Carl and Richard talk to Mark Rendle about Simple.Data. As Mark describes it, Simple.Data is not an ORM because there's no objects and no relational mapping. Simple.Data is a dynamic data utility to make your data persistence layer as light weight as possible. Mark also talks about Nancy, a light-weight web development framework. The conversation also moves to OWIN, the Open Web Server Interface. The show wraps up with Mark's insights on simpler, more open software. Support this podcast at — htt...
Jul 26, 2011•53 min
Carl and Richard talk to Brad Abrams late of Microsoft, now at Google. Recently moved to Palo Alto, Brad talks about Google+, Google's social networking application for sharing thoughts, pictures and video. Brad has just joined the team to start developing API for developers to work with Google+. The conversation moves onto Google's Web Toolkit and App Engine, products Brad spent his first year at Google on. Brad digs into his thinking around building platforms, what it really means to compile, ...
Jul 21, 2011•45 min
Carl and Richard talk to Rey Bango from Microsoft about his web development career. Rey has deep ties into the Javascript community and talks about how Javascript development process has evolved. Today Rey takes care of the Script Junkies web site at Microsoft with some awesome cross browser content and code. The conversation also digs into the state of HTML 5 and it's potential in mobile development. Rey also walks through his tool kit of Javascript libraries. The show closes with a discussion ...
Jul 19, 2011•53 min
Carl and Richard talk to Sebastien Lambla about OpenRasta and OpenWrap. OpenRasta is a framework for simplifying building resource-oriented web-based applications. OpenRasta can work with ASP.NET or directly with HTTP.SYS. OpenRasta will work side-by-side with ASP.NET MVC, Webforms and more. Sebastien also talks about OpenWrap, a package manager for .NET that helps OpenRasta stay lean but extensible. Sebastien also speaks passionately about the role of Open Source in the Microsoft community. Sup...
Jul 14, 2011•49 min
Carl and Richard talk to Geoff Smith and Howard van Rooijen about S#arp architecture. S#arp architecture provides guidance on how to build ASP.NET MVC applications with nHibernate. It follows Eric Evan's Domain Driven Design principles very closely. The conversation also jumped over to StyleCop, the CodePlex project for standardizing code standards and Templify, an open source tool for building T4 templates. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations...
Jul 12, 2011•51 min
One more show from NDC - a silly one. Late in the conference, Carl and Richard talked to Uncle Bob Martin about professionalism, clean code and the Clojure language. Lots of jokes and giggling in this one - we were all getting a little punchy! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
Jul 07, 2011•36 min
What, another mobile panel? Yes - a totally different one. This mobile panel discussion was recorded at the Norwegian Developer Conference. Lots of strong debate about HTML 5 vs. native applications, the power and problems of PhoneGap and how app stores are breaking down. Not to be missed! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
Jul 05, 2011•51 min
Fresh off his keynote at the Norwegian Developers Conference in Oslo, Norway, Scott Guthrie dropped into the fishbowl to talk to Carl and Richard about his new role with the Azure team. Scott digs into how Azure has evolved and his focus on improving the developer experience. The conversation wraps up with a chat about the upcoming Build conference. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
Jun 30, 2011•43 min
While at the Norwegian Developers Conference in Oslo, Norway, Carl and Richard talk to Ingo Rammer about building 'native' HTML 5 apps. Ingo talks about PhoneGap, a wrapper over HTML for building applications that run on all mobile platforms. But then he goes further, talking about other variations on the idea of using HTML 5 as the presentation markup while still being able to connect to the native resources of the platform. Could this be the programming platform of the future? Support this pod...
Jun 28, 2011•50 min
While at the Norwegian Developers Conference in Oslo, Carl and Richard sat down with Dominick Baier to talk about claims-based security. Dominick walks through the entire claims-based security process, separating identity claims from resource claims, how to actually work with active directory in a sensible way and how the whole thing comes together in your code in a way that won't make you cry every time you need to make a change. The time for claims-based security is now! Support this podcast a...
Jun 23, 2011•41 min
While at the Norwegian Developer Conference, Carl and Richard collected a couple of stories from the speakers at the event. First up is Magnus Mårtensson and Björn Ekengren talking about Java on Azure. No really! Next, Gill Cleeran and Kevin Dockx talk about where Silverlight is going... to version five and beyond! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
Jun 21, 2011•47 min
While at the Norwegian Developers Conference, Carl and Richard moderated a panel discussion on Aspect Oriented Programming. The discussion ranges over a diverse number of scenarios that aspects make sense for, how you can get in trouble with aspects, and the various aspect toolsets that exist. The audience jumps in with lots of questions for panelists. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
Jun 16, 2011•58 min
Carl and Richard talk to Paul Bone about the Mercury Project. Mercury is a logic programming language designed to natually execute in parallel without requiring the programmer to understand much about parallelism. Get ready for some brain-twisting - this sort of programming is quite different from what you're use to! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
Jun 14, 2011•57 min
While at DevTeach in Montreal, Carl and Richard sat down with a panel of mobile development experts to talk about where mobile development is at. The development process for iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 7 was explored. The conversation also dug into the potential of MonoTouch and Mono for Android, alternative ways of building applications for iPhone and Android respectively. Finally, the debate dug into HTML 5 and the dream of building an application once that runs on all platfo...
Jun 09, 2011•1 hr 1 min
Carl and Richard talk to David Neilsen about doing cloud development. David digs into the various flavors of cloud, defining the differences between Platform-as-a-Service, Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Software-as-a-Service. David is one of the original organizers of CloudCamp, free one day events to help people get started with the cloud. The conversation then digs into the challenge of migrating existing .NET applications to Azure. David finishes by defining the core criteria of cloud comput...
Jun 07, 2011•51 min
While at Tech Ed US in Atlanta, Carl and Richard talked to a variety of folks about the work they're doing in .NET. First up was Geert van de Horrik, talking about the Catel MVVM framework. Then Miguel Castro talked about MVVM. We also caught up with Stephen Rose who discussed Windows InTune. And finally, Tod Anglin from Telerik talked a bit about HTML 5. These are the stories from Tech Ed! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations...
Jun 02, 2011•45 min
Carl and Richard talk to Michele Leroux Bustamante about identity. Michele starts the conversation with the state of the union on identity. She walks through the evolution of identity concepts and how the various peices are being implemented. Michele also talks about the rise of REST-based identity (as opposed to SOAP-based) and the efforts to simplify identity. She also talks about Access Control Services (ACS), which is part of Azure AppFabric. oAuth, OpenID, Claims-Based Identity... this show...
May 31, 2011•59 min
Ignoring the unusual show number, Steve Smith talks to Carl and Richard about his experiences tuning ASP.NET for better performance. Steve tells three different stories from different eras of web development, also digging into situations where he's made mistakes, where he's found mistakes, and when he wished he'd called Microsoft tech support sooner. Don't let the number scare you, this is a great show! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations...
May 26, 2011•46 min
Carl and Richard talk to Mark Arteaga about his experiences building Windows Phone 7 applications. The conversation starts with a run down of what's coming in the upcoming Mango release. Mark then digs into the challenges of small teams building games for the phone, and what enterprise developers are going to need to be successful with the phone. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
May 24, 2011•49 min
Carl and Richard talk to professors Andreas Wicenec and Kevin Vinsen of the ICRAR and SKA project. SKA is the Square Kilometer Array for radio astronomy. The concept is to build a really huge array of radio telescopes that work together to provide far deeper resolution into space. SKA plans on a first phase of 1,000 12 meter radio telescopes. Andreas and Kevin work in the Data Intensive Research Group at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research in Western Australia and specialise in...
May 19, 2011•52 min
Carl and Richard talk to Brian Lagunas about the Extended WPF Toolkit. The Extended WPF Toolkit goes beyond Microsoft's WPF Toolkit to add even more controls for WPF. Since September 2010, Brian has been adding controls to the library, as of April 2011 he's up to 21 controls! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
May 17, 2011•48 min
Carl and Richard talk to Koen Zwikstra. Koen is the author of Silverlight Spy, a tool for inspecting the run time of a Silverlight application in browser, out-of-browser and even in Windows Phone 7. Think of it as Reflector or View Source for Silverlight! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
May 12, 2011•38 min
Richard caught up with Glenn Block at Mix 2011 to find out what he's been working on since the MEF days. After a quick tour down memory lane about MEF and Brad Abrams, Glenn discusses WCF Web APIs. The Web APIs focus WCF onto pure HTTP, making it easier to build RESTful applications while not requiring your applications to use REST. WCF Web APIs are all about creating HTTP clients and servers that do not have to be browsers and web servers, opening HTTP to a whole new world of devices and simpli...
May 10, 2011•50 min
While Richard is climbing a mountain in Nepal, Carl talks to the US regional winners of Imagine Cup 2011. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
May 05, 2011•49 min
While at Mix 2011, Richard talked to Billy Hollis about XAML development. Billy talks about the balance between WPF and Silverlight work, how he chooses which approach to use. The conversation also digs into steering clear of the 'One Right Way' mindset, and how right now is a great time to be ready to experiment with new technologies - XAML, touch and even gesture. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations...
May 03, 2011•50 min
After getting an email from Shaun van Halewyn in Christchurch, New Zealand, Carl and Richard talk to Pat Hynds about disaster recovery for developers. This show is less about technology and more about planning - if you're responsible for your company's systems, have a listen. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
Apr 28, 2011•51 min
Carl and Richard talk to Remi Caron about his project utilizing Enterprise Service Bus architecture to connect a huge number of applications together. Remi talks about using Microsoft Biztalk with the Enterprise Service Bus Toolkit to create a consistent mechanism for having different applications 'report-up' to a common infrastructure. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
Apr 26, 2011•41 min
Carl interviews Richard about Tech Ed US in Atlanta. Richard does the Tech Ed 101 sessions at the conference, in the interview he shares his secrets for how to get the most from Tech Ed. Carl and Richard also talk about their own activities at Tech Ed US, including Speaker Idol and the 64 Bit Question game show. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
Apr 21, 2011•51 min
Carl and Richard talk to Brian Noyes about Prism 4. Prism is a combination of guidance and tooling from the Patterns and Practices team at Microsoft to help build WPF and Silverlight based applications. Brian digs into why Prism exists and what has been added to the latest version of Prism to work with Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight 4 and WPF 4. There's also a version for Windows Phone 7! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations...
Apr 19, 2011•49 min
While at DevConnections, Carl and Richard talk to Dan Wahlin about the state of web client development. Dan talks about his experiences with Silverlight, HTML 5, MVC and jQuery. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
Apr 14, 2011•51 min
