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• Herding Code: Herding Code 63: Victory in Software Development with K Scott Allen

  Published 28 days ago, running time 0h49m

  On the heels of his recent Concept Camp 2009 fireside keynote, K Scott brings his opinion about victory in software development to the podcast. Listen in as the guys consider how to define and measure success, how to solve business problems despite our customers and ourselves, and how to focus le.

• Herding Code: Herding Code 62: MonoTouch with Miguel de Icaza and Geoff Norton

  Published 1 month ago, running time 0h0m

  In this episode of Herding Code, Jon and Scott Koon pair up with Miguel de Icaza and Geoff Norton of the Mono Project and discuss MonoTouch: Jon asks Geoff Norton, engineering lead on the MonoTouch project and founder of the Cocoa# and Objective-C# projects, to give the elevator speech about Mono.

• Herding Code: Herding Code 61: CodePlex Foundation, Bing Visual Search, Microsoft Ajax CDN, Zune HD Release

  Published 1 month ago, running time 0h35m

  This episode of Herding Code is a roundtable discussion which includes the entire cast. The guys dedicate the majority of the show to the CodePlex Foundation – what the foundation provides, speculation on what the foundation might accomplished, and how success should be measured.  The guys also o. microsoft, google, be, summer

• Herding Code: Herding Code 60: Spark View Engine with Louis DeJardin

  Published 1 month ago, running time 1h4m

  In this episode of the Herding Code Podcast, the guys talk to Louis DeJardin about the Spark View Engine. Louis talks about how the Spark View Engine was inspired by NVelocity and hatched from a comment thread on Phil Haack’s blog. Kevin asks about the HTML-like syntax syntax in a Spark view – ho... best, nvelocity, comment, embedded

• Herding Code: Herding Code 59: Web Standards with Milan Negovan

  Published 2 months ago, running time 0h56m

  In this episode of the Herding Code Podcast, the guys sit down with Milan Negovan of ASP.NET Resources to discuss web standards, usability and accessibility.  Milan also shares his opinions on the onslaught of new technologies coming out of Redmond, why developers should avoid big conferences, th... web standards, asp, out, usability

• Herding Code: Herding Code 58: Presentation Patterns with Jeremy Miller, Ward Bell, Rob Eisenberg and Glenn Block (Part 2)

  Published 2 months ago, running time 0h47m

  How about that?  You stuck around!  It was the Waylon Jennings, Good Ol’ Boys, Dukes of Hazzard, freeze frame cliffhanger at the end of Part 1 which hooked you, wasn’t it?  Undoubtedly you have been on the edge of your seat for days, just waiting to see how the show turns out.  Well, wait no [...] patterns, out, implementation, ever

• Herding Code: Herding Code 57: Presentation Patterns with Jeremy Miller, Ward Bell, Rob Eisenberg and Glenn Block (Part 1)

  Published 3 months ago, running time 0h47m

  Have you seen the circus gag where clown after clown emerges from the smallest car one could possibly image?  Well, this week on Herding Code, the guys attempt that very same trick!  Listen in as Jeremy Miller, Ward Bell, Rob Eisenberg and Glenn Block (that’s right, four guests!) join the cast an... first, talks, patterns, as

• Herding Code: Herding Code 56: Markus Völter on Model-Driven Development, DSLs and Product Line Engineering

  Published 3 months ago, running time 0h51m

  You know Markus Völter as the founder and voice of Software Engineering Radio. Well, this week on Herding Code, Markus finds himself on the other side of the microphone – fielding, rather than asking, questions. Listen in as Markus explains model-driven software development and product line engin... line, languages, uml, week

• Herding Code: Herding Code 55: Nate Kohari brings Your Moment of Zen

  Published 3 months ago, running time 1h23m

  Nate Kohari? Kanban Boards? Continuous Improvement? Zen? Stop right there! We know what you’re thinking.  You already heard this episode about three weeks ago on that other podcast, right?  Well, think again, because this week on Herding Code, the guys pick up where that interview left off.  List... ninject, right, technical, asp.net mvc

• Herding Code: Herding Code 54: Rob Conery interviews the Herding Code guys

  Published 4 months ago, running time 0h42m

  Let’s keep the party going! In this very special episode of Herding Code, Rob Conery puts Jon, Scott K and Kevin on the spot as he turns the tables and asks his own questions and passes his own judgments. Do you want to know how Herding Code came about? Are you curious how Rob and [...] which, party, tables, ever

• Herding Code: Herding Code 53: SubSonic 3.0 Release Party with Rob Conery

  Published 4 months ago, running time 0h48m

  What? You thought SubSonic was dead! Well, crack open a beer and join the party – the SubSonic 3.0 Release Party!  That’s right. It is finally here and Rob Conery (Herding Code’s first repeat guest) gets a little rowdy announcing the new features.  Listen in as Rob speaks of Sub... subsonic, party, release, job

• Herding Code: Herding Code 52: The Alan Stevens and G. Andrew Duthie Debate Continues!

  Published 4 months ago, running time 1h2m

  In this corner, Microsoft Developer Evangelist and author, G. Andrew Duthie. In the other corner, C# MVP, ASP Insider and Open Space Technology facilitator, Alan Stevens. This week, G. Andrew Duthie and Alan Stevens bring their recent “Real Software Development vs Microsoft Bubble Developme... g, tool, mvp, entity

• Herding Code: Herding Code 51: Greg Young on Our Grand Failure – Thoughts on DDDD

  Published 4 months ago, running time 0h51m

  This week the guys talk to Greg Young about what he calls “our greatest failure”. Greg talks about how we’ve failed our so completely that they now base their success on our always failing in the same way. He starts with your classic Hello World use-case, the common sex... ui, case, change, problem

• Herding Code: Herding Code 50: Damien Guard on LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework, and Fontography

  Published 5 months ago, running time 0h55m

  This week the guys talk to Damien Guard, a developer working on LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework. After discussing data access for a while, they talk about the programming font Damien publishes, Envy Code R.Damien assures us that LINQ To SQL is not at all dead and talks about some of the new fe... as, entity, codeplex, support

• Herding Code: Herding Code 49: Search with Bing and Wolfram Alpha

  Published 5 months ago, running time 1h9m

  Have you binged, bunged or banged using Microsoft’s Bing? Any idea the type of questions you should feed Wolfram|Alpha? This week on Herding Code, the guys talk about “new search things that have happened upon the Intertubes.” Are you planning to catch the Google Wave? Hear the ... s, search, microsoft, google

• Herding Code: Herding Code 48: Dustin Campbell on Visual Studio 2010

  Published 5 months ago, running time 1h5m

  This week on Herding Code, the guys speak with Dustin Campbell about Visual Studio 2010 Beta’s "super exciting" programming, debugging and extensibility features and the F# May CTP. The show kicks off with Jon commenting about the evolution of Visual Studio. Dustin then ... visual studio, visual studio 2010, extensibility, wpf

• Herding Code: Herding Code 47: Joe Brinkman on Webforms vs ASP.NET MVC

  Published 6 months ago, running time 1h3m

  This week on Herding Code, the guys speak with Joe Brinkman, Co-founder and Technical Fellow at DotNetNuke Corporation, about the ASP.NET MVC vs. Webforms debate, open source development, recent advancements in DotNetNuke and how to improve our industry and the community as a whole.Joe explains... asp.net, mvc, open source, microsoft

• Herding Code: Herding Code 46: Mistakes and News Recap

  Published 6 months ago, running time 0h55m

  Everybody makes mistakes. The trick is to learn from your own or, better yet, the mistakes of others!  This week, the guys amuse and educate by graciously sharing some of their past developer mistakes.  Hear tales of recursive website spidering, rogue mass emailers, and hardware snafus ... windows, news, hardware, microsoft

• Herding Code: Herding Code 45: Larry O’Brien on Domain Specific Languages

  Published 6 months ago, running time 1h4m

  There's a lot of community chatter around Domain Specific Languages (DSLs.)  If you're interested in hearing more, you won't want to miss this episode as this week on Herding Code the guys interview Larry O'Brien, professional writer and software developer, on Domain Speci... net, oslo

• Herding Code: Herding Code 44: Microbusiness

  Published 6 months ago, running time 0h40m

  Whether you just want to write cool software for yourself or you are looking to kick off a side business, you can get started with little upfront investment. This week on Herding Code, the guys talk about the ease of becoming a one-man independent software vendor (ISV.) Scott K starts off the s... free, azure, google, asp.net

• Herding Code: Herding Code 43: Javier Lozano on the "M" in MVC

  Published 7 months ago, running time 1h6m

  This week on Herding Code, Kevin leads a conversation with Javier Lozano on ASP.NET MVC and the Model View Controller (MVC), Model View Presenter (MVP), Model View ViewModel (MVVM) and Model Model View Controller (MMVC) patterns. The guys discuss the various patterns as they relate to ASP.NET MV... mvc, asp.net, mvp, patterns

• Herding Code: Episode 42: Scott Bellware on BDD and Lean Development

  Published 7 months ago, running time 1h29m

  This week on Herding Code, Scott Bellware educates and entertain as only he can. Scott talks about Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Test Driven Development (TDD) and Lean Software Development, gets “all preachy” and donates to the show a nearly endless batch of outtakes.  ... tdd, mono, test, design

• Herding Code: Episode 41: Next Generation Twitter Client Discussion At MIX09

  Published 7 months ago, running time 1h9m

  While at MIX09, Jon sat in on a brainstorming discussion about next generation Twitter clients running on WPF and Silverlight 3 with Tim Heuer, Chris Bennage, and Alan Le. This was originally just recorded for a few people who couldn't be there for our meeting, but we had enough positive fe... wpf, silverlight, standards

• Herding Code: Episode 40: Shawn Wildermuth on Silverlight 3 and RIA Services

  Published 7 months ago, running time 1h6m

  This week on Herding Code, the full cast talks to Shawn Wildermuth about Silverlight 3 and RIA Services:  Shawn talks about shared code, validation rules logic and general line of business application development with RIA Service and the guys become skeptically about RIA Service's... ria, silverlight, microsoft, oslo

• Herding Code: Episode 39: Scott C. Reynolds on Mac and iPhone Development

  Published 7 months ago, running time 0h52m

  This week on Herding Code, Jon, K Scott, Scott K and Kevin talk about Mac/iPhone development with .NET and Ruby developer Scott C. Reynolds. Show Links: Scott C. Reynold's blogs - http://scottcreynolds.com, http://lostechies.com/blogs/scottcreynolds Scott C. Reynold&rsqu... c, ruby, .net, blogs

• Herding Code: NHibernate performance with Ayende, David Penton, and Ben Scheirman

  Published 8 months ago, running time 0h43m

  While K Scott and Jon were at the Microsoft MVP Global Summit, we listened in on a late night debate on NHibernate performance between Oren Eini (a.k.a. Ayende Rahein), David Penton, and Ben Scheirman. Show Links: NHibernate - http://nhforge.org Ayende's blog - http://ayend... nhibernate, microsoft, mvp

• Herding Code: Episode 37: Jon Udell

  Published 8 months ago, running time 1h18m

  This week on Herding Code, Jon leads a talk with Microsoft Technical Evangelist Jon Udell, about strategies for Internet citizens. That is, making public information available for retrieval and manipulation through structured data feeds and Internet standards.  The group discusses related topics ... internet, oslo, microsoft, technical

• Herding Code: Episode 36: Scott Watermasysk

  Published 9 months ago, running time 0h54m

  This week, the Herding Code cast talks shop with Scott Watermasysk about cloud computing, blogging platforms, Internet Explorer, the DotNetOpenId project and much more: Scott W, Scott K and Jon discuss Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google App Engine. Jon asks Scott W to share his thoughts on bl... silverlight, computing, internet, azure

• Herding Code: Episode 35: Fun at work

  Published 9 months ago, running time 0h51m

  This week on Herding Code, K. Scott kicks off an amusing conversation about office pranks and general fun in the workplace: Jon explains why you might send goat pictures to your coworkers. Kevin comments about the hazards of new carpet installation. K. Scott talks about making an HP Printer come... google, life, c#, microsoft

• Herding Code: Episode 34: *Chirp and Witty - WPF Twitter Clients

  Published 9 months ago, running time 0h59m

  This week on Herding Code, Jon, Kevin and Scott K discuss *Chirp (since renamed blu), Witty, Twitter usage, open source and WPF development: The guys review *Chirp, a new WPF Twitter client from thirteen23.  Scott compares *Chirp to Paris Hilton, Jon reminisces about old Simpsons episodes and Ke... wpf, open source, design, api

• Herding Code: Episode 34: *Chirp and Witty - WPF Twitter Clients

  Published 9 months ago, running time 0h0m

  This week on Herding Code, Jon, Kevin and Scott K discuss *Chirp (since renamed blu), Witty, Twitter usage, open source and WPF development: The guys review *Chirp, a new WPF Twitter client from thirteen23.  Scott compares *Chirp to Paris Hilton, Jon reminisces about old Simpsons episodes and Ke... wpf, open source, design, api

• Herding Code: Episode 33: Intertube Inauguration and Questions From Listeners

  Published 9 months ago, running time 0h0m

  This week Kevin leads a discussion about the inauguration on the web, then we field some questions from listeners. Topics Live inauguration video on Silverlight sites Photosynth picture of the inauguration whitehouse.gov on webforms - will Viewstate bring down the presidency?... wpf, silverlight, ui, ria

• Herding Code: Episode 33: Intertube Inauguration and Questions From Listeners

  Published 9 months ago, running time 0h54m

  This week Kevin leads a discussion about the inauguration on the web, then we field some questions from listeners. Topics Live inauguration video on Silverlight sites Photosynth picture of the inauguration whitehouse.gov on webforms - will Viewstate bring down the presidency?... wpf, silverlight, ui, ria

• Herding Code: Episode 32: Windows 7 First Impressions

  Published 10 months ago, running time 0h50m

  This week Jon leads a discussion about our first impressions of Windows 7 Beta 1. Topics Previously bundled features are now distribued via Windows Live - good or bad? Is the Windows Live suite just a standardized crapware? Where's our Photo Gallery? Windows Marketp... windows, windows 7, vista, api

• Herding Code: Episode 32: Windows 7 First Impressions

  Published 10 months ago, running time 0h0m

  This week Jon leads a discussion about our first impressions of Windows 7 Beta 1. Topics Previously bundled features are now distribued via Windows Live - good or bad? Is the Windows Live suite just a standardized crapware? Where's our Photo Gallery? Windows Marketp... windows, windows 7, vista, api

• Herding Code: Episode 31: Chad Myers and Jeremy Miller on FubuMVC

  Published 10 months ago, running time 0h0m

  This week we talk to Chad Myers and Jeremy Miller about the FubuMVC project.Topics What is FubuMVC? History of the project Built to take advantage of static typing Composition over inheritance Dependency injection tricks IFlattener<T> for JSONification Appli... javascript, mvc, asp.net, testing

• Herding Code: Episode 31: Chad Myers and Jeremy Miller on FubuMVC

  Published 10 months ago, running time 1h18m

  This week we talk to Chad Myers and Jeremy Miller about the FubuMVC project.Topics What is FubuMVC? History of the project Built to take advantage of static typing Composition over inheritance Dependency injection tricks IFlattener<T> for JSONification Appli... javascript, mvc, asp.net, testing

• Herding Code: Episode 30: Year-end wrapup

  Published 10 months ago, running time 1h16m

  K Scott leads the discussion as we look back at 2008, and speculate wildly on what 2009 has to offer. Note: Scott K's taking a podcasting break to change diapers and stuff. Looking back at 2008 Google Chrome Kevin's new iPhone Kevin's Firefox extension a... microsoft, end, firefox, silverlight

• Herding Code: Episode 30: Year-end wrapup

  Published 10 months ago, running time 0h0m

  K Scott leads the discussion as we look back at 2008, and speculate wildly on what 2009 has to offer. Note: Scott K's taking a podcasting break to change diapers and stuff. Looking back at 2008 Google Chrome Kevin's new iPhone Kevin's Firefox extension a... microsoft, end, firefox, silverlight

• Herding Code: Episode 29: Miguel de Icaza (part 2)

  Published 11 months ago, running time 0h0m

  This is the second half of our discussion with Miguel de Icaza about Mono, Moonlight, open source, and other fun stuff. Topics When re-implementing .NET, do you match re-implement known bugs? The test / regression system to maintain compatibility How do you support so many platforms What parts o... mono, open source, pdc, .net

• Herding Code: Episode 29: Miguel de Icaza (part 2)

  Published 11 months ago, running time 0h46m

  This is the second half of our discussion with Miguel de Icaza about Mono, Moonlight, open source, and other fun stuff. Topics When re-implementing .NET, do you match re-implement known bugs? The test / regression system to maintain compatibility How do you support so many platforms What parts o... mono, open source, .net, pdc

• Herding Code: Episode 28: Miguel de Icaza (part 1)

  Published 11 months ago, running time 0h0m

  This week we talk with Miguel de Icaza about Mono, Moonlight, and other fun stuff. Topics Overview and update on Mono Mono's roots as a tool for desktop applications on Gnome / Linux The need for a package manager in Windows Managed operating systems (like Microsoft... mono, linux, microsoft, windows

• Herding Code: Episode 28: Miguel de Icaza (part 1)

  Published 11 months ago, running time 0h57m

  This week we talk with Miguel de Icaza about Mono, Moonlight, and other fun stuff. Topics Overview and update on Mono Mono's roots as a tool for desktop applications on Gnome / Linux The need for a package manager in Windows Managed operating systems (like Microsoft... mono, linux, microsoft, windows

• Herding Code: Episode 27: What Every Web Developer Needs To Know

  Published 11 months ago, running time 1h3m

  Kevin leads a discussion on what every web developer needs to know. Topics Javascript - language or toolkits? Does clean HTML matter? What are the tangible benefits? Working with designers who only speak Photoshop Basic usability Tools every web developer needs Progressive enhancement K. Scott i... html, javascript, usability, microsoft

• Herding Code: Episode 27: What Every Web Developer Needs To Know

  Published 11 months ago, running time 0h0m

  Kevin leads a discussion on what every web developer needs to know. Topics Javascript - language or toolkits? Does clean HTML matter? What are the tangible benefits? Working with designers who only speak Photoshop Basic usability Tools every web developer needs Progressive enhancement K. Scott i... html, javascript, usability, microsoft

• Herding Code: Episode 26: Laurent Bugnion on WPF and Silverlight

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h59m

  Jon talks to Laurent Bugnion about WPF and Silverlight. Laurent's an expert on WPF and Silverlight, and is the author of Silverlight 2 Unleashed. Topics Differences between WPF and Silverlight Thoughts on Silverlight offline Model-View-ViewModel pattern and applications... silverlight, wpf, thoughts, writing

• Herding Code: Episode 26: Laurent Bugnion on WPF and Silverlight

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h59m

  Jon talks to Laurent Bugnion about WPF and Silverlight. Laurent's an expert on WPF and Silverlight, and is the author of Silverlight 2 Unleashed. Topics Differences between WPF and Silverlight Thoughts on Silverlight offline Model-View-ViewModel pattern and applications... silverlight, wpf, thoughts, writing

• Herding Code: Episode 25: PDC 2008 Podcaster Roundtable with Deep Fried Bytes and StackOverflow (part 2)

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h36m

  While we were at the Microsoft PDC 2008 conference, we met up with the guys from the Deep Fried Bytes podcast as well as Jeff Atwood (StackOverflow, CodingHorror) for a podcaster roundtable. The first part of this discussion is over at Deep Fried Bytes (Episode 18). Download / Listen Herding Cod... pdc, microsoft

• Herding Code: Episode 25: PDC 2008 Podcaster Roundtable with Deep Fried Bytes and StackOverflow (part 2)

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h36m

  While we were at the Microsoft PDC 2008 conference, we met up with the guys from the Deep Fried Bytes podcast as well as Jeff Atwood (StackOverflow, CodingHorror) for a podcaster roundtable. The first part of this discussion is over at Deep Fried Bytes (Episode 18). Download / Listen Herding Cod... pdc, microsoft

• Herding Code: Episode 24: Phil Haack on the ASP.NET MVC Beta Release (part 2)

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h29m

  This is the second half of our interview with Phil Haack on the ASP.NET MVC Beta Release. Topics ModelBinders in ASP.NET MVC Lessons learned in building MVC (question from Brian Henderson) To what extent did the MVC team look at other frameworks like Monorail, Rails, Django, ... mvc, asp.net, beta, microsoft

• Herding Code: Episode 24: Phil Haack on the ASP.NET MVC Beta Release (part 2)

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h29m

  This is the second half of our interview with Phil Haack on the ASP.NET MVC Beta Release. Topics ModelBinders in ASP.NET MVC Lessons learned in building MVC (question from Brian Henderson) To what extent did the MVC team look at other frameworks like Monorail, Rails, Django, ... mvc, asp.net, beta, microsoft

• Herding Code: Episode 23: Phil Haack on the ASP.NET MVC Beta Release (part 1)

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h43m

  This is the first half of our interview with Phil Haack on the ASP.NET MVC Beta Release. Topics The MVC Elevator Speech MVC and Codebehind files How MVC differs from Webforms How MVC changes your development process The difficulty in unit testing UI What's t... mvc, asp.net, beta, process

• Herding Code: Episode 23: Phil Haack on the ASP.NET MVC Beta Release (part 1)

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h43m

  This is the first half of our interview with Phil Haack on the ASP.NET MVC Beta Release. Topics The MVC Elevator Speech MVC and Codebehind files How MVC differs from Webforms How MVC changes your development process The difficulty in unit testing UI What's t... mvc, asp.net, beta, process

• Herding Code: Episode 22: Brad Abrams and Tim Heuer on the Silverlight 2 Release

  Published 1 year ago, running time 1h3m

  This week we talk to Brad Abrams and Tim Heuer about the Silverlight 2 release. Topics What's new? The releationship between the DLR and Silverlight 2 The Eclipse for Silverlight development The Open Specification Promise for XAML Progress on Mono / Moonlight
  ... silverlight, enterprise, eclipse, mono

• Herding Code: Episode 22: Brad Abrams and Tim Heuer on the Silverlight 2 Release

  Published 1 year ago, running time 1h3m

  This week we talk to Brad Abrams and Tim Heuer about the Silverlight 2 release. Topics What's new? The releationship between the DLR and Silverlight 2 The Eclipse for Silverlight development The Open Specification Promise for XAML Progress on Mono / Moonlight
  ... silverlight, eclipse, mono, ajax

• Herding Code: Episode 21: Real World Development

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h56m

  This week Jon leads a discussion of real world development. We talk about how our development practices in our jobs and personal projects match up with the way we're “supposed to be” developing. Topics: What are the non-negotiable practices that we always use on any cod... tdd, personal, test, agile

• Herding Code: Episode 21: Real World Development

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h56m

  This week Jon leads a discussion of real world development. We talk about how our development practices in our jobs and personal projects match up with the way we're “supposed to be” developing. Topics: What are the non-negotiable practices that we always use on any cod... tdd, personal, test, agile

• Herding Code: Episode 20: Ted Leung on open source in the corporate world

  Published 1 year ago, running time 1h12m

  This week we talk to Ted Leung. Ted works on dynamic languages and tools at Sun Microsystems and is a member of the Apache Software Foundation. We discussed a variety of issues, including: Ted's wild ride through Apple, Apache, the Open Source Application Foundation, and Sun Ho... open source, sun, microsoft, adobe

• Herding Code: Episode 20: Ted Leung on open source in the corporate world

  Published 1 year ago, running time 1h12m

  This week we talk to Ted Leung. Ted works on dynamic languages and tools at Sun Microsystems and is a member of the Apache Software Foundation. We discussed a variety of issues, including: Ted's wild ride through Apple, Apache, the Open Source Application Foundation, and Sun Ho... open source, sun, microsoft, patterns

• Herding Code: Episode 19: Pajama Driven Development (working remote)

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h39m

  This week Scott K leads a discussion on remote work, remote access technologies, and synchronization software: What software and services help with remote development The joy of being your own network admin Source control implications (TFS, Subversion, GIT) The social tradeoff - fewer incidental... google, windows, microsoft

• Herding Code: Episode 19: Pajama Driven Development (working remote)

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h39m

  This week Scott K leads a discussion on remote work, remote access technologies, and synchronization software: What software and services help with remote development The joy of being your own network admin Source control implications (TFS, Subversion, GIT) The social tradeoff - fewer incidental... social, google, windows, microsoft

• Herding Code: Episode 18: Matt Podwysocki on F# and Functional Programming

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h59m

  This week Matt Podwysocki puts the fun in functional programming with a deep dive into F#. We've heard plenty of high level discussions of F# and functional programming lately, so we tried to dig into the gory details as much as possible: What is functional programming, and why sho... c#, vb, javascript, microsoft

• Herding Code: Episode 18: Matt Podwysocki on F# and Functional Programming

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h59m

  This week Matt Podwysocki puts the fun in functional programming with a deep dive into F#. We've heard plenty of high level discussions of F# and functional programming lately, so we tried to dig into the gory details as much as possible: What is functional programming, and why sho... c#, vb, javascript, microsoft

• Herding Code: Episode 17: Browser Roundup

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h55m

  This week Jon leads a discussion on the new crop of browsers: What's new in Google Chrome Comparison of Javascript engines What does crazy-fast Javascript mean? Is Webkit taking over? Why's Firefox sticking with Gecko? IE8 Compatibility Mode - Will it save us ... javascript, google, beta, firefox

• Herding Code: Episode 17: Browser Roundup

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h55m

  This week Jon leads a discussion on the new crop of browsers: What's new in Google Chrome Comparison of Javascript engines What does crazy-fast Javascript mean? Is Webkit taking over? Why's Firefox sticking with Gecko? IE8 Compatibility Mode - Will it save us ... javascript, google, beta, firefox

• Herding Code: Episode 16: Interviewing Software Developers

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h44m

  This week Kevin leads a discussion on interviewing software developers: What interview styles we find effective What sort of questions actually help us evaluate a candidate Why API trivia and puzzle questions don't work Hiring mistakes we've made based on errors i... api

• Herding Code: Episode 16: Interviewing Software Developers

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h44m

  This week Kevin leads a discussion on interviewing software developers: What interview styles we find effective What sort of questions actually help us evaluate a candidate Why API trivia and puzzle questions don't work Hiring mistakes we've made based on errors i... api

• Herding Code: Episode 15: Chris Tavares on Unity, P&P, Rotor, MVC, and EntLib

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h52m

  This week we talk with Chris Tavares, a developer on the Microsoft patterns & practices team, where he was the lead developer on Unity. He is also a virtual member of the ASP.NET MVC team, helping to design the new framework. Back in the day, he helped test out the effect of reference countin... mvc, patterns, microsoft, asp.net

• Herding Code: Episode 15: Chris Tavares on Unity, P&P, Rotor, MVC, and EntLib

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h52m

  This week we talk with Chris Tavares, a developer on the Microsoft patterns & practices team, where he was the lead developer on Unity. He is also a virtual member of the ASP.NET MVC team, helping to design the new framework. Back in the day, he helped test out the effect of reference countin... mvc, patterns, microsoft, asp.net

• Herding Code: Episode 14: Jeff Atwood (CodingHorror.com) talks about StackOverflow

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h57m

  This week, we talk with Jeff Atwood (of codinghorror.com fame) about his soon to be released developer Q&A site, StackOverflow.com. Links: CodingHorror.com (Jeff's blog) The StackOverflow blog Robert Scoble's post on StackOverflow (no, it didn't make him...

• Herding Code: Episode 14: Jeff Atwood (CodingHorror.com) talks about StackOverflow

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h57m

  This week, we talk with Jeff Atwood (of codinghorror.com fame) about his soon to be released developer Q&A site, StackOverflow.com. Links: CodingHorror.com (Jeff's blog) The StackOverflow blog Robert Scoble's post on StackOverflow (no, it didn't make him...

• Herding Code: Episode 13: Back To Basics (but which ones?)

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h39m

  This week, we talk about the “back to basics” movement, which begs the question:  what are the basics? Download / Listen HerdingCode 13: Back To Basics (but which ones?)

• Herding Code: Episode 13: Back To Basics (but which ones?)

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h39m

  This week, we talk about the “back to basics” movement, which begs the question:  what are the basics? Download / Listen HerdingCode 13: Back To Basics (but which ones?)

• Herding Code: Episode 12: Glenn Block on Prism, Unity, and MEF (part 2)

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h41m

  This is the second half of our interview with Glenn Block. He talks about the interesting stuff he's been up to at Microsoft with Prism, Unity, and MEF (the Managed Extensibility Framework). Be sure to listen to part 1 first or Glenn's crazytalk about MEF will spin your head around.&#... microsoft

• Herding Code: Episode 12: Glenn Block on Prism, Unity, and MEF (part 2)

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h41m

  This is the second half of our interview with Glenn Block. He talks about the interesting stuff he's been up to at Microsoft with Prism, Unity, and MEF (the Managed Extensibility Framework). Be sure to listen to part 1 first or Glenn's crazytalk about MEF will spin your head around.&#... microsoft

• Herding Code: Episode 11: Glenn Block on Prism, Unity, and MEF (part 1)

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h37m

  This is the first half of our interview with Glenn Block. He talks about the interesting stuff he's been up to at Microsoft with Prism, Unity, and MEF (the Managed Extensibility Framework). Links: Glenn's Prism posts - http://blogs.msdn.com/gblock/archive/tags/prism/defau... microsoft, geek

• Herding Code: Episode 11: Glenn Block on Prism, Unity, and MEF (part 1)

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h37m

  This is the first half of our interview with Glenn Block. He talks about the interesting stuff he's been up to at Microsoft with Prism, Unity, and MEF (the Managed Extensibility Framework). Links: Glenn's Prism posts - http://blogs.msdn.com/gblock/archive/tags/prism/defau... microsoft, geek

• Herding Code: Episode 10: LINQ

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h43m

  K Scott leads us in a discussion of LINQ, including: What is it How introducing LINQ to .NET changed the framework LINQ Providers LINQ to XML LINQ to SQL - how it's different from EF, tips and tricks, when to use it Links: LINQpad 3rd Party LIN... linq, sql, .net, xml

• Herding Code: Episode 10: LINQ

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h43m

  K Scott leads us in a discussion of LINQ, including: What is it How introducing LINQ to .NET changed the framework LINQ Providers LINQ to XML LINQ to SQL - how it's different from EF, tips and tricks, when to use it Links: LINQpad 3rd Party LIN... linq, sql, .net, xml

• Herding Code: Episode 9: Rob Conery on SubSonic, MVC Storefront, and the Silverlight Ninja Squad

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h41m

  This week, we catch up with Rob Conery. Topics: SubSonic 2.1 Where SubSonic fits in the Microsoft data access tools explosion Why LINQ to SubSonic is so durn tricky MVC Storefront - has it made Rob a TDD believer What else is Rob up to at Microsoft Links:
  ... mvc, silverlight, microsoft, linq

• Herding Code: Episode 9: Rob Conery on SubSonic, MVC Storefront, and the Silverlight Ninja Squad

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h41m

  This week, we catch up with Rob Conery. Topics: SubSonic 2.1 Where SubSonic fits in the Microsoft data access tools explosion Why LINQ to SubSonic is so durn tricky MVC Storefront - has it made Rob a TDD believer What else is Rob up to at Microsoft Links:
  ... mvc, silverlight, microsoft, linq

• Herding Code: Episode 8: Virtual Machines

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h52m

  This week, we discuss the use of virtual machines in software development. Topics: Industry trends VMware vs. Virtual PC (and other virtualization technologies) Should you develop in a VM? VM Tips and tricks Links: Jeff (codinghorror) Atwood's post on ... internet, image

• Herding Code: Episode 8: Virtual Machines

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h52m

  This week, we discuss the use of virtual machines in software development. Topics: Industry trends VMware vs. Virtual PC (and other virtualization technologies) Should you develop in a VM? VM Tips and tricks Links: Jeff (codinghorror) Atwood's post on ... internet, image

• Herding Code: Episode 7: Why Don’t Startups Run On Microsoft?

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h37m

  In this episode of Herding Code, we discuss the pro's and con's of building a startup on the Microsoft stack. We talk about a lot of issues: Licensing cost Availability and cost of developers Development environments and tools Relative costs of software vs. develo... microsoft, startup, thoughts, visual studio

• Herding Code: Episode 7: Why Don’t Startups Run On Microsoft?

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h37m

  In this episode of Herding Code, we discuss the pro's and con's of building a startup on the Microsoft stack. We talk about a lot of issues: Licensing cost Availability and cost of developers Development environments and tools Relative costs of software vs. develo... microsoft, startup, thoughts, visual studio

• Herding Code: Episode 6: Silverlight - Fad or Fab?

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h17m

  This week we argue discuss whether Silverlight is just another flavor of ActiveX, or if it's here to stay. Listen / Download Herding Code 6: Silverlight - Fad Or Fab? silverlight

• Herding Code: Episode 6: Silverlight - Fad or Fab?

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h17m

  This week we argue discuss whether Silverlight is just another flavor of ActiveX, or if it's here to stay. Listen / Download Herding Code 6: Silverlight - Fad Or Fab? silverlight

• Herding Code: Episode 5: Firefox 3

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h16m

  Show #5 - Topics Firefox 3… that's it Listen / Downlad Herding Code 5: Firefox 3 Release Announcements The Name, The Feed, etc. This is our last podcast hosting the audio on SkyDrive, I promise. I'd planned to take care of it last weekend and a... firefox, hosting, media

• Herding Code: Episode 4: iPhone v2 and K. Scott Allen’s report from TechEd 2008

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h24m

  Show #4 - Topics iPhone v2 announcments from WWDC TechEd 2008 recap by our roving reporter, K. Scott Allen Listen Herding Code 4: iPhoneV2, K Scott recaps TechEd 2008 Announcements The Name We're closing in on a name (and thus a domain and a website and... teched, hosting

• Herding Code: Episode 3: Should Developers Learn C? + TechEd 2008 Keynote Announcements

  Published 1 year ago, running time 1h40m

  Show #3 - Topics Should developers learn C? TechEd 2008 Keynote Announcements Microsoft “Velocity” distributed caching solution Listen Herding Code 3: Should Developers Learn C? + TechEd 2008 Keynote Thanks for your patience (and great feedback) as we... c, teched, microsoft

• Herding Code: Episode 2: AJAX Frameworks

  Published 1 year ago, running time 0h18m

  Last week I posted the first in a new podcast series with K. Scott Allen (a.k.a. OdeToCode), Scott Koon (a.k.a. LazyCoder), and Kevin Dente. We got some great feedback, but we decided to ignore it and continue the podcast. So here's another one! But seriously, this one's a lot sho... ajax, google, asp.net, javascript

• Herding Code: Episode 1: “Hello World” Edition

  Published 1 year ago, running time 3h5m

  We're starting up a technology round table podcast. By we, I mean: K. Scott Allen (a.k.a. OdeToCode) Scott Koon (a.k.a. Lazycoder) Kevin Dente Jon Galloway Our goal here is to provide you with some interesting discussions loosely centered around the world of de... .net, microsoft, test, beta