TPN :: The Microsoft Developer Show » .NET Framework http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com Your Passion...Your Potential Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Microsoft Developer Show #19 – Building the Perth Developer Community http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/27/the-microsoft-developer-show-19-building-the-perth-developer-community/ http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/27/the-microsoft-developer-show-19-building-the-perth-developer-community/#comments Sun, 27 May 2007 01:33:24 +0000 Nick http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/27/the-microsoft-developer-show-19-building-the-perth-developer-community/ This week I was able to catch up with fellow Perth MVP, Brian Madsen.  Notorious for being too busy to attend our weekly coffee meetings, Brian is one of the rising stars when it comes to the Perth developer community.  After taking on board running the SQL Server user group he has also recently started a community portal, CSharpZealot, focused on providing a forum for Perth based developers to communicate.  There is more information on other Perth developer activities across at my blog. 

And the show goes a little bit like this….[Listen to the Podcast]

[Opening music - big thanks to the guys of Minder for the use of their track Chess]

00:15 – Intro
00:42 – User group sessions – Joel Pobar, Shane Morris (July), Nick Wienholt (August – hopefully)
00:52 – Weekly coffee group – Tiger Tiger
01:15 – Welcome Brian Madsen
01:38 – Micromine
02:00 – Web development – moving from php/asp to ASP.NET
03:00 – Shift to WinForms
04:15 – Silverlight v’s Flash
06:25 – WPF
07:50 – C# to XAML script tool
08:23 – Third party controls – Infragistics, Dundas
09:15 – SQL Server User Group
10:35 – CSharpZealot
11:02 – Perth .NET
11:50 – Job opportunities in Perth
13:45 – Forums on CSharpZealot (Orcas, Ajax, broad reach C#)
15:00 – Building the Perth IT community
16:03 – Community Server 2007
16:50 – Perth .NET Meeting – Joel Pobar – June 7th!!
Listen to the show HERE

]]> http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/27/the-microsoft-developer-show-19-building-the-perth-developer-community/feed/ 0 The Microsoft Developer Show #16 – Building Occasionally Connected Applications http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/12/16/the-microsoft-developer-show-16-building-occasionally-connected-applications/ http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/12/16/the-microsoft-developer-show-16-building-occasionally-connected-applications/#comments Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:16:17 +0000 Nick http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/12/16/the-microsoft-developer-show-16-building-occasionally-connected-applications/ In the coming months we are likely to see a new style of applications being built.  Although SQL Mobile has been around for some time, it has previously been restricted to applications designed for Windows Mobile devices or Tablet PCs.  With the release of SQL Server Compact Edition desktop applications can be built and deployed with an in-process database that can be used to cache data locally.  This is an enabling technology that will simplify the development of applications that can seamlessly work on or offline (similar to Outlook’s cached mode).  In this podcast I talk with Steve Lasker about the future of building applications, in particular applications that are occasionally connected.

And the show goes a little bit like this….[Listen to the Podcast]

[Opening music - big thanks to the guys of Minder for the use of their track Chess]

00:11 - Introduction – Steve Lasker
01:31 - Occassionally Connected Applications
05:56 - Caching data locally (Datasets, XML, MSDE, SQL Server Express, SQL Server Compact Edition)
07:26 - SQL Server Compact Edition
10:51 - SQL Server CE v’s Jet
13:56 - Migration from SQL Server CE through to SQL Server 2005
16:56 - SQL Server CE with ASP.NET
21:46 - Synchronisation technologies (Merge replication and RDA)
23:31 - Microsoft Sync Services
28:11 - Pay-to-Play for Synchronisation
33:06 - Merging of Web and Client application models – Intro WPF/e
38:11 - Future direction of WPF/e around mobile devices and local data
44:11 - Evolution of Applications in Summary
Listen to the show HERE

]]> http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/12/16/the-microsoft-developer-show-16-building-occasionally-connected-applications/feed/ 0 The Microsoft Developer Show #15 – Managed C++ and .NET Performance http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/12/01/managed-c-and-net-performance/ http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/12/01/managed-c-and-net-performance/#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:20:49 +0000 Nick http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/12/01/managed-c-and-net-performance/ It’s been a couple of weeks since this show was recorded but hopefully despite the poor audio quality it is still worth listening too.  Nick Wienholt is one of leading experts when it comes to .NET Performance and working with Managed C++. 

And the show goes a little bit like this….[Listen to the Podcast]

[Opening music - big thanks to the guys of Minder for the use of their track Chess]

00:10 - Introduction – Nick Wienholt
01:25 - Arcast
01:40 - Com Bank
03:00 - Intilecta Development Process
04:30 - Books – C# and .NET Performance
08:10 - Heap v’s Stack
09:10 - Garbage Collection
12:10 - Boxing
13:40 - Memory Leaks
16:25 - Events and lingering objects
18:50 - Mem Profiler / MSDN Profiler
19:10 - Working with memory profilers
23:50 - String performance
27:00 - Reflection and Joel’s podcast
31:00 - Exceptions, Goto’s and Events
36:40 - Overriding RaiseEvent in VB.Net
37:40 - Managed C++
39:10 - C++/CLI
41:40 - Automatic destruction of Idisposable objects
43:25 - Vista APIs
51:10 - Deciding whether or not to use C++
55:10 - Multi-processor programming

Listen to the show HERE

]]> http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/12/01/managed-c-and-net-performance/feed/ 3 The Microsoft Developer Show #14 – Shuffling Identities with Windows Cardspace http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/16/the-microsoft-developer-show-14-shuffling-identities-with-windows-cardspace/ http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/16/the-microsoft-developer-show-14-shuffling-identities-with-windows-cardspace/#comments Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:01:23 +0000 Nick http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/16/the-microsoft-developer-show-14-shuffling-identities-with-windows-cardspace/ Over the last couple of weeks we have seen the release of a number of core products from Microsoft such as Vista, Office and of course v3 of the .NET Framework.  One of the four pillars of the .NET Framework is Windows Cardspace and joining me on the show this week is Nigel Parker from the Auckland office of the Microsoft DPE team.

And the show goes a little bit like this….[Listen to the Podcast]

[Opening music - big thanks to the guys of Minder for the use of their track Chess which can be sampled at TripleJ]

00:10 - Introduction – Nigel Parker
00:25 - Microsoft product releases (Office, VSTO SE, Vista, Media Player 11, IE7, ASP.NET Ajax Extensions Beta 2, VS2005 Extensions, .NET v3, VS2005 SP1 (beta))
02:55 - Web 2.0 Conference (Virtual Earth 3D, Photosynth)
05:45 - Windows Cardspace as part of the .Net Framework v3
06:30 - Current web security (password fatigue)
09:55 - What is Windows Cardspace?
12:05 - Managed v’s Self-issued cards
12:45 - Identity Blog
15:20 - Open standards
17:00 - Local storage of card information
22:10 - Working with existing sites
24:00 - Integrating Cardspace into your website/service
27:00 - Cardspace on other browsers and platforms
30:15 - Cardspace v’s Hailstorm v’s Passport
34:10 - Principles of Identity in the Windows SDK
38:10 - Portability of Cardspace information between machines

Listen to the show HERE

]]> http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/16/the-microsoft-developer-show-14-shuffling-identities-with-windows-cardspace/feed/ 0 The Microsoft Developer Show #12 – Introduction to the Windows Presentation Foundation http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/01/the-microsoft-developer-show-12-introduction-to-the-windows-presentation-foundation/ http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/01/the-microsoft-developer-show-12-introduction-to-the-windows-presentation-foundation/#comments Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:06:20 +0000 Nick http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/01/the-microsoft-developer-show-12-introduction-to-the-windows-presentation-foundation/ The second podcasts for this week is with Jeremy Boyd who currently works with Intergen here in Wellington.  Jeremy is also a Microsoft Regional Director and is really on the ball when it comes to .NET Framework v3.  For those listening in New Zealand, drop past Jeremy’s blog for more information on the up and coming SQL Code Camp.  In this show we look at what really makes the .NET Framework tick and the direction of languages, compilers, machine learning and other intersting topics.

And the show goes a little bit like this….[Listen to the Podcast]

[Opening music - big thanks to the guys of Minder for the use of their track Chess which can be sampled at TripleJ]

>> Show notes still to come

Listen to the show HERE

]]> http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/01/the-microsoft-developer-show-12-introduction-to-the-windows-presentation-foundation/feed/ 1 The Microsoft Developer Show #11 – Joel on Dynamic Languages http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/31/the-microsoft-developer-show-11-joel-on-dynamic-languages/ http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/31/the-microsoft-developer-show-11-joel-on-dynamic-languages/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:00:20 +0000 Nick http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/31/the-microsoft-developer-show-11-joel-on-dynamic-languages/ The first of two podcasts this week is with Joel Pobar, formerly with the CLR team at Microsoft.  In this show we look at what really makes the .NET Framework tick and the direction of languages, compilers, machine learning and other intersting topics.

And the show goes a little bit like this….[Listen to the Podcast]

[Opening music - big thanks to the guys of Minder for the use of their track Chess which can be sampled at TripleJ]

>> Show notes still to come

Listen to the show HERE

]]> http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/31/the-microsoft-developer-show-11-joel-on-dynamic-languages/feed/ 1 More .NET Framework v3 resources http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/24/more-net-framework-v3-resources/ http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/24/more-net-framework-v3-resources/#comments Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:37:22 +0000 Nick http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/24/more-net-framework-v3-resources/ Over the weekend I was doing some background reading on various bits of the new .NET Framework v3 and thought it might be worth sharing these references.  If you have any other great reasource, please feel free to add them in the comments section:

  • Windows SDK
  • .NET Framework v3 Community
    • ]]>     http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/24/more-net-framework-v3-resources/feed/ 0     Developer resources for .NET Framework v3 http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/19/developer-resources-for-net-framework-v3/ http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/19/developer-resources-for-net-framework-v3/#comments Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:04:50 +0000 Nick http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/19/developer-resources-for-net-framework-v3/ Following the recent podcast with Dave Lemphers I thought that I would point developers to a great set of resources that Mitch Wheat blogged about a week or so ago.

    Extract: 

    The Visual Studio section is also providing a series of free e-learning courses centred around .NET 3.0 (Collection 5134 : Developing Rich Experiences with Microsoft® .NET Framework 3.0 and Visual Studio® 2005). These courses introduce working with Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, and Windows Communication Foundation. They are aimed at experienced Developers and Software Architects who are looking to adopt Microsoft’s next generation technology:

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