Archives for category: Channel 9

In this episode, Adam Kinney demonstrates how to take advantage of behaviors in Expression Blend 4. He creates several demonstrations using the new DataStore and conditional behavior features in concert with several new behaviors including ChangePropertyAction, ControlStoryBoardAction, SetDataStoreValueAction, and the custom Mouse3DBehavior. Adam also shows how to create a custom behavior using code. Don’t miss this episode as Adam discusses how behaviors can make the UI developer’s job much easier.
 

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On this episode of Ping, Laura and Paul deliver the hottest news stories circulating around the Microsoft campus. Headlines such as :

Allard and Bach moving on… 
Netflix & Microsoft
Judge your Hohm
2.7 million gamers play Halo Beta

This week on Channel 9 Dan and Clint discuss the week’s top developer news, including:

Picks of the week

Join Ryan and Steve each week as they cover the Microsoft cloud. You can follow and interact with the show at @cloudcovershow

In this special censored episode:  

  • We show you how to run Python in the cloud via a swingin’ MP3 maker
  • We talk about how Steve debugged the Python application
  • Ryan and Steve join a boy band

Show Links:

SQL Azure Session ID Tracing
Windows Azure Guidance Part 2 - AuthN, AuthZ
Running MongoDb in Windows Azure
We Want Your Building Block Apps

By Nikolai Tillmann and  Mike Barnett

Learn how Code Contracts provides a set of tools for design-by-contract programming and how Pex is an advanced unit-testing tool that uses automated program exploration to intelligently create unit tests with high code coverage. 
See how they work together so that your code has fewer defects.

Learn about new features for Code Contracts including automatic documentation generation, call-site checking for components and reference assemblies for the .NET Framework and for Pex including a light-weight mocking framework, improved support for large code bases, and more thorough test input generation.

Links:
PEX // Code Contracts // Mike Barnett // Nikolai Tillmann // MDCC // DPE DK

In this episode, Arturo Toledo demonstrates all of the new content he and his colleagues have created to teach you to design and develop with Expression Blend and Silverlight. He shows off some really cool samples, all of which you can download and do yourself through hands on-labs. Arturo walks through the .toolbox site and shows the numerous learning materials, videos, demos, and hands-on labs. If you have been looking for a comprehensive set of self-paced learning materials focused on designing  with Expression Blend, you should definitely watch this video and check out .toolbox.
 

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The Making of Office 2010 is a series of videos that takes you behind the scenes with those who are responsible for creating Microsoft Office 2010.  This is Antoine Leblond.  He is responsible for the Engineering Team that designs and develops The Microsoft Office applications.  He talks about the man hours and passion that went behind building the Office Applications.  And he also just wants to say “thanks”.

Part 3 of the Beckman Meijer Co/Contravariance in Physics and Programming Hypothesis/Challenge has finally arrived, Niners! :)
 
You learned about Brian Beckman’s perspective on covariance and contravariance in physics. Erik Meijer found this topic to be incredibly interesting and the two geniuses decided to take a stab at identifying the relationship between co/contra in two different domains: physics and programming.

What will they discover at the whiteboards?

Tune in to find out in this n-part series (part 1 here, part 2 here) with two of Channel 9’s and Microsoft’s most famous and respected software practitioners. Will there be a part 4? Perhaps you can help Brian and Erik find an answer to this interesting problem. They’re real close. Niners can help reach the end line (if there is in fact one). It is highly recommended that you watch the first parts before watching this one!

Thinking caps on? Go!

David Gristwood engages David Chappell in conversation about Windows Azure and cloud computing, and explore which applications are great candidates for Windows Azure, and, interestingly which ones don’t, as well as discussing the differences between Infrastructure vs Platform as a Service, and the role of private vs public cloud.

Take a break from your hectic day to join Laura & Paul as they bring you all the top stories that were being sent around Microsoft this week. Stories like :

A Private Cloud
Bill Gates: Device vision- back in 2007
Microsoft is so VERY Social
Robotics for FREE