Archives for posts with tag: Dan

TWC9: Windows Live Essentials, CodeRush vs Resharper, Silverlight Unit Testing

June 5, 10 //

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

Windows Live: Breakdown of Windows Live Essentials: Photo Gallery and Live Sync, including key features like Photo Fuse, Facial Recognition, tagging & search, better importing & more
Windows Azure - Windows Azure CDN Pricing Announced
Channel 9 Live at TechEd North America – Bob Muglia, Mark Russinovich, Jason Zander, Mark Minasi, Tony Scott, Jeffrey Snover
Jeff Wilcox: Silverlight Unit Testing for Windows Phone
AgUnit – Silverlight Unit testing with ReSharper
Jesse Liberty – Code Rush versus ReSharper
Brian Peek: The future of the Wiimote Library including the extension model Taiko Drum and DJ Hero support coming
Ryan Dunn and Steve Marx – Cloud Cover episode that shows how to swingify a song using Azure, Python and the Echo Nest API
Tim Heuer – Microsoft Translator client library for Silverlight

Picks of the week:

Clint’s pick: Phil Haack - Copy & Paste works over Remote Desktop (and Live Mesh)
Dan’s pick: GivingAPresentation – Extensible App on CodePlex to clean up your desktop, close Messenger, and more, via Blake Handler

Channel 9 Live at Tech.Ed North America 2010 – Updated with Schedule!

June 2, 10 //

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The Channel 9 and TechNet Edge teams will be broadcasting live, unscripted, and 100% interactive from New Orleans for Tech.Ed North America 2010.

Join us immediately following the keynotes on June 7th and June 8th for a full day of interviews, panels, demos and discussions where you control the content.

We have an amazing lineup of speakers and presenters across the two days including Microsoft Server & Tools President Bob Muglia, Microsoft CIO Tony Scott, Corporate Vice President Windows Server Bill Laing, Corporate Vice President Visual Studio Jason Zander, Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich, Distinguished Engineer Jeffrey Snover and many more.

Channel 9 Live is 100% unscripted and so we rely on our viewers to tweet in their questions and comments in real time for our guests to address live on the air.

To be a part of the conversation send a tweet with your question or comment and include
@ch9live somewhere in the body of the message so that we can find it.

To watch the Tech.Ed keynotes and Channel 9 Live coverage head to http://www.msteched.com on June 7th & 8th at the following times:

(All times Central Daylight Time – as we’ll be in New Orleans)

Monday June 7th 2010
9:00AM – 10:30AM: Tech.Ed Day 1 Keynote
10:30AM – 5:00PM: Channel 9 Live Day 1 Coverage

Tuesday June 8th 2010
9:45AM – 11:15AM: Tech.Ed Day 2 Business Intelligence Keynote
11:15AM – 5:00PM: Channel 9 Live Day 2 Coverage

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Full Schedule (Subject to change)

Day 1: June 7th 2010
(All times Central Daylight Time)

10:30 AM: Keynote After Party. Join Charles Torre, Adam Carter and David Tesar as they answer your questions and recap the Tech.Ed Keynote.

11:00 AM: Talking Windows Server. Ward Ralston and Justin Graham with Adam Carter

11:30 AM: Cloud Cover Live! David Aiken and Ryan Dunn plus Special Guests

12:00 PM: Office & Unified Communications in 2010+. Jamie Stark and John Durant with David Tesar

12:30 PM – 1:30PM: Lunch Break – Go Grab a Sandwich

1:30 PM: Tony Scott, Microsoft’s Chief Information Officer with David Tesar

2:00 PM: Jason Zander, Corporate Vice President Visual Studio with Dan Fernandez

2:30 PM: SQL Server; Beyond Relational Data. Michael Rys with Charles Torre

3:00 PM: Ask Mark Minasi Anything…. Live! with Joey Snow

3:30 PM: Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about BPOS. Tom Keane, Sean O’Connor and Dan Kershaw with Adam Carter

4:00 PM: WM_IN Panel. Kate Gregory, Karen Forster, Lisa Feigenbaum and Jennifer Ritzinger discuss women in technology

4:30 PM: Client Development: Now and in the Future. Tim Huckaby, Patrick Hynds, Paul Sheriff and Richard Campbell

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Day 2: June 8th 2010
(All times Central Daylight Time)

11:15 AM: Deployment in the real world. Chris Jackson, Jeremy Chapman and Rhonda Layfield with Adam Carter

12:00 PM: Developing for Windows Phone 7. Brandon Watson with Dan Fernandez

12:30 PM – 1:30PM: Lunch Break – Go Grab a Sandwich

1:30 PM: Bob Muglia, President Server & Tools with Adam Carter

2:00 PM: Bill Laing, Corporate Vice President Windows Server with Joey Snow

2:30 PM: Ask Mark Russinovich Anything…. Live! with Charles Torre

3:00 PM: Talking Security. Mark Russinovich, Andy Malone and Special Guest with David Tesar

3:30 PM: Languages Panel. Eric Lippert, Luke Hoban and Mads Torgersen with Charles Torre

4:00 PM: PowerShell. Jeffrey Snover, Don Jones and Sean Kearney with David Tesar

4:30 PM: This Week On Channel 9 (Live). Dan Fernandez and (OMG it’s) Brian Keller with special guest Larry Larsen and his secret project.

TWC9: Silverlight Tools for VS, Azure Guidance, Rx, and Home Server

May 22, 10 //

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This week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian are back in the studio talking about the week’s top developer news, including:

Windows Server AppFabric is available
Scott Guthrie – RTM of Silverlight 4 tools for Visual Studio 2010 and WCF RIA Services
Sam Gentile – C# 4/BCL 4 What’s New Series – A series of short posts on new language and framework features
Michael Leonard – How to create a great online project template
Charles Torre – Bart de Smet on Rx – Observations on IQbservable – the Dual of IQueryable and Dan trys to explain Rx to Brian
Michael Washington – Simple Silverlight 4 Example using oData and Rx Extensions
Windows Home Server codenamed “Vail” overview and lots of new features for Home Server
Windows Azure Application Guidance (RC)
Ayende Rahein - RavenDB – A semi-structured database with LINQ
Finding Memory Leaks in WPF-Based Apps (includes samples and workarounds), via Rob Relyea

Picks of the week

Dan’s pick: Ohan Oda’s Coding4Fun article on the GoblinXNA engine for Augmented Reality and the must-watch video demo
Brian’s pick: Jumplist Extender adds Windows 7 jumplists to programs which don’t have them

TWC9: Office & SharePoint 2010, Runtime Intelligence, and Windows Phone controls

May 15, 10 //

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This Week on Channel9, Brian and Dan are live from the Visual Studio 2010 launch party to discuss the week’s top developer news, including:

Office 2010 & SharePoint 2010 Launch
Donovan Follette: Office 2010 Developer Training on Channel 9
Paul Stubbs: SharePoint 2010 Developer Training on Channel 9
Blake Handler: Ultimate list of free Microsoft Office 2010 Software & Resources
Source Analysis blog: New version of StyleCop (4.4) is now available, includes support for C# 4.0
Free download: CodeRush XPress for Visual Studio 2010 for C# & VB (C# video, VB video), via Greg Duncan
Scott Guthrie – jQuery Templates & Data Logging
Tina Summerford – Video interview of Corrinne Yu, Principal Engine Architect, Halo Team
Aaron Stebner – Command line install/repair/uninstall for the .NET Framework 4
Jaime Rodriguez – Windows Phone FAQ
Jon Galloway – ASP.NET MVC Music Store – MVC 2 Sample Application + 80 page tutorial
Update from last week: Justin Etheredge – Bundler is now Squishit
CodePlex: Windows Phone 7 Panorama & Pivot Controls

Picks of the week:
- Dan’s pick: CodePlex adds Runtime Intelligence so that you can understand what features are being used in your application
- Brian’s pick: Outlook 2010’s Clean Up Folder feature

TWC9: IE9 Dev Preview, Sync SQL to SQL Azure, & useful CSS tools for ASP.NET

May 8, 10 //

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

Second IE9 Developer Preview, with lots of performance improvements and updates on standards support including HTML 5
CloudPoll – Sample Windows Azure application for Facebook
Bing adds Windows PowerShell Cmdlets visual search, via Larry Larsen
Unity 2.0 now available for Desktop/Web & Silverlight
Coding4Fun – Dan Waters – Generating Sound Waves with C# Wave Oscillators
Secrets of SQL Server: Performance Tuning 5-hour virtual event, via Greg Duncan
Scott Hanselman – Help Viewer Power Tool Beta – a standalone tool that brings a simple experience, like the previous Help Viewer
Max Adams – How do I video on using the Sync Framework Powerpack for SQL Azure to sync a local database to SQL Azure
Miguel de Icaza – What if the CLI was natively embedded in a browser (the way JavaScript is)
Yochay Kiriaty - Windows Phone Application Lifecycle describes how you publish apps through the marketplace
Tim Heuer – Cool Silverlight Themes
Luke Lowrey – CSS Tools for ASP.NET including Blueprint CSS and Bundler, which now includes support for LESS a way to build logic into CSS files

Picks of the week:

Dan’s pick: Video of Mech warfare at RoboGames
Brian’s pick: Brian’s new book, Professional Application Lifecycle Management

To win a copy of Brian’s book:
To win an autographed copy of Brian’s book, be the first person to post a comment with the right answer to this question:

What was the original code name for the application lifecycle management capabilities which shipped in Visual Studio 2010?

Update: We have a winner! Mohammad Jalloul correctly guessed “Rosario.” Read more about the selection of this code name here.

Silverlight TV 23: MVP Q&A with Wildermuth, Wahlin, and Bell

May 4, 10 //

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John interviews a panel of three well known Silverlight leaders (Shawn Wildermuth, Dan Wahlin, and Ward Bell) at the Silverlight 4 launch event. The guest panel answers questions sent in from Twitter about the features in Silverlight 4, thoughts on MVVM, and the panel members’ experiences developing Silverlight. This is a great chance to hear from some of the leading Silverlight luminaries.

Note: This show was recorded on Channel 9 Live on April 13th.

Relevant links:

John’s Blog and on Twitter (@john_papa)
Shawn’s Blog and on Twitter (@shawnwildermuth)
Dan’s Blog and on Twitter (@danwahlin)
Ward’s Blog and on Twitter (@wardbell)
Silverlight Training Course on Channel 9

Don’t miss the next episode on Thursday May 6th … Silverlight TV 24: eBay’s Silverlight 4 Simple Lister Application

TWC9: Windows Phone 7 Dev Tools Refresh, Messenger Wave 4 Preview

April 30, 10 //

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This week on Channel 9, Brian returns from his European tour and there is much rejoicing with Dan as they discuss the week’s top developer news, including:

Laura Foy – Charlie Kindel on the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools Refresh
Time Heuer – Installing the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools Refresh (including a PowerShell script if you get authenticode issues with signed assemblies)
Larry Larsen – Windows Live Wave 4 Messenger Preview
Ori Amiga – Messenger Connect - A new, unreleased set of APIs for user profile, social graph, status updates, and more, via Dare Obasanjo
Pete Brown – Essential Silverlight and WPF Skills: Async programming, Dispatchers, Timers, and more
Dan Fernandez – Stop capitalizing Microsoft products and technology incorrectly
Andy Beaulieu – Using the free edition of Babel Obfuscator with Silverlight
Scott Guthrie – Studiostyles.info – Provides a way to easily discover and share Visual Studio color schemes
Damien Guard – Creating RSS feeds in ASP.NET MVC,via dotnetkicks
Speckyboy – 30 Pure CSS Alternatives to JavaScript

Picks of the week:
- Brian’s pick: TFS 2010 Power Tools now available, via Greg Duncan
- Dan’s pick: Auto-Update your wallpaper with Flickr images using your location with Arian Kulp’s Coding4Fun app – Geo-location and Flickr

TWC9: Silverlight 4, SQL Server R2 & Ent Library 5.0 all RTM, Why code comments aren’t bad

April 24, 10 //

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

Scott Guthrie – Silverlight 4 RTM
John Papa – Overview of Silverlight 4 Technical Whitepaper
New version of Silverlight Toolkit available
Roger Doherty – SQL Server 2008 R2 Overview
Grigori Melnik - Enterprise Library 5.0 is now available
Chris Sells – Understand the performance implications of IEnumerable vs IQueryable
Scott Guthrie – New syntax to automatically HTML Encode Output in ASP.NET 4.0, the “:” operator
Elegant Code – Eliminating Comments: The Road to Clarity – Clint and Dan think not all code comments are bad
Jon Galloway – Louis DeJardin on SparkView Engine
Charles Torre – Docs for Facebook: Making your Documents Social
MSDN – C# Language Specification 4.0
Laura Foy – John Harris presents SketchFlow in 90 seconds

Picks of the week

Dan’s pick: Dotnetrocks roadshow is coming to a city near you
Clint’s pick: Building the Coding4Fun Cannon

TWC9 – VB 2010, Collect app usage for free, donut caching, painting with light

April 10, 10 //

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

Channel 9 Live at Visual Studio 2010/Silverlight 4 Launch
Scott Guthrie – VB 2010 Love Fest -Auto-Implemented Properties, Collection Initializers, Line Continuation support
Pete Brown – Encoding/Decoding strings with the .NET 4 Client Profile
MSDN – Collect Usage Performance & Stability Information with the Dotfuscator version included in Visual Studio (tutorial, video), via Greg Duncan
Patrick Smacchia – Windows Programming: The “it works on my machine” syndrome
Kevin Moore – XAML Bag of Tricks updated
Gunnar Peipman – Donut caching using dynamically loaded controls
Laurent Bugnion – MMVM Light Toolkit for Windows Phone 7
Blake Handler – Ultimate List of Free Windows Phone 7 Software & Resources
Tina Wood – History of Microsoft – The Jeff Raikes Story Part 1 & Part 2
Tina Wood – CliffyB of Epic Games on Channel 9 – Answering questions from Niners
Scott Hanselman – How to setup your site to use the AutoPageResize browser extension

Picks of the week

Dan’s pick: Steve Marx – Letting the Internet Choose My Wallpaper
Clint’s pick: Coding4Fun – Randall Mass – Paint With Light

Interview with Design Director Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games

April 6, 10 //

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Cliff Bleszinski is the Design Director at Epic Games. In this video, he talks about the success of the Unreal Engine and the tool set that allows devs to work smarter not harder. As outlined via the previous link, “Unreal Engine 3 is a complete development framework for DirectX 10-equipped PCs, Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3, providing the vast array of core technologies, content creation tools, and support infrastructure required by top game studios, advanced visualization and simulation developers and creators of linear 3D animated content.”

Epic Games also just finished up the Make Something Unreal contest, where the winner received a free Unreal Engine license. Epic creates games for both the PC and the 360, and Cliff talks about the differences between them as well as giving his opinion about his hands-on experience with Natal. I also asked some questions from C9 forum members Cream Filling 512, and Dan, to name just a few.

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