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.NET Rocks!

Carl Franklin and Richard Campbellwww.spreaker.com
.NET Rocks! is an Internet Audio Talk Show for Microsoft .NET Developers.
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Episodes

Dot Net Nuke 3.0!

We return to Dot Net Nuke, with Jim Duffy and Shaun Walker, who talk about the amazing pluggability and skinability of Dot Net Nuke. We discuss the changes between 2.0 and 3.0, the philosophy of Open Source development, and even get a glimpse at what we might see in the future of Dot Net Nuke. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

May 09, 20051 hr 15 min

Mood Indigo

Carl talks with Richard Turner and Anand Rajagapolan, Program Managers on the Indigo team to really dig into the Indigo experience. This is a great show! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

May 02, 20051 hr 11 min

Kimberly Tripp on SQL 2005

Kim Tripp is back and more intense than ever. After talking about her famous USB Key demonstration of SQL 2005 partitioning, she gets into details of SQL 2005 that would make even the SQL team go "hey, that's cool!" This is one of those shows that you'll have to listen to several times to completely grasp. We know we will! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Apr 25, 20051 hr 39 min

Matt Mannion Goes to the Races!

Matt Mannion from Clarity Consulting talks about the application his company developed with and for the Indy Racing League in Indianappolis, IN. Using Visual Studio .NET 2003 and VB.NET they were able to develop a great application for managing real-time racing data and reporting. Fascinating story. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Apr 17, 200559 min

Live from the Microsoft Platform Adoption Center

Grant BlahaErath and Glenn Podany talk about the MS Platform Adoption Center: what it is and what it's used for. Sometimes called the Customer Lab, the PAC has generated some great case studies with major companies implementing Microsoft technologies. Great stories and geeking out on this show! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Apr 11, 20051 hr 17 min

Scott Hanselman and Rory Blyth

Scott Hanselman returns to DNR for the first time in several months. In this otherwise ASP.NET-centric show, Rory shows off his hands-free flush abilities and Scott rants about Cascading Style Sheets. A great show with more nutritional value than you might expect. Welcome back to the show, Rory! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Apr 04, 20051 hr

Rocky Lhotka and Bill Vaughn Live at Dev Connections!

Rhocky Lhotka and Bill Vaughn return in this *live* recording of Dot Net Rocks, from the March 2005 Dev Connections conferene in Orlando, FL Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Mar 27, 20051 hr 11 min

Ken Getz Does a Mind Meld

Ken Getz comes back for round 2 with .NET Rocks! talking about new features of VB.NET 2005, SharePoint and WSS, wireless service, and toys! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Mar 21, 20051 hr 6 min

Paul Sheriff on Architecture

World-renowned author and trainer Paul Sheriff talks with Carl and Richard about all things architecture: what, why, when, where, and how. Even if you have no plans to move beyond the cowboy way of software development, this discussion will make you think. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Mar 14, 20051 hr 9 min

Chris Anderson and the Longhorn Evangelism Team

This is a great show on what's coming in Longhorn technology, namely Indigo, Avalon, and XAML, and compatibility. We get to the heart of what the term "Managed OS" really means. Jeff Sandquist tries to decide whether or not to shave his mustache. He's had it since he was 16. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Mar 07, 20051 hr 17 min

NASA World Wind Development Team

Chris Maxwell and Randy Kim from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration talk about their recent .NET project, World Wind, an educational and informational tool for viewing planet Earth (and other planets). The program was written in Visual Studio .NET with managed DirectX, and is open source. Geoff steps out from behind the sound board and ends up asking most of the really good questions. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations...

Feb 28, 20051 hr 12 min

Mark Miller on How to be a Better Programmer

Mark Miller returns again, and is in the studio with Carl talking about his sordid past with Delphi, some development choices he's made, pair porgramming, and GDI+ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Feb 21, 20051 hr 32 min

We Have Arrived!

We have arrived at our 100th show! Richard Campbell, Mark Dunn, Nick Landry, Geoff Maciolek, and Chris Sells join Carl in this look at shows past, present, and future. Lots of fun and you'll learn a few things too, as we always do. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Feb 15, 20051 hr 53 min

Forte on SQL 2005

New York Regional Director Stephen Forte talks with Carl and Rory about many cool things, including SQL Server 2005 (Yukon). He's got some good advice for how to get the most out of it. As well, the conversation turned to clustering and RAID strategies. This was a great talk with one of the Northeast's sharpest .NET minds, not to mention mountain climbers and extreme... well, let's just say he's extreme and leave it at that. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations...

Feb 07, 20051 hr 27 min

Mark Dunn on ADO.NET 2.0 and BizTalk 2004

As the original co-host of .NET Rocks!, mark didn't say all that much. Well, look out! He's talking about his current passions, ADO.NET 2.0 and BizTalk 2004, and we can't shut him up! This is a great conversation with a true ADO.NET expert. Mark has a knack for explaining complex ideas in a very natural and easy manner. If you still don't get BizTalk, this is the show to listen to. Mark explains why BizTalk is great from a very practical perspective, and explains why he is on a crusade to get de...

Jan 31, 20051 hr 29 min

Carl and Rory Catch Up

Carl and Rory catch up after Rory's long haitus. Topics include Smartphone programming, responding to an article blasting OOP, and much more. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Jan 24, 20051 hr

Talking with Robert Hurlbut

Independent Software developer and Visual C# MVP Robert Hurlbut joins Carl in the studio this week for a discussion about security, least-privileged development, and the SQL 2005 Service Broker. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Jan 17, 20051 hr 6 min

Talking Smart Clients with Rob Barker

Rob Barker from microsoft engages Carl and Rory in a conversation about leveraging Infopath, the Information Bridge Framework, and Visual Studio Tools for Office 2003 to develop smart clients. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Dec 27, 20041 hr 7 min

Hanging out with Bernard Wong

Bernard Wong from MSDN talks with Carl and Rory this week. What's on his mind? For starters, the old and tired questions asked of him at developer conferences, what Bill and Steve really say at those high level meetings in Redmond, amrchair CEOs, and other observations. Bernard always has great stories to tell. This is the last show of 2004. We'll be back on January 10th, 2005! Until then, we hope everyone enjoys a little time off for the holidays! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com...

Dec 20, 20041 hr 17 min

Brian Larson on SQL Reporting Services

Brian Larson talks to Carl and Rory, who is recovering from being sick and on the road, about SQL Reporting Services: architecture, cool features, innovative uses, performance tips, new features in SQL 2005 Reporting Services, and Business Intelligence opportunities in SQL 2005. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Dec 13, 20041 hr 8 min

Windows Server Technology

While Rory is living it up in Vegas Carl interviews seven Microsoft program managers and evanglists about the current state of Windows Server 2003 as well as what's on tap for future releases; 64-bit computing and why it's so cool; server security, and J2EE to .NET migration. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Dec 06, 20041 hr 27 min

Billy Hollis digs into smart client architecture

Billy Hollis went beyond the general smart client discussion we usually have and dug into architecure issues. What works? What doesn't work? Listen to Billy's stories from the field and learn from his experience. Awesome show. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Nov 29, 20041 hr 16 min

Catching up with Julie Lerman

Julie Lerman talks about her recent experiences with the Base Class Library 2.0, Tablet PC development and ADO.NET 2.0. She also talks about her professional life before software development, which may come as a bit of a shock. All-in-all it was a good conversation. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Nov 24, 20041 hr 8 min

Mark Pollack, Ted Neward, and Don Box on Java, .NET, and the future

Dare we say the future? This show was originally intended to be a discussion about Java and Spring.NET with Mark Pollack. Then Ted was invited, and he invited Don. The result is an almost two hour discussion of Java and .NET. This is definitely going to be a classic. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Nov 17, 20041 hr 33 min

Kate Gregory on C+++, VB.NET, and VSTO

Kate Gregory talks to Carl (in this retro interview-only show) about the new C++, why she prefers VB.NET over C#, Visual Studio Tools for Office, OOP, Sockets, and merry old England! This is the first of our attempt to make .NET Rocks! more geeky and less freaky! We hope you like it! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Nov 08, 20041 hr 12 min

Jay Roxe Rocks!

Microsoft Product Manager for Visual Basic.NET, Jay Roxe drops by to talk about his work on the .NET Framework including System.Object, System.String, and System.Text.StringBuilder. In the second half he talks about VB.NET 2005, about the decisions Microsoft made regarding features and ship dates, and about how he thinks VB.NET 2005 will go a long way toward making .NET accessible to the masses of business programmers worldwide. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations...

Nov 01, 20041 hr 59 min

Juval Löwy on .NET 2.0

Juval Löwy joins Carl, Rory, and the gang this week for a romp through .NET 2.0 in all its glory. Juval talks about serialization now and in 2.0, the new System.Transaction namespace and how cool it really is, putting System.EnterpriseServices in perspective, some quick lip service to generics (although he discussed that in show #34), and a little criticism of the new Visual Studio 2005. Thom Robbins joins us in the second half to talk about his recent CodeCamp event, and the New England distric...

Oct 25, 20042 hr 9 min

The Whidbey Show

We try to have representatives from Microsoft on the show every once in a while to talk about what's happening in Redmond. This week we had four program managers for the Evangelism team: Scott Burmester, Steve Cellini, Carter Maslan, and Jeff Sandquist. The topic? Whidbey! We get a check up on the progress of the next version of .NET. We talked at length about the up-and-coming Visual Studio 2005 Team System, and the efforts to reach application developers who don't necessarily spend time in the...

Oct 18, 20041 hr 59 min

Chris Sells Checks In

.NET Rocks! regular guest (and guest host) Chris Sells joins Carl and the gang for a really fun discussion (after he comments on the mail and news) about Longhorn and WinFX, Longhorn features on XP, working on the MSDN Smart Client DevCenter, VS.NET 2005, learning about new technologies, learning by teaching, and Avalon. He answers some good technical questions from live listeners, and overall makes the two hours fly by. Of course you get the mail, news of the week, Weird Wide Webb, and Ask Rory...

Oct 11, 20041 hr 58 min

Fritz Onion on ASP.NET

Noted author and software engineer Fritz Onion is our guest this week on .NET Rocks! After lavishing praise on F.O. for what seemed an eternity, Carl and Rory get down to the HTTP Pipeline, the HTTPContext, User Controls, Web Controls, and what Fritz likes (and dislikes) about the current beta of ASP.NET 2.0. Among other accomplishments, Fritz is the author of the best-selling Essential ASP.NET published by Addison Wesley. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations...

Oct 04, 20042 hr 4 min
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