Wednesday, January 12, 2011
CodeCast Episode 100: 2010 Year in Review

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Markus Egger and Ken Levy discuss 2010 year in review including the following topics: Windows 7, Azure, Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Office 365, Lync, Async CTP, Bing, Windows Live Essentials 2011, IE 9, Silverlight, Kin, Windows Phone 7, Tablet/Slate PCs, Kinect, Surface, Microsoft executives/employee exodus, Microsoft retail stores. Near the end of the show, Ken and Markus review their 2010 predictions and goals, then make new ones for 2011.

Links

·         Markus Egger: @MarkusEgger

·         Ken Levy: @KenLevy

Length: 01:28:27

Twitter: @CodeCast

Direct download: CodeCast_100.mp3 - Size: 81MB

Categories: Windows 7, Azure, Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Office 365, Lync, Bing, Windows Live Essentials, IE 9, Silverlight, Windows Phone, Tablet PC, Kinect, Surface

Wednesday, November 03, 2010
CodeCast Episode 94: PDC 2010 Summary - Silverlight, Azure, Async for C#/VB

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Gary Short and Markus Egger discuss news and announcements from PDC 2010, including the changes in strategy for future versions of Silverlight, Azure, and the announcement of the new Async programming features coming in the next versions of the C# and VB languages.

Links

·         Silverlight and PDC message from Microsoft

·         http://player.microsoftpdc.com

·         http://msdn.com/vstudio/async  

Length: 55:23

Direct download: CodeCast_094.mp3 - Size: 51MB

Categories: PDC, Silverlight, Azure, C#, Visual Basic, Async

Thursday, October 21, 2010
CodeCast Episode 93: Xamalot.com - Free XAML Resources for WPF and Silverlight

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Markus Egger, Gary Short, and Ken Levy discuss the new Xamalot.com website created by Markus and EPS Software. Xamalot.com is a provider of free clipart and other XAML resources (and most art is also available in other formats, such as PNG or SVG). The first 15 minutes of this show includes news about Windows Phone 7 and pre-PDC event discussions.

Links

·         http://xamalot.com

·         http://twitter.com/xamalot

·         http://facebook.com/xamalot

·         Channel 9: TWC9 - ASP.NET Fix, Xamalot, MVC tools Embed PPT

·         PDC videos: http://player.microsoftpdc.com

Length: 47:44

Direct download: CodeCast_093.mp3 - Size: 44MB

Categories: Xamalot, Silverlight, WPF, PDC

Wednesday, April 14, 2010
CodeCast Episode 77: State of .NET - Spring 2010

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Markus Egger and Ken Levy discuss the State of .NET, Spring 2010 edition. Main topics include Visual Studio 2010, Expression Studio 4, Silverlight 4, Multi-Touch and NUI with Windows 7, Windows Phone 7, and Windows Azure. Much of the details discussed are based on the popular event series State of .NET tour presented by Markus Egger of EPS/CODE in cooperation with Microsoft.

Links

·         Markus Egger’s Blog - State of .NET – Spring 2010 (with links to videos and PowerPoint slides)

·         Facebook.com/StateOfDotNet

·         EPS Events

·         CODE Training

Length: 01:12:07

Direct download: CodeCast_077.mp3 - Size: 66MB

Categories: State of .NET, Microsoft, .NET, Visual Studio 2010, Expression Studio, Silverlight, NUI, Windows 7, Windows Phone 7, Azure

Friday, March 19, 2010
CodeCast Episode 74: MIX10 News on WinPhone7, Silverlight 4, and IE 9

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss the three primary news and announcement details from MIX10 – Windows Phone 7 Series developer story, Silverlight 4, and Internet Explorer 9 (HTML5 and CSS3).

Links

·         MIX10 session videos

·         IE 9 test drive

·         Windows Phone 7 developer center

·         Windows Phone 7 development blog

·         Silverlight 4 tools

·         @MSDN on Twitter

Length: 01:06:56

Direct download: CodeCast_074.mp3 - Size: 61MB

Categories: MIX10, Silverlight, Windows Phone 7, Internet Explorer, IE 9

Friday, January 08, 2010
CodeCast Episode 63: 2009 Year in Review

In this special episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short summarize news, technologies, and products from 2009, then discuss predictions and new year resolutions for 2010.

Overall 2009 in review (Intro)
Windows 7 (14:10)
Expression and Visual Studio 2010 (22:10)
Tech industry news, Oracle buying Sun (24:57)
NUI (Natural User Interface) (28:56)
Digital content and readers (37:14)
Design UI, web, and client apps (41:39)
ASP.NET MVC (50:00)
Prism and MVVM pattern, RIA services (58:27)
Azure (59:18)
Virtualization (01:01:20)
Silverlight and WPF (01:05:31)
Bing (01:07:09)
Online multimedia (01:15:19)
Mobile devices and platforms (01:16:52)
Social media, content, and platforms (01:24:15)
2010 predictions (01:31:00)
New year resolutions, 2009 predictions review (01:37:29)

Length: 01:45:46

Direct download: CodeCast_063.mp3 - Size: 97MB

Categories: ASP.NET MVC, Azure, Bing, Dynamic Languages, eBooks, Expression, Extension Manager, Microsoft, Microsoft Platform, RIA Services, Silverlight, Twitter, Virtualization, Visual Studio 2010, Windows 7, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone

Wednesday, December 23, 2009
CodeCast Episode 61: RIA Services with Silverlight and more

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss Microsoft RIA Services. RIA (Rich Internet Applications). Microsoft describes RIA Services as simplifying the traditional n-tier application pattern by bringing together the ASP.NET and Silverlight platforms. RIA Services provides a pattern to write application logic that runs on the mid-tier and controls access to data for queries, changes and custom operations. It also provides end-to-end support for common tasks such as data validation, authentication and roles by integrating with Silverlight components on the client and ASP.NET on the mid-tier.

Links

·         WCF RIA Services home on Silverlight.net

·         Brad Abrams : What is .NET RIA Services?

·         WCF RIA Services Code Gallery

·         WCF RIA Services Beta for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

Length: 64:27

Direct download: CodeCast_061.mp3 - Size: 59MB

Categories: RIA Services, Silverlight

Tuesday, December 15, 2009
CodeCast Episode 58: msdn.com content and strategy with Kerby Kuykendall

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Kerby Kuykendall who is the lead site manager for msdn.com at Microsoft. The discussion includes recent msdn.com developer center UI updates, the latest msdn.com content/nav taxonomy, differences between msdn.com dev centers, strategy of pre-sales (microsoft.com) vs. post-sales (msdn.com) vs. beta/CTP sites vs Channel 9 vs asp.net/silverlight.net. Tips like viewing lite version of MSDN Library content, aggregated and community content, plans for updating msdn.com dev centers, where/how Silverlight is used, and what some roadmap details for msdn.com.

Guest

·         Kerby Kuykendall - Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/kerby_kuykendall, Twitter: http://twitter.com/kerbyk

Links

·         http://msdn.com  

Length: 46:03

Direct download: CodeCast_058.mp3 - Size: 42MB

Categories: msdn.com, Silverlight

Thursday, December 10, 2009
CodeCast Episode 57: Expression for Silverlight and WPF

In this episode of CodeCast, Markus Egger and Ken Levy discuss a short re-cap of the recent DevConnections and PDF conferences, and talk in depth about using Expression with Visual Studio for WPF and Silverlight development, including the upcoming update to Expression for Silverlight 4.

Links

·         Microsoft Expression – http://microsoft.com/expression

·         Microsoft PDC videos online -  http://microsoftpdc.com/videos

Length: 54:26

Direct download: CodeCast_057.mp3 - Size: 50MB

Categories: Expression, Silverlight, WPF, Visual Studio, PDC 2009, DevConnections 2009

Monday, November 30, 2009
CodeCast Episode 55: TechEd Europe 2009 Review and Silverlight 4

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy and Gary Short summarize TechEd Europe 2009, and discuss in depth the recent announcements of upcoming features included in Silverlight 4 and new scenarios it will open up for developers. Some of the new features coming in Silverlight 4 include extended out of browser functionality, offline DRM, elevated trust applications, group policy file support, UAC client support, COM access, ActiveX support, DLL access, file access APIs, cross-domain, and web browser HTML control with plug-ins. The discussion on Silverlight 4 segment starts at minute marker 15:22.

Links

·         Silverlight 4 Beta - http://silverlight.net/getstarted/silverlight-4-beta

·         TechEd Europe 2009 - http://www.microsoft.com/europe/TechEd

Length: 35:43

Direct download: CodeCast_055.mp3 - Size: 33MB

Categories: TechEd 2009, Silverlight

Thursday, September 24, 2009
CodeCast Episode 47: WPF and Silverlight with Walt Ritscher

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Walt Ritscher discussing WPF, Silverlight, Expression Blend, Surface, and other related topics.

Guest

·         Walt Ritscher - Blog: http://blog.waltritscher.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/WaltRitscher

Links

·         Shazzam - http://shazzam-tool.com

·         Programming WPF

·         Pro WPF in C# 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .Net 3.5

·         Pro WPF: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 3.0

·         Expression Blend

·         Microsoft WPF and Windows Forms Site

Length: 55:17

Direct download: CodeCast_047.mp3 - Size: 51MB

Categories: WPF, Silverlight, Expression, Surface

Tuesday, July 21, 2009
CodeCast Episode 34: Surface, Win7 Multi-Touch, iPhone SDK with Dr. Neil Roodyn

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Dr. Neil Roodyn with an extended conversation on a variety of topics including the Microsoft Surface, upcoming Windows 7 multi-touch applications, iPhone SDK, WPF, Silverlight, Expression Blend, Windows SDK, natural interface UI/UX design, Twitter, and more.

Guests

·         Dr. Neil Roodyn - Blog: http://roodyn.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/DrNeil

Links

·         nsquared - http://nsquared.com.au

·         http://surface.com

·         http://twitter.com/MSSurface

Length: 61:00

Direct download: CodeCast_034.mp3 - Size: 56MB

Categories: Windows 7, Surface, Multi-Touch, NUI, iPhone, iPhone SDK, Silverlight, Expression Studio, Expression Blend, Twitter, Windows

Monday, July 20, 2009
CodeCast Episode 33: Silverlight 3 and Expression Blend 3

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy and Markus Egger discuss recent trips, latest CODE magazine issue, Silverlight 3, Expression Blend 3 RC, SketchFlow, and the early Office 2010 beta.

Hosts

·         Ken Levy – Blog: http://mashupx.com/blog, Twitter: http://twitter.com/KenLevy

·         Markus Egger – Blog: http://markusegger.com/blog, Twitter: http://twitter.com/MarkusEgger

Links

·         Silverlight 3 – http://sliverlight.net

·         Expression Center - http://expression.microsoft.com

·         SketchFlow Overview

Length: 40:10

Direct download: CodeCast_033.mp3 - Size: 37MB

Categories: CODE Magazine, Silverlight, Expression Studio, SketchFlow, Office 2010, Office, Expression Blend

Thursday, April 30, 2009
CodeCast Episode 19: Windows Mobile Dev Community with Constanze Roman

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss event news (including DevTeach), tech news (Oracle/Sun merger), and an in-depth chat about WPF and Silverlight. The interview for this show includes Ken Levy chatting with Constanze Roman, community PM for the Windows Mobile DevX team, discussing content and community for Windows Mobile developers.

Topics

·         Constance Roman (@ 35:18) – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/croman, Twitter: http://twitter.com/stanzikratel

Links

·         Windows Mobile Developer Portal – http://developer.windowsmobile.com

·         Windows Mobile Dev Center – http://msdn.com/windowsmobile

·         Windows Mobile Dev Team on Twitter: http://twitter.com/wmdev

·         DevTeach – http://devteach.com (June 8-12, Vancouver CA)

Length: 49:45

Direct download: CodeCast_019.mp3 - Size: 46MB

Categories: Windows Mobile, WPF, Silverlight

Thursday, April 02, 2009
CodeCast Episode 15: Oslo and M with Paul Vick

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss recent event news (MIX09 and DevConnections) and upcoming events (TechEd and PDC). Also discussed is news around Silverlight, Expression Blend, ASP.NET MVC, and IE 8.0. Then Ken Levy interviews Paul Vick (developer and architect at Microsoft). Paul discusses his history at Microsoft working on the Access and VB teams, and also chats about DSLs and the modeling language M in his new role on the Oslo team.

Topics

·         Paul Vick (@ 21:52) – Blog: http://panopticoncentral.net, Twitter: http://twitter.com/paulvick

Links

·         MIX09 Videos - http://videos.visitmix.com

·         IE8 CODE Focus Magazine – http://code-magazine.com/focus

·         Oslo developer center – http://msdn.com/oslo

Length: 38:13

Direct download: CodeCast_015.mp3 - Size: 35MB

Categories: MIX, MIX 09, DevConnections, DevConnections 2009, TechEd, TechEd 2009, PDC, PDC 2009, Events, Silverlight, Expression Blend, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET, Internet Explorer, DSL, M, Oslo

Thursday, January 08, 2009
CodeCast Episode 9: 2008 Year in Review

Our special 2008 year in review episode with hosts Ken Levy and Markus Egger, joined by special guest co-host Rick Strahl of West Wind Technologies.

Topics

·         Visual Studio (@ 2:37)

·         Languages (@ 6:28)

·         SQL Server (@ 10:15)

·         Windows (@ 12:57)

·         WPF/Silverlight (@ 18:10)

·         SOA/WCF (@ 24:56)

·         IIS/ASP.NET (@ 29:55)

·         VSX (@ 36:07)

·         Tablet/Touch/Surface (@ 40:20)

·         Mobile (@ 43:07)

·         Browsers (@ 51:14)

·         Social Networking/Media and Web 2.0 (@ 59:02)

·         The "one big thing" in 2008 discussion (@ 1:05:57)

·         Our 2009 new year's resolutions for business discussion (@ 1:08:24)

Links

·         CoDe Magazine – http://codemag.com

Length: 1:12:52

Direct download: CodeCast_009.mp3 - Size: 67MB

Categories: Visual Studio, SQL Server, Windows, WPF, Silverlight, IIS, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, VSX, Surface, Tablet PC, NUI, iPhone, iPod, Windows Mobile, CODE Magazine