Hanselminutes

The Art of Unit Testing with Roy Osherove

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:12:23 EDT

In this show recorded in Norway, Roy Osherove educates Scott on best practices in Unit Testing techniques and the Art of Unit Testing.

Successful Cross Platform .NET Development - Mono and Banshee with Aaron Bockover

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:24:26 EDT

Scott chats with Aaron Bockover of Novell about the Banshee Project - a cross-platform Media Player. It's a Mono Application that runs on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. What are the hard-won secrets of cross platform .NET dev? Aaron and his team know the answers.

Convention Over Configuration with Jeremy Miller.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:18:28 EDT

Scott's Norway interviews continue this week, this time with Jeremy Miller, author of Structure Map. Scott and Jeremy chat about fluent interfaces, Convention Over Configuration and how to best simplify your systems.

Windows Presentation Foundation explained by Ian Griffiths

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:04:54 EDT

Scott chats with Ian Griffiths about Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Why is it so hard to master? What techniques should the WinForms developer learn first? Scott's working on a side project, and he and Ian brainstorm ways for Scott's application to use WPF more effectively.

Working Effectively with Legacy Code with Michael Feathers

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:26:22 EDT

Scott's in Norway this week and he sits down with Michael Feathers. Michael is the author of "Working Effectively with Legacy Code." What is legacy code? Are you writing legacy code right now?

Silverlight 3 with Tim Heuer

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:11:51 EDT

When's Silverlight 10 coming out? These versions are moving pretty fast. Scott chats with Tim Heuer to try and make sense of it. How does offline for Silverlight work? What's the best way to keep on the this new tech.

Software Metrics with Patrick Smacchia

Tue, 26 May 2009 12:22:31 EDT

Scott sits down with Patrick Smacchia, lead developer of NDepend, and talks about Software Metrics. What metrics lie beyond Lines of Code?

Powershell 2.0

Thu, 14 May 2009 03:12:40 EDT

Scott's at TechEd and bumps into Hal Rottenberg and Kirk Munro. Hal's a Powershell IT guy and Kirk's a Powershell-focused Dev. What's new in Powershell 2.0 and what's in it for the .NET developer or Windows power user?

BBSs and Wildcat! from Mustang Software

Fri, 08 May 2009 19:03:18 EDT

Scott chats with founders of Mustang Software (creators of Wildcat! BBS) Jim Harrer and Scott Hunter about the BBS era. We start at 300 baud and work our way up. Remember Hayes modems, v.32bis, Fidonet, Compuserve? This is the show for you.

JavaFX and the Web's Four Virtual Machines

Fri, 01 May 2009 13:26:09 EDT

In this episode Scott talks to Joshua Marinacci from Sun, a Staff Engineer working on JavaFX. JavaFX, along with Flash and Silverlight battle to be The VM for the Web. We chat about how JavaFX approaches things and muse on who will win the web.

IronPython with Michael Foord

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Michael Foord makes his living as a Python programmer. More specifically has an IronPython programmer. He chats with Scott about his company's use of IronPython, the DLR and why they picked Python over C# or VB.

Visiting Fog Creek Software and Joel Spolsky

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:50:08 EDT

Scott's in New York this week and he stops by the Fog Creek Software offices on Broadway and chats with Joel Spolsky. Why did they write their own compiler? How long have they used VBScript? What does Joel think about online community? All this and less in this episode!

Hanselminutae-five with Richard Campbell

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:41:25 EDT

Be warned! We may just waste your time with this show. It's Hanselminutae #5 with Richard Campbell. We talk books, Windows, Economics, being a Millionaire, Multiple Monitors, TweetDeck, and much much less!

Dealing with Diversity in Agile Teams with Aslam Khan

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:29:57 EDT

Scott chats about Diversity with Aslam Khan. He is a software architect and coach from South Africa. He shares his experience growing up South African, and how he applies his experience to working with Agile software development teams.

A C64 Emulator with Silverlight 3 by Pete Brown

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:09:21 EDT

Scott digs deep with Pete Brown about the Commodore 64 Emulator he is writing in Silverlight 3. Is Silverlight fast enough? What about offline support? What Silverlight 3 features made the job easier? All this and next steps in this week's show.

ASP.NET and the Mobile Web

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Scott's at Mix09 in Las Vegas this week and he sits down with Chris Woods, a Program Manager on the Mobile Browse Platform Team. They've just open sourced a MASSIVE database of mobile device capabilities, enabling better mobile development for ASP.NET developers.

Tables Turned - Mo Interviews Scott Hanselman

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Scott's wife Mo turns the tables in this interview and talks to Web Developer Scott Hanselman. How does he fit it all into a day? What about work life balance? Is Scott bored with technology? When will the madness stop?

Code Generation and T4 with Kathleen Dollard

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:30:44 EDT

Scott chats with Kathleen Dollard about the past and the future of Code Generation. Scott's infatuated with T4, but does it have a future?

Fit is Dead, Long Live Fitnesse - with Ward Cunningham and James Shore

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EDT

You may have heard the terms "Fit" and "Fitnesse" bandied about by the software engineering literati. What are they? Are they useful? Are they used at all? Does your testing strategy need some fitnesse? The creator of Fit and the coordinator of the Fit project chat with Scott and answer the hard questions.

Uncle Bob Martin: SOLID, this time with feeling.

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Uncle Bob Martin responds to the hullabaloo around the SOLID principles from Show 145, his time on the Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky StackOverflow podcast, and offers his reasoned response. Is it time for a Software Apprenticeship Program? Other possible titles for this show: "He's back and he's pissed." "Bob's your Uncle." "Joel Who?" "SOLID State" "I got your tests right here!" "Smack Overflow" "Pay Attention This Time: Bob Martin on SOLID" (No, Bob's not pissed. We're just having a laugh.)

Deconstructing "blu" - a new WPF Twitter client from thirteen23

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:03:53 EDT

Scott talks to Doug Cook, Hal Saville, and Lee Brenner about their dramatic new Twitter client, called "blu" (formerly "chirp") with a jelly aesthetic you have to see to believe. How do they find developing in WPF? What's their workflow? What's coming for the next release of blu?

MEF - Managed Extensibility Framework with Glenn Block

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:31:06 EDT

There's been lots of talk about MEF lately, but what the heck is it? Is it an Open Source Project or is it part of the .NET Framework? Is it both? Is it an IOC Container or something new? Glenn Block sets Scott straight in this interview recorded on the Microsoft Campus.

The new WPF-based Text Editor in Visual Studio 2010 - Interview with a Dev

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Scott is on campus this week and bumps into Noah Richards, a "lowly" (his word) dev on the new editor in Visual Studio 2010. They sit down and Scott gets an education on how it's put together, built, componentized and shared.

Test Driven Development is Design - The Last Word on TDD

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:34:44 EDT

Scott Hanselman talks to Scott Bellware about TDD. ScottB says that Test Driven Development is less about Testing and more about Design. Is TDD poorly named? Did Test Smell beget Design Smell beget Code Smell?

SOLID Principles with Uncle Bob - Robert C. Martin

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:08:16 EDT

Scott sits down with Robert C. Martin as Uncle Bob helps Scott understand the SOLID Principles of Object Oriented Design.

Week Three in South Africa - Ntombenhle

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Scott's on holiday in South Africa with his family this month. Rather than doing repeats or "best of" shows, Scott's doing man-on-the-street interviews and uploading them over cell phone. In this episode, Scott talks to his Wife, Ntombenhle, an MBA and Homemaker from Zimbabwe.

Week Two in South Africa - Victor

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:17:58 EDT

Scott's on holiday in South Africa with his family this month. Rather than doing repeats or "best of" shows, Scott's doing man-on-the-street interviews and uploading them over cell phone. In this episode, Scott talks to Victor, a lawyer and lecturer at the University of Lesotho.

Week One in South Africa - Vusi

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Coding4Fun with Dan Fernandez and Brian Peek - Wiimotes and YouTube

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:18:10 EDT

Scott talks with Dan and Brian as they turn the successful Coding4Fun blog into a book. Brian shares how to interface with the Nintendo Wii's Wiimote, and Dan tells us how to download and convert YouTube videos in one click.

Rob Conery limps and learns about Domain Driven Design

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:25:22 EDT

What's the deal with DDD? Is it a fad? A religion? Some kind of software design cult? Rob Conery has decided to learn for himself, and Scott joins him for the trip in this episode.

Moonlight (Silverlight on Linux with Mono) with Miguel de Icaza and Joseph Hill

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:35:31 EDT

Scott chats with with Miguel de Icaza and Joseph Hill, the folks behind Moonlight. It's Silverlight on Linux with Mono and it's Open Source!

Paint.NET with Rick Brewster

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:44:33 EDT

Scott talks with Paint.NET author Rick Brewster about some of the internals of his popular freeware application. They focus on deployment and setup, how Rick does it and what we can learn from him.

Microsoft PDC and Windows 7 Reaction Show with Richard Campbell

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Scott catches up with Richard Campbell at DevConnections in Las Vegas and they chat about the announcements at the 2008 Microsoft PDC and how/if the new stuff will affect our lives.

MSR@PDC - Microsoft Research at the Professional Developers Conference

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:03:03 EDT

One of the hidden gems this year at the PDC conference was the Microsoft Research section. It was buried in the back of the convention center, unfortunately, so a lot of people didn't know it was there. Scott talks to each team at length and gets the scoop on what project are coming to an IDE near you sometime soon.

Behind the Scenes - StackOverflow and Jeff Atwood - Part 2

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Here's some raw audio from the last show. We left the recorder on after the show was over, and the discussion continued for another 30 minutes! It's a different conversation in a raw style, but we hope you enjoy it.

StackOverflow uses ASP.NET MVC - Jeff Atwood and his technical team

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:45:32 EDT

Scott chats with Jeff Atwood of CodingHorror.com and most recently, StackOverflow.com. Jeff and Joel Spolsky and their technical team have created a new class of application using ASP.NET MVC. What works, what doesn't, and how did it all go down?

Windows Live Agents and the Machine Translation Bot from MS Research

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:44:04 EDT

Scott visits Microsoft Research and talks to Helvecio Ribeiro, the Test Lead for Machine Translation about T-Bot, his translation bot for Windows Live Messenger.

Subsonic with Rob Conery

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:17:39 EDT

What is Subsonic and should you use it? Scott and Rob Conery chat about his baby and comparisons to other Open Source frameworks. Also, Scott tries to get free consulting for his new pet project.

Jeff Webb - The guy who lowercased Basic

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:59:48 EDT

Today we reminisce with Jeff Webb about the very early years of Basic and Visual Basic at Microsoft. What was it like to work just a few offices down from BillG? When did Basic stop being ALL CAPS?

JavaScript gets Faster: Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla Corporation and Creator of JavaScript

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:07:52 EDT

Scott talks to Brendan Eich from Mozilla about TraceMonkey, the new super-fast JavaScript engine. Where does Brendan think JavaScript is headed? What does the rise of JavaScript mean to Flash, Silverlight and RIAs in general?

Thoughts on Javascript with Bertrand Le Roy

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:13:50 EDT

Scott chats with Bertrand Le Roy, Program Manager for MS-Ajax at Microsoft. Where does Bertrand see Ajax and Javascript going in the future? We also chat about MS-Ajax 4.0s possible future and how to use templates and Javascript on the clientside.

Object Oriented AJAX with Scott Cate

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:21:33 EDT

Scott's in Australia this week, but he catches up with Scott Care from CloudDB.com and talks about the differences between MS-AJAX and jQuery. How does object-orientation work in Javascript?

.NET 3.5 SP1 is out...what's inside

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:04:23 EDT

Carl and Scott chat about what's new in .NET 3.5 SP1. There's a lot of new additions and improvements...should you care?

jQuery with John Resig

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:05:06 EDT

Scott chats with John Resig about how he developed jQuery, how it performs, and where he thinks it's headed.

Accessibility in Web and Rich Applications

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:13:24 EDT

In this episode Scott talks to Saqib Shaikh, a developer for Microsoft Consulting Services in the UK, who is also blind. They chat about accessibility in Windows, on the Web and in the next generation of Web Applications written with AJAX and Silverlight.

Tim Bray on Microblogging and Widefinder

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:46:58 EDT

In an interview organized on Twitter, Scott chats with Tim Bray, Distinguished Engineer at Sun and about Twitter and Microblogging and how the community squeezes performance of his WideFinder and WideFinder 2 challenges.

Dare Obasanjo on Social Networking

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Scott sits down with Dare Obasanjo and they chat about the interesting problems that Social Networking sites face.

BabySmash!

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:34:41 EDT

Scott introduces Carl to BabySmash for the first time, and they chat about some of the services available to MicroISVs, as well as the joys of coding in WPF.

LineRider - Porting a Flash Game to Silverlight 2

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:10:34 EDT

In this episode, Scott talks to Rick Barraza, an Experience Architect from Cynergy with a background in Flash, and Bryan Perfetto, a Developer from Inxile writing his first Silverlight application. They chat about how and why they ported the popular Flash Game LineRider.com to Silverlight 2.

The Odd Couple - A Developer and a Designer talk about working with XAML

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Richard is a dev that spends most of his time in the presentation layer and Felix is a designer. Richard is focused on the Xaml and code, unlike Felix who is a tragically hip and talented designer who is focused on design and user experience. Can Xaml bring this odd couple together?

What is Done? - A Conversation with Scrum Co-Creator Ken Schwaber

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:32:25 EDT

Scott chats with Ken Schwaber, the co-creator of Scrum, agile advocate and a founder of the Agile Alliance. Scott asks 'What is the definition of Done?' and gets a more complicated (and more interesting!) answer than he bargained for.

Lean Software Development with Tom and Mary Poppendieck

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Scott sits down in Oslo, Norway with Tom and Mary Poppendieck to talk about Lean Software Development, the importance of The Business, and the real definition of success.

Sorting out Internationalization with Michael Kaplan

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Michael Kaplan is a Developer in the Windows International group and the author of the popular 'Sorting It Out' blog that is dedicated it all things '-ization.' That means Globalization, Internationalization, and Localization. This show is is brought to you by the CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER A.

Distributed Caching with Microsoft's "Velocity"

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Scott sits down on the TechEd floor with Anil and "MK" from the Velocity team to talk about Microsoft's new .NET Distributed Cache.

Finding Passion for Software or The Return of the "Franklinator"

Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Scott talks with Carl, who is back from a long hiatus, about the joys of programming and getting back to basics. Is it hard to stay passionate about this job? Is there a need for the community to revisit Computer Science 101?

Website Scaling War Stories with Richard Campbell

Mon, 19 May 2008 20:28:32 EDT

Scott and Richard chat (and chat and chat!) about scaling website and scalability in general while at the DevTeach Conference in Toronto.

Beyond Continuous Integration: Continuous Monitoring with Owen Rogers

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:21:36 EDT

Scott sits down with Owen Rogers, one of the original authors of CruiseControl.NET, and hears about his ideas around a hardware and software platform that extends Continuous Integration with Continuous Monitoring.

The Past, Present and Future of .NET Unit Testing Frameworks

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Scott gets a rare chance to sit down in person with developers from three .NET Unit Testing Frameworks. Charlie Poole from NUnit, Jeff Brown from MbUnit, Brad Wilson from xUnit.NET as well as Roy Osherove, the author of the upcoming "Art of Unit Testing."

ASP.NET Model View Controller, MVCContrib and MonoRail

Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Scott sits down with Phil Haack, ASP.NET Microsoft PM, Dru Sellers, Contributor to the Castle Project, and Jeffrey Palermo, of the MVCContrib project and talks about the ASP.NET MVC Project and Microsoft's changing attitudes towards Open Source.

Microsoft Research: Spec#

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:30:18 EDT

Scott sits down with Mike Barnett and Rustan Leino of Microsoft Research and talks about the Spec# programming language. The compiler enables Design By Contract and extends C#. The team needs your help to get these features in the next version of C#!

ASP.NET Dynamic Data with Scott Hunter

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:43:51 EDT

Following up on the announcement from last week on ASP.NET Dynamic Data, Scott sits down with yet-another-Scott, in this case Scott Hunter, a Program Manager on the ASP.NET team and tries to get his mind wrapped around Dynamic Data.

Distributed Source Control with Git

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:44:48 EDT

Scott sits down with Robby, Gary and Andy from Planet Argon, a local Rails shop in Portland, OR, and talks about their experience as they move from Subversion to Git for their source control.

Digital Photography Explained (for Geeks) with Aaron Hockley

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:15:39 EDT

Scott sits down with Amateur Photographer (recently-turned-pro) Aaron Hockley. Together they decode the technical language of photography and online photo sharing.

Inside Outsourcing

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

In this episode Scott sits down with Venkat and Vinod from India, two Microsoft Regional Directors and gets their inside perspective on outsourcing.

Rocky Lhotka on Data Access Mania, LINQ and CSLA.NET

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:39:06 EDT

Scott talks with developer and author Rockford Lhotka about the attack of the DALs (Data Access Layers). How can we put LINQ to SQL, LINQ to Entities and classic multi-tiered design all into a larger context? What's the right strategy for your data access needs? Scott's got questions and Rocky's got opinions.

Dave Laribee on ALT.NET

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:03:52 EDT

This week Scott talks with Dave Laribee of Xclaim Software about the movement he named ALT.NET. Are these alternative principles or just business as usual? What can Microsoft learn from the Agile Community?

Quetzal Bradley on Testing after Unit Tests

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:28:13 EDT

In this episode Scott talks with Quetzal Bradley, a Microsoft developer on the Connected Systems Architecture Team, about testing after unit tests. Is 100% Code Coverage enough?

Principal Architect Mike Pizzo on the ADO.NET Entity Framework

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:40:36 EDT

Scott discusses the ins and outs of the ADO.NET Entity framework and LINQ to Entities with Microsoft Principal Architect Mike Pizzo.

Michio Kaku on making the "impossible" possible

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:56:29 EDT

Scott talks with theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku about making what was once considered impossible technology into reality.

Building Community with Norm Judah - CTO of Microsoft Services

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:45:38 EDT

Scott chats with Norm Judah, the CTO of Microsoft Services. They talk about running a multi-cultural organization of 16,000 consultants, building online community, and writing green software.

What's it like for Mac Developers - Interview with Steven Frank of Panic

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:00:22 EDT

Scott chats with Steven Frank, co-founder of Panic, an Apple Design Award winning Mac Development Shop. Scott and Steven went to college together and their technology paths forked. What's it like coding for Mac and how is it different from Windows?

Scott Interviews His Dad

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EDT

In this special episode, Scott sits down with his Dad and talks about growing up as a geek, raising geeks, and the sacrifices families make to help their geek children succeed.

ADO.NET "Astoria" Data Services with Shawn Wildermuth

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Scott chats with Shawn Wildermuth, "the ADO Guy," about ADO.NET Data Services, aka "Project Astoria." It's REST for SQL Server. Should you care? What's REST? How does this relate to WCF or ASP.NET?

Starting Small with F# with Dustin Campbell

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:18:40 EDT

Scott is at CodeMash in Ohio this week chatting with CodeRush/Refactor developer Dustin Campbell about his recent obsession with F#. Is it a functional language and object-oriented language or an imperative language? Why should you care?

2007 The Year in Review

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:10:47 EDT

Scott and Carl chat about 2007. How was the year for Developers? For the Web?

The Worst Show Ever with Chris Sells and Rory Blyth

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:56:01 EDT

Chris Sells and Rory Blyth come over to Scott's house and proceed to record a horrible episode of Hanselminutes. Consider this a Holiday episode that is devoid of content. Run away, quickly, and we'll be back with great new shows, new topics and new guests in the new year. As for this episode, if you listen, you'll never get the time back. ;)

Pex with Jonathan 'Peli' de Halleux and Nikolai Tillmann

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:48:48 EDT

"Pex" is an intelligent assistant to the programmer that automatically generates unit tests, allowing you to find bugs early. In addition, it suggests to the programmer how to fix the bugs. Scott chats with Peli and Nikolai about this exciting Microsoft Research project.

Visual Basic Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow with Paul Vick

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:56:30 EDT

Scott chats with Paul Vick, Principal VB Architect, and Paul Yuknewicz, a Senior Program Manager on the VB Team about the past, present and future of Visual Basic.

Eclipse with Bjorn Freeman-Benson

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:06:03 EDT

In this episode Scott discusses Eclipse, Open Source and both the history and future of software with Bjorn Freeman-Benson. Bjorn is the Technical Director for Open Source Process and Infrastructure for the Eclipse Foundation.

Software Architecture with Dan Appleman

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:55:08 EDT

Scott gets the scoop on software architecture with developer and author Dan Appleman.

Over Two Decades at Microsoft - Larry Osterman

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:55:24 EDT

Scott chats with Larry Osterman, the man who makes Windows go "ding", about his two-plus decades working for Microsoft. They chat about sound, Vista, Security and generally geek out.

Writing FaceBook Applications with .NET - Interview with Mel Sampat, author of Outsync

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:27:17 EDT

In this episode, Scott talks with Mel Sampat, a Program Manager at Microsoft who's written OutSync, an application that syncs faces between Outlook, Facebook, and indirectly Windows SmartPhones. They chat about what it takes to write your own FaceBook application using ASP.NET or WinForms.

Planning, Placing and Building a House Google Earth and Sketchup

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:55:53 EDT

Scott's all alone this week, talking about planning the house he and his wife built. They used Google Earth to visualize the lot, placing a lot and neighborhood plan in 3D space. Then, working with their agent, they modeled the architectural plans in Google SketchUp and placed the model in Google Earth.

Open Source Software Licensing with Jonathan Zuck of ACT Online

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:58:54 EDT

Scott and Carl turn to Jonathan Zuck of the Association for Competitive Technology to demystify Software Licensing and the industry's many Open Source Software Licenses.

EarthClassMail.com - Moving from LAMP to .NET 3.5

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:54:00 EDT

Scott chats with Matt Davis, architect at EarthClassMail.com, about their move from a LAMP stack (Linux/Apache/mysql/PHP) to .NET 3.5. What's working, what's not, and what kinds of issues are they running into as their architect their solution.

Parallel Programming with .NET

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:59:31 EDT

Scott chats with Stephen Toub a Microsoft Developer working on new ways to make concurrency programming easier with .NET.

Interview with Shawn Burke on Microsoft's .NET Source Code Release

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:08:24 EDT

Scott and Carl talk with Shawn Burke on the culmination of his many-year-old plan to get parts of the source of the .NET Framework released. With Visual Studio 2008, a simple process will allow developers to STEP INTO the .NET Framework Source from the IDE. This'll be a great debugging and learning tool.

10 Foot Development for Media Center

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Every copy of Windows Vista Home Premium and above has Media Center on it. Have you run your copy? Turns out that you can develop your own '10 foot apps' (that can be run with a remote from your couch) with Visual Studio Express or even Notepad. Scott talks to Charlie Owen to find out how.

Vista 64 - Developing on 64-bit Vista Ultimate

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:06:42 EDT

Scott adds some much needed detail to last weeks show. Is developing on 64-bit in .NET tricky? What gotchas do you need? Who should move to 64-bit? Recorded from his hotel room the night before Scott goes to work at Microsoft.

Vista 64 - Is Now the Time?

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Carl and Scott are both running 64-bit Vista while others wait. Was it the right decision?

LINQ to XML

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott's been poking around with LINQ to XML and reports his findings to Carl about life with XDocuments and XElements. They also talk about the bridge classes that link (no pun intended) System.Xml and System.Xml.Linq.

2007 Ultimate Tool List

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:45:45 EDT

Scott and Carl talk about Scott's 2007 Ultimate devoloper and power users tool list.

Moving your Email into the Cloud - Google for Apps and Live Custom Domains

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott and Carl talk about Scott's Family's recent move to Google Apps and Carl considers moving to Live Custom Domains. What are the benefits of moving your life into the cloud?

F# with Robert Pickering

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott chats with Robert Pickering, author of Foundations of F#. We ask the question 'Why F#?' and talk about functional languages and some of the features of F# that make it a great introduction to FP for .NET programmers.

John Lam on Iron Ruby

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott sits down with John Lam at OSCON the day that Iron Ruby Pre-Alpha 1 was released, and talks about the announcement to host on RubyForge.

Jeff Atwood overclocks the Ultimate PC

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott and Carl talk to Jeff Atwood about the importance of Hardware and Scott addresses some of the questions around Building a Developer PC from Show 69.

Talking to the Interns

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott's got two high-school interns working for him this summer. In this episode Scott talks to High School Seniors Eric and Shady about their experience working at Corillian and their thoughts about learning languages and the future of engineering.

Be a Better Developer in Six Months

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Justice Gray asked folks 'What are you doing for the next 6 months to be a better developer?' In this episode, Scott and Carl kick the question around.

Windows Home Server

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott talks to Charlie Kindel about the upcoming Windows Home Server, formerly Project Q and how you can backup your life.

Interview with Timothy Ferriss of The Four Hour Workweek

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott sits down with New York Times Best Selling Author Timothy Ferriss of the 4-Hour Workweek. Tim has an interesting take on how to focus on what's important in your life and offers techniques to be more effective. Scott comes at it from the programmer's perspective.

Building a Developer PC

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott and Carl chat about building your own PC with a focus on the developer, rather than the gamer.

Orcas Overview

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

What's the big deal about Orcas, er, Visual Studio 2008? Scott sits down with his partner in crime, Patrick Cauldwell, and chat about .NET 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, oh my! They also talk a bit about dynamic languages, VB 10, and LINQ.

Hanselminutae-four

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott and Carl Discuss recent technology changes and upgrades in this the fourth installment of Hanselminutiae.

Setting up a Home Network

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott and Carl talk about home networking: dos and don'ts, gotchas and such.

Scott talks to Martin Fowler and David Heinemeier Hansson

Fri, 25 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott sits down with Martin Fowler of Thoughtworks and David Heinemeier Hansson of 37 signals and talks about beauty, making developers happen, the death (or life) of HTML, the future of Microsoft, and asks if we should care about Rich Internet Applications. DHH is the creator of the Ruby on Rails framework, and Martin Fowler is the Chief Scientist at ThoughtWorks, well-known systems architect and Extreme Programming expert.

Interview with Lynda from Lynda.com

Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Google for Lynda and you'll find the legendary Lynda.com. Lynda has had a popular online presence for over 12 years. She created the original Web-Safe Color palette (remember when that mattered?) and now she sells nearly 20,000 training videos online via subscription. Silverlight is next. I chat with Lynda after we had lunch with Ray Ozzie and some other bloggers.

Scott Guthrie and Jason Zander on Silverlight

Fri, 11 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott sits down with Scott Guthrie and Jason Zander at Mix 07 to talk about Silverlight, his incredible keynote demos, dynamic language support, and all of the rest of the mind-blowing news from Mix!

Chris Sells and Scott Look Forward (Part 2 of 2)

Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

In Part 2 of this Two Part podcast, I visit the home of Chris Sells and we make up a topic for the show! I suggested we talk about what programming will look like in 15 years, and Chris countered with the suggestion that we chat about the LAST 15 years first, then the next 15. In this half we speculate on the next fifteen years and what it will bring to personal computing and programming. Be sure to check out Part One!

Chris Sells and Scott Look Back (Part 1 of 2)

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

In Part 1 of this Two Part podcast, I visit the home of Chris Sells and we make up a topic for the show! I suggested we talk about what programming will look like in 15 years, and Chris countered with the suggestion that we chat about the LAST 15 years first, then the next 15. We have a blast when we chat, so this show went long, almost 50 minutes, so we cut it in half so as not to waste the listeners time. Be sure to check out Part Two!

Rich Internet Applications - WPF/E becomes Silverlight

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

We discuss "Web 2.5" as Silverlight (ne WPF/E) is announced. Seems that Rich Cross-Platform Runtimes quickly approach from both Microsoft and Adobe. What does this mean to the average developer? We also try to make up for some misinformation we spread in Show 46 on WPF/E, and while we do it, we probably speculate wildly and spread more.

Hanselminutiae #3

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Carl and Scott discuss the weeks events in their technology lives, in this 3rd Hanselminutiae. Who are the Spyware People? Is the AppleTV any good? What's your backup strategy? And Scott's Dad gets a Mac.

Sychronizing Internet Calendars

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:58:56 EDT

Scott and Carl chat about the pain of the DST change and how they manage their calendars over the internet.

Building 42/Polita Paulus

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:55:36 EDT

Scott teams up with Rory Blyth to find and talk to developers at Microsoft building 42. In a feat of investigative skill and daring they find themselves interviewing a dev with major cred: Polita Paulus. Find the Channel9 video at www.shrinkster.com/nik

The Old New Thing - Interview with Raymond Chen

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott sits down with the original raconteur of Windows, Raymond Chen to talk about all things Win32 and where Microsoft Bob is currently.

Monorail - Alternative ASP.NET

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:00:09 EDT

Scott interviews two developers who are betting on Monorail on ASP.NET, an MVC Web Framework inspired by Action Pack.

Squeezing the most out of Continuous Integration - with Jay Flowers

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:00:02 EDT

In this long-awaited Part II on Continuous Integration, Scott talks to Jay Flowers, maker of CI Factory about how to squeeze the most out of your Continuous Integration build. If you're not doing CI, this is a great opportunity to start!

Hiring and Interviewing Engineers

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:57:17 EDT

Scott and Carl talk about the "FizzBuzz" test and try to come up with practical techniques for hiring engineers and technical folks.

End to End Tracing

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott and Carl talk about the End to End (E2E) tracing format, how it relates to WCF and how you can use it to introduce system-wide tracing your large multi-machine or multi-service applications and literally trace a "transaction" from Web to backend and back.

Static Code Analysis with NDepend

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott and Carl discuss afferent and efferent coupling, and many other code metrics techniques, and wonder why more .NET developers don't use static analysis tools to better understand their designs.

OpenID

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Scott and Carl talk about the Microsoft/OpenID collaboration.

Bruce Payette - Powershell

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:45:28 EDT

In this episode Scott gets the skinny on Powershell with Bruce Payette, one of the founding members of the Windows PowerShell team, co-designer of the PowerShell language and the principal author of the PowerShell language implementation.

Board Gaming for Programmers

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:38:40 EDT

In this episode Scott talks with Chris Brooks and Eli Smith about the evolution and current state of classic board gaming.

How to start your own MicroISV

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EDT

In this episode Scott interviews Leon of SecretGeek.net about the partnership that created their TimeSnapper product. Leon shares his 25 steps to starting your own MicroISV. Leon will be publishing detailed info on each step on his blog. If you've ever considered selling software on the net, this is the show for you.

WPF/E

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:55:00 EDT

Scott and Carl discuss Microsoft's answer to Flash, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere (WPF/E), a lightweight version of the .NET 2.0 (and 3.0) Framework that promises to be multi-browser and multi-platform.

Language Extensibility - Iron Python

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:34:28 EDT

Scott and Carl bring us up to date on the developments in dynamic and static language extensibility.

Pro Audio Basics

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:27:42 EDT

Scott and Carl discuss some of the basics and modern myths of professional audio.

Life Hacks with Gina Trapani

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:10:19 EDT

Scott and Carl talk about life hacks with Gina Trapani, web developer and author of the book "Life Hacker - 88 tricks to turbocharge your day".

Next Generation Gaming Systems

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:37:45 EDT

Scott talks with Carl about the state of gaming hardware, software, and programmability.

WS-*

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:22:30 EDT

This week Scott and Carl discuss the various WS specifications and how they relate to WCF, with a strong emphasis on security.

Architecture (TechEd Barcelona)

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:45:42 EDT

This week Scott and Carl discuss Software Architecture from the Tech Ed developer conference in Barcelona.

Identity

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:48:22 EDT

Scott and Carl talk about digital identity and related technologies.

Diabetes Technology

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:43:05 EDT

This week Scott and Carl talk about the latest technology around dealing with Diabetes, as well as a short discussion of the basics.

Scott Guthrie

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Scott catches up with Scott Guthrie in an interview covering Ajax, Asp 2.0, extender controls, CSS adapters and more.

Jeffrey Snover, PowerShell Architect

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:19:55 EDT

Scott turns the tables and interviews Jeffrey Snover, the Architect of PowerShell (previously Monad) and gets the lowdown on the history of this enhanced management shell.

HDTV

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:55:50 EDT

Scott and Carl discuss the current state of Hi-Def Television.

Scott Interviews Chris Sells

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:27:07 EDT

Scott spends some quality time with Microsoft Program Manager Chris Sells to discuss Vista, the joys of the XBox 360 and to set the world straight on spelunking.

All About Vista RC1

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Scott and Carl discuss their experiences with Windows Vista Release Candidate 1. New features, pain points, expectations, etc.

Mock Objects

Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:39:06 EDT

Scott and Carl discuss the topic of Mock Objects: what they are, when to use them, and of course an analysis of available tools.

Test Driven

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:13:39 EDT

Scott addresses the processes and benefits of test-driven development.

A Better Outlook

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:01:59 EDT

Scott discusses some useful add-ons for Outlook.

Dynamic vs Compiled Languages

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Scott talks with Carl about what we can learn from dynamic languages such as Ruby and Ruby on Rails

Open Source Options

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

In this episode Scott explores the issues around using OS software and contributing to OS projects.

Reflection

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:48:17 EDT

Scott discusses the dos and don'ts of reflection in .NET 1.1 and 2.0. Critical listening for all .NET developers.

Globalization/Internationalization with .NET

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Scott chats about preparing your .NET application for the global marketplace and Carl leads us into a discussion about character encoding.

Scott's Essential Blogroll (for July 2006 at least)

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Scott pulls a few dozen favorite blogs of out his blogroll and talks about the folks behind them that provide us all with so much good information on the .NET framework and development in general.

Windows PowerShell (MONAD) Part II

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Scott brings us up to date on PowerShell, formerly named the Windows Command Shell, code named MONAD. Learn about the new features and some great applications of the technology.

The Line of Scrummage

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

In this show Scott talks about Scrum, the agile project management method.

Hanselminutiae #2

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Scott focuses on portable GPS units in this show, with a few other geeky nuggets tossed on top.

Live from TechEd 2006

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:36:21 EDT

Scott hits the floor at TechEd in Boston to talk to any gurus he can find there.

Office 2007 Preview

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Scott talks about what you can expect from the up and coming Office 2007.

Torrent! Torrent! Torrent!

Mon, 29 May 2006 18:49:15 EDT

Scott talks about BitTorrent and its many uses, applications, and websites. As always, great resources abound!

Life Hacks

Tue, 23 May 2006 17:24:05 EDT

Scott discusses Life Hacks, ideas and methods that you can use to organize your life and be more effective.

Syndication

Wed, 10 May 2006 02:33:50 EDT

Scott and Carl have a great discussion about RSS, ATOM, podcasting, and what the world is doing with them.

Hanselminutiae #1

Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Scott shows off a handful of unrelated tools, websites, and utilities.

Replacing Start|Run

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Scott talks about alternate ways to launch applications and tools for personal productivity.

Code Generation

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:14:41 EDT

Scott talks about CodeSmith as well as other code generators, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses, and offering his usual insight into the issues. Of course, resources abound.

CSI: Your Computer

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Scott uses his monacle and razor-sharp logic to find a trojan that was infecting his ASP.NET server. You'll learn how he did it, and probably discover some new tools you didn't know about before.

Top Ten Utilities you Didn't Know you Had

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT

This week Scott uncovers the coolest utilities on your system that you may not know you have. Windows XP and 2003 users will appreciate these time-saving utilities.

Microsoft Command Shell (MONAD)

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:44:57 EDT

Scott digs into MONAD scripts, commands, providers, and more. If you are a .NET developer and have never heard of MONAD, you MUST listen to this show. If you have heard of it, you'll learn something new.

Functional Testing Tools Roundup

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:31:00 EDT

Scott talks about his experience with functional testing tools including TestComplete by AutomatedQA.

Debugging ASP.NET

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:11:55 EDT

Debugging by coincidence, Debugging Tools, Ruby CLR, SysInternals Tools, Fusion, YATT, and more and more and more.

Free Resources for .NET Developers

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:32:41 EDT

Scott talks about a series of free tools, utilities, and websites that help .NET developers do their best.

XML Tools and Technologies

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:09:02 EDT

Scott talks with Carl about tools for using and manipulating XML from readers and writers to XPath readers, transformers, and more.

The LinkSys WRT54GL Router

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 02:59:55 EDT

Scott gives you the skinny on hacking into the Linksys WRT54 GL Linux-based router.

The State of the Mono Project.

Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:17:57 EDT

Scott goes around the block with Mono, an Open Source implementation of the .NET Framework.

Continuous Integration

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:38:58 EDT

In this episode, scott focuses on Continuous Integration, highlighting nearly 20 tools that you can use today to help automate the test and build process.

Geotagging, Ubuntu, MacTel, XSLT Performance

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 04:50:35 EDT

In this episode, Scott talks about adding a Windows key to the Thinkpad 42T keyboard; A screen grabber called Winsnap; the Microsoft Research groupshot project; EX-IF, Geo-Caching, and Mashups; Running OSX on Intel and why XP on the Mac will never work; Dual Boot with OSX; a fun Aqua interface in DHTML; The easiest Linux in the world, and how XSLT in .NET 2.0 is your friend.

Emulation, Keyboards, Video Squishing and ASP.NET Oddities

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 03:13:26 EDT

Geek keyboards, video transcoders, MAME in the browser, a portable PSP-like devices, Videora, Google Earth, Google Transit, tracking packages with Google, Riya, the Amazon Mechanical Turk, Zazzle, beware of dns server names with underscores in them, and thread-switching in ASP.NET

BlogJet, XBox 360, Twonky, and Other Magic

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EDT

In this, our premiere episode of Hanselminutes, Scott identifies some great tools (Feed Demon, Window Clippings, BlogJet, etc.). He also talks about using the XBox 360 with a UPnP server as a media center, introduces some cool products for the home media enthusiast, and finally discusses two ASP.NET issues and how to deal with them. 44 minutes.