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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

Jeff Atwood on the Human Side of Software Development

Jeff Atwood from codinghorror.com tells Carl and Richard what's on his mind, including his recommended reading list, and above all the human side of software development. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Apr 26, 20071 hr 4 min

Fred Chong On SaaS (Software as a Service)

Carl and Richard speak with Fred Chong about SaaS (Software as a Service) from the basic concepts to issues of appropriateness to products like HR and LitWare. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Apr 23, 20071 hr 14 min

Catching up with Rob Howard

Ex-ASP.NET Team Member turned businessman Rob Howard tells us what he's been up to with Community Server, CodeSmith Tools, and a few other projects. As always, Rob has some great stories. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Apr 18, 20071 hr 2 min

Rick Brewster on Paint.NET

Rick Brewster, the lead developer of Paint.NET, discusses the open-source paint program from the beginning to the present and into the future. It's a great story, and a great project! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Apr 17, 20071 hr 2 min

Bret Updegraff Talks SQL Server Reporting Services

Bret Updegraf shares his knowledge of SQL Reporting Services with Carl and Richard in this show. Bret is the author of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services in Action from Manning Publishing. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Apr 11, 20071 hr

Dax Pandhi talks WPF and Expression

Graphics guru and WPF wonk Dax Pandhi shares his thoughts on WPF, WPF/e, Expression suite in general, and Blend in particular. You'll hear the story of how Dax came to be the Pwop graphics guy as well as his contributions to the WPF community. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Apr 09, 20071 hr 5 min

Daniel Simmons on ADO.NET Entity Framework

Carl and Richard talk about the ADO.NET Entity Framework, a new ORM technology from Microsoft, with Daniel Simmons, a dev lead on ADO.NET at Microsoft. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Apr 05, 20071 hr 8 min

Dan Appleman Talks About Discoverability!

Carl and Richard catch up with Dan Appleman at Devconnections in Orlando. The big topic is the discoverability of pertinent information through search engines. His solution? You'll have to listen to find out. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Apr 02, 20071 hr 13 min

Oren Eini -NHibernate and Rhino Mocks

Oren Eini, creator of Rhino Mocks, reprises his DNR tv appearance with discussions on the effectiveness and power of NHibernate, coding advantages and the joys of authoring open source work. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Mar 29, 20071 hr 2 min

Bill Wagner on C# and the Grateful Dead

Bill Wagner is back to talk about C# with topics from his best-selling book, Effective C#. Bill is a multi-faceted developer, however, and the conversation turned to topics like community. Great stuff. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Mar 27, 20071 hr 13 min

Michele Leroux Bustamante on WCF

Michele checks in with Carl and Richard on the state of WCF. Not to be missed! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Mar 22, 20071 hr 20 min

Kate Gregory on Managed C++, Vista Security, and more

The always brilliant and delightful Kate Gregory talks with Carl and Richard about her passion, which is managed C++, as well as Vista, UAC and other things geekish. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Mar 20, 20071 hr 12 min

Jack Greenfield on Software Factories

Jack Greenfield talks about software factories, or software that builds software. The conceptual and practical aspects of the future of software development, and implications for developers are discussed. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Mar 15, 20071 hr 14 min

Shaun Walker on DotNetNuke 4.x

Shaun Walker is back to talk about advances in DotNetNuke, his incredible open-source ASP.NET framework. .NET Nuke has been an increasingly popular option for development of ASP.NET sites and applications ever since it arrived on the scene in the early days of .NET. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Mar 13, 20071 hr 3 min

Paul Randal on SQL Server 2005 Performance and Recovery

Microsoftee Paul Randal drops by for an engaging talk about his contributions to the recoverability of SQL Server 2005, which are many (Can you say CHECKDB?). An old friend of ours, and a fairly new friend if Paul's, busts in on the conversation and makes a cameo appearance. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Mar 06, 20071 hr 10 min

Eric Sink on Vista, Writing Books, SourceGear, and Wii Golf

Eric Sink talks to us this week about a number of things currently on his mind including software methodologies, getting involved in the business side of software, upgrading to Vista, WPF/E, writing books for a living, and the evolution of his product, SourceGear. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Feb 27, 20071 hr 15 min

Steve McConnell Makes Sure We're Code Complete

Steve McConnell talks about his books, and his take on programming practices that transcend specific languages. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Feb 19, 20071 hr 34 min

Billy Hollis on Application Complexity

In this episode, Billy Hollis talks about the finer points of developing complex applications in the real world, the true costs and benefits of agile and other methodologies, and the things programmers and organizations can do to be effecient financially. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Feb 13, 20071 hr 16 min

Jesse Liberty and Alex Horovitz on .NET 3.0

Jesse Liberty and Alex Horovitz talk about their experiences researching and writing their book, Programming .NET 3.0 from O'Reilly, as well as their ideas on the future of programming. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Feb 06, 20071 hr 25 min

Allan Hirt on High Availability

Allan Hirt discusses the details of providing high availability with SQL Server 2005, and the things developers need to know in order to make their applications compatable. He discusses clustering, transaction log shipping, mirroring, and more. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Jan 30, 20071 hr 15 min

Raymond Chen on Raymond Chen

In this interview, Raymond Chen discusses... Raymond Chen! Raymond talks about his history at Microsoft dating back to the early days of the Windows32 API, up through the recent release of Windows Vista and whatever else is on his mind. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Jan 23, 20071 hr 16 min

Scott Ambler on Agile

Agile Methodology is a wide topic, and this discussion is quite unlike the others that we've had. Scott Ambler brings his experiences from his career at IBM and elsewhere to this lively discussion. Richard was particularly interested in his ideas on database refactoring. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Jan 16, 20071 hr 8 min

Mark Dunn and Mark Berry on Biztalk 2006

Mark Berry and Mark Dunn from DUNN Training join us this week to dig a little deeper into BizTalk Server 2006. In this gripping sequel to Mark's earlier BizTalk shows, we delved much deeper into the inner workings of BizTalk than we've ever gone before. These guys know their stuff and you can bet this show will be educational and even a wee bit entertaining. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Jan 09, 20071 hr

Scott Guthrie Looks Ahead

ASP.NET Co-creator Scott Guthrie talks about the present state and the future of ASP.NET, and also touches on WPFE, the Expression suite, and Windows Vista. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Jan 02, 20071 hr 7 min

Live from the Canadian Vista Launch Events!

Carl and Richard were the emcees at the Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa launch events in December, 2006. They were hired to generate excitement and give away swag! What a gig! Along the way they got to talk to some of the attendees and locals in the community. Great stuff! Featuring the following guests: Shane Miskin, Scott Howlett, Allan Vander-spek, Mohammad Akif, Robert Achmann, Jean-Luc David, and Tony Davidson Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations...

Dec 19, 200652 min

Ted Neward on Interoperability

Ted Neward discusses the present state and future of interoperability. Java and .NET compatability are disucssed, Ted touches on a wide range of topics ranging from XML's shortcomings as a messenger format to proprietary systems in .NET 3.0. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Dec 12, 20061 hr 9 min

Venkat Subramaniam and Andrew Hunt Talk Agile

Carl and Richard talk with Venkat Subramaniam, who has had a string of successful dnrTV episodes, and Andrew Hunt about Agile dos and don'ts. Agile Methodology can be overwhelming, and these guys introduce a much-needed dose of reality. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Dec 05, 20061 hr 13 min

TechEd Europe Interviews

Carl and Richard interview speakers and special guests at Tech Ed: Developer in Barcelona, Spain. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Nov 28, 20061 hr 18 min

Bill Wagner and Diane Marsh on Non-MS Technology

The discussion this week is on what .NET developers can learn by working with non-MS technology. Our guests' experience with technology includes .NET as well as non-Microsoft development technology. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Nov 21, 20061 hr 7 min
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