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.)