.NET Rocks!

Erik Meijer (a.k.a. the Head in the Box) talks to Carl and Richard in detail about LINQ from soup to nuts. This is a very technical discussion, and not an overview. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Larry O'Brien talks with Richard and Carl about how up and coming CPU architecture is going to invalidate current methods of concurrency programming, and what we can do about it. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Vishwas Lele talks about thinking of Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server as an application platform for .NET development. With all of the power and flexibility of MOSS, it can no longer be categorized simply as a web portal. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Michael Dunn tells Carl and Richard about Office Communication Server (OCS) 2007 which has incorporated Live Communication Server with Speech Server. Speech Server is one of the key development elements of OCS, providing the ability for .NET developers to build applications that can both speak and understand speech with minimal coding. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/dona...

Jon Harrop introduces Carl and Richard to F#, a functional language that runs under the CLR. F# performs like C#, but being a functional language, has interactive scripting (similar to Python) but is rooted in the strong type inference and safety that other functional languages like ML focus on. Being in the CLR means you can build certain parts of your application in F# and then reference them fr...

Remi Caron, one of the organizers of the SDC conference in the Netherlands, tells Richard and Carl how using standard toolsets and software packages helps him stay focused on his customers' software problems and deliver more powerful solutions faster. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Donald Farmer talks about data mining with SQL Server and related technologies, including a fascinating discussion about using algorithms for predicting future trends. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Udi Dahan calls in from Israel to talk common sense about SOA. His pragmatic approach to the topic is refreshing and timely. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Carl and Richard talk to David Hayden about the new features of the Microsoft Enterprise Library 3 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Carl and Richard talk to Phil Haack about his work with Subtext (a derivative of the .Text blog software package) and his work on various open source projects. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Carl and Richard talk to Anand Raman and David Wright about Sandcastle, an internal tool for generating code documentation that is now available to the general public. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Dan Ciruli of Digipede Technologies is back to bring us up to date with Digipede Networks, a .NET toolset for enabling grid computing. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Shawn Wildermuth talks to Richard and Carl about Silverlight from the .NET developer's persepective. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Carl and Richard discuss with Marcus his new product Xiine, a next gen digital reading platform, DRM and the current state of publishing. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Nick Landry from Infusion calls in to discuss his experiences with (and knowledge of) the somewhat new Microsoft Robotics Studio. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Miguel de Icaza is back to tell us what's new with the Mono project, an open source implementation of the .NET Framework based on FreeBSD with support for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

John Lam talks to Carl and Richard about his trek from Canada to Redmond, and his work on dynamic languages, including Ruby CLR, and the Microsoft DLR (Dynamic Language Runtime), which we may find in some future version of the .NET Framework. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Rocky talks about CSLA 3.0, the relationship with WPF and Silverlight, "paranoid" code, pblishing and his experience with ebooks. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

In the last of the content from TechEd 2007 Carl and Richard host a panel on Identity issues with Ani Babaian, Michele Leroux Bustamante, Scott Golightly, and Richard Turner. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Roger Sessions talks to Carl and Richard about enterprise architecture, with a focus on dealing with software complexity. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Another great panel discussion from TechEd 2007! Carl and Richard talk to a panel of experts about various topics around VSTS and team development focusing on team challenges. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Don Box and Chris Sells talk to Carl and Richard about a myriad of things including the state of publishing, especially books. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Carl and Richard talk with members of the Microsoft Acropolis team at TechEd 2007. Acropolis is a software factory-ish toolset that allows business developers to develop quality line-of-business WPF applications with ease. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Mark Pollack is back to talk about the latest version of Spring. NET, a frawmeowrk for extending the capabilities of the .NET Framework modeled after the Java-based Spring framework. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Recorded at the Virtual TechEd Stage, Carl and Richard welcome Stephen Forte, Kent Alstad, Rob Howard, and Steve Smith for a lively discussion around ASP.NET Scalability issues. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations