started with RequestReduce – […]

The guys talk to Josh Twist about the newly released Azure Mobile Services. Download / Listen: Herding Code 152 – Josh Twist on Azure Mobile Services Show Notes: How Azure Mobile Services got started Jon asks Josh how he got involved with Azure Mobile Services. Jon asks Josh about the Zumo code name – ZU […]

The guys talk to Rob Eisenberg about RPGWithMe (his new web-based platform centered around tabletop RPGs), Durandal (the essence of Caliburn.Micro re-imagined for HTML and Javascript) and his thoughts on the current state of XAML development. Download / Listen: Herding Code 151 – Rob Eisenberg on RPGWithMe, Durandal, and XAML vs. HTML5 development Show Notes: […]

The guys talk to David Starr about how people, practices and tools factor into software development. Can developer tooling be part of the solution rather than part of the problem? What’s the state of Scrum? How does Nascar fit in? Download / Listen: Herding Code 150 – David Starr on the People, Practices, and Tools […]

The guys check in after a summer hiatus with a discussion covering travel, books, e-book readers, two factor authentication, Windows 8, OSX Mountain Lion, and hover cranes. Download / Listen: Herding Code 149 – What I Did With My Summer Vacation Show Notes: Travel Jon asks starts by asking where everyone’s been travelling to over […]

Here’s the last of K. Scott and Jon’s interviews from NDC Oslo 2012: a conversation with Chris Hardy about Xamarin, MonoTouch, Mono For Android, and mobile development. Download / Listen: Herding Code 148 – Chris Hardy on Xamarin, MonoTouch and Mono For Android Show Notes: Jon asks Chris what he does at Xamarin. Jon asks […]

While at NDC 2012 in Oslo, Jon and K. Scott talked to Jakob Bradford about how the event was organized. Download / Listen: Herding Code 147 – Jakob Bradford on Organizing NDC Oslo Show Notes: Jon asks how NDC got started and how it’s grown. K. Scott says that other conferences feel like they’re organized […]

While at NDC 2012 in Oslo, Jon and K. Scott talked to Shay Friedman about Roslyn, IronRuby, and the DLR. Download / Listen: Herding Code 146 – Shay Friedman on Roslyn, IronRuby, and the DLR Show Notes: K. Scott asks Shay about the what he covered in his "What? C# Could Do That?" talk. Shay […]

While at NDC 2012 in Oslo, Jon MC’d a Cage Match between Rob Conery (Node.js and socket.io) and Damian Edwards (ASP.NET and SignalR). Immediately after the cage match ended, Jon and K. Scott caught up with them to talk about the similarities and differences between these development stacks. Download / Listen: Herding Code 145 – […]

In this episode, the guys talk to Tim Clem, Paul Betts and Phil Haack about GitHub for Windows. Download / Listen: Herding Code 144 – GitHub for Windows with Tim Clem, Paul Betts and Phil Haack Show Notes: The guys start off talking about why there is a need for GitHub for Windows. Kevin asks […]

The guys talk to Paul Stack about Continuous Deployment. Download / Listen: Herding Code 143 – Paul Stack on Continuous Delivery K. Scott asks Paul for a description of what Continuous Delivery is. Paul talks about the differences between Continuous Testing, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment. Scott brings up the difficulties that databases […]