CodeCast

CodeCast Episode 52: Windows 7 for Developers

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 5:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 52: Windows 7 for Developers

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss in-depth many new features and tips on functionality in Windows 7 for developers using and programming with Windows 7.

Links

· Windows Developer Center – http://msdn.com/windows

· Top 10 Tips Working Developers Should Know about Windows 7 (Scott Hanselman)

Length: 63:36

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CodeCast Episode 51: Software Project Management with Mike Yeager

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 51: Software Project Management with Mike Yeager

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Mike Yeager of EPS Software. Mike is responsible for overall operations and project management at the Houston offices (EPS U.S.) and discusses the end to end aspects of software project management from proposals to working with clients to managing a software team to keeping developers up with new and evolving technologies.

Guest

· Mike Yeager - Twitter: http://twitter.com/MikeYeager

Links

· http://eps-software.com

· http://codemag.com/training

Length: 52:21

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CodeCast Episode 50: Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 with Doug Seven

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 50: Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 with Doug Seven

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Doug Seven, senior product manager at Microsoft, on the recent news and announcements for the new Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 download along with the changes for both Visual Studio Product SKUs and MSDN Subscription levels for next year.

Guest

· Doug Seven – Blog: http://www.dougseven.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/dseven

Links

· Visual Studio 2010 – http://microsoft.com/visualstudio

Length: 43:35

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CodeCast Episode 49: Using Code Templates and Refactoring with Visual Studio

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 49: Using Code Templates and Refactoring with Visual Studio

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy and Gary Short discuss the benefits, productivity, scenarios, and tools in using code templates and refactoring in Visual Studio development.

Links

· Code Snippet Editor - http://www.codeplex.com/SnippetEditor

· CodeRush, CodeRush Xpress, and Refactor - http://devexpress.com

Length: 51:50

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CodeCast Episode 48: iPhone Development for .NET Developers

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 2 Oct 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 48: iPhone Development for .NET Developers

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss in depth an overview of iPhone and iPod Touch development: getting started, perquisites, Xcode, Cocoa framework, Objective C, MonoTouch, and other related topics such as submitting apps to the Apple iTunes application store.

Links

· Apple Developer Connection - http://developer.apple.com

· iPhone Development Training for .NET developers, Oct 29-30 in Houston or via GoToMeeting – http://codemag.com/training

Length: 75:03

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CodeCast Episode 47: WPF and Silverlight with Walt Ritscher

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 47: WPF and Silverlight with Walt Ritscher

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Walt Ritscher discussing WPF, Silverlight, Expression Blend, Surface, and other related topics.

Guest

· Walt Ritscher - Blog: http://blog.waltritscher.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/WaltRitscher

Links

· Shazzam - http://shazzam-tool.com

· Programming WPF

· Pro WPF in C# 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .Net 3.5

· Pro WPF: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 3.0

· Expression Blend

· Microsoft WPF and Windows Forms Site

Length: 55:17

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CodeCast Episode 46: Upcoming Microsoft PDC 2009

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 46: Upcoming Microsoft PDC 2009

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss the various technology topics expected be included at the upcoming Microsoft PDC 2009 conference in Los Angeles.

Links

· Microsoft PDC – http://microsoft.com/pdc

· PDC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/PDC09

· CODE Training – http://codemag.com/training

· Markus Egger’s blog post: Developer/Contractor Work and Training Opportunity at EPS/CODE

Length: 55:34

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CodeCast Episode 45: Development Constraints with CSS, HTML, HTML 5

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 45: Development Constraints with CSS, HTML, HTML 5

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss web development constraints of CSS, HTML and upcoming HTML 5. In the brief tech news segment, the topics include recent Apple announcements including the new iPhone/iPodTouch OS 3.1 firmware and iTunes 9 update.

Links

· HTML 5 draft – http://w3.org/TR/html5

· HTML 5 demos- http://html5demos.com

Length: 48:06

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CodeCast Episode 44: Virtualization with Brian Randell

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 44: Virtualization with Brian Randell

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Brian Randell on Windows virtualization using Microsoft Virtual PC (VPC), Windows Virtual PC (WVPC), and Hyper-V. VMWare and virtualization of Windows on a Mac are topics also included in the discussion.

Guest

· Brian Randell: Blog: http://mcwtech.com/cs/brianr Twitter: http://twitter.com/BrianRandell

Links

· Microsoft Virtual PC – http://microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc

· Microsoft Virtualization: http://microsoft.com/virtualization

· Ben Armstrong’s Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy

Length: 51:33

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CodeCast Episode 43: Real-time vs. Cached Search, CODE in Kindle Format

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 4 Sep 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 43: Real-time vs. Cached Search, CODE in Kindle Format

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss news on Apple, Zune HD, The Lost Symbol coming to eBook (same day as hardback), Windows phone 6.5, CODE and CODE Focus magazines on Kindle format, Xiine, upcoming new CODE Magazine website, and the latest issue of CODE magazine. Then in the main topic, an in-depth chat on real-time vs. cached search when using public search engines as well as when embedding search into an application like a website app.

Links

· CODE Magazine – http://codemag.com

· Kindle Books on amazon.com

· Advanced Twitter Search - http://search.twitter.com/advanced

Length: 65:08

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CodeCast Episode 42: Project Complexity, Snow Leopard, CODE Mag on Kindle

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 42: Project Complexity, Snow Leopard, CODE Mag on Kindle

In this episode of CodeCast has Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discussing project complexity on the Microsoft platform in comparison with tools and technologies on the LAMP stack. These days, there are a gazillion layers and technologies in development with database, data access, business objects, services, models, view models, controllers, views, WPF, Silverlight, JavaScrispt, HTML, AJAX, unit tests, integration tests, clouds, sync, and so on, and so on. All that to build a single app? Hardly anyone understands half those things. Are we all insane? Are the PHP guys right? Also discussed is the new Snow Leopard OS for Mac from Appke, eBook Reader news, publishing books and content on the Amazon Kindle eBook store, and the CODE Magazine coming soon to the Kindle eBook store.

Links

· Feedback and beta participation for digital eBook content for CODE Magazine – email: markus@code-magazone.com

Length: 67:01

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CodeCast Episode 41: Windows Live and Live Services with James Senior

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 41: Windows Live and Live Services with James Senior

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy and interviews James Senior, Web Platform Evangelist at Microsoft. James discusses various news, products, and technologies for Windows Live for both users and developers, and various Live Services for customization and platform development.

Guest

· James Senior – Blog: http://jamessenior.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/jsenior

Links

· Windows Live Essentials downloads – http://download.live.com

· Home for Windows Live – http://home.live.com

· Live Mesh – http://mesh.com

· Live Services developer center – http://dev.live.com

· Bing Developer – http://bing.com/developer

· Windows Live Feedback (partial list of various sites and services) – http://feedback.live.com

· @PDC09

Length: 27:03

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CodeCast Episode 40: Developer Methodologies, Windows Live, and Tech News

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 40: Developer Methodologies, Windows Live, and Tech News

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy and Gary Short discuss news around Windows Phone (formerly Windows Mobile), PowerBuilder 12 released by Sybase based on the free Visual Studio Shell runtime, Apple related news, GPS apps for iPhones, eBook reader content, and recent Windows Live Essentials updates. The main discussion topic is development methodologies such as agile.

Links

· Agile Manifesto – http://agilemanifesto.org

· Windows Live Essentials download – http://download.live.com

· iPhone Navigation App Comparison Chart

Length: 49:22

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CodeCast Episode 39: CodePlex with Sara Ford

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 39: CodePlex with Sara Ford

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Sara Ford, “the” program manager for CodePlex at Microsoft. Sara discusses her past 8 years at Microsoft leading up to her current role on the CodePlex team, what’s new around CodePlex, how the CodePlex team uses agile development practices, prioritizing new features to CodePlex, and details on the CodePlex roadmap including high priority features. The chat concludes with Sara’s participation at recent and upcoming community conference event, and her MS Press book Microsoft Visual Studio Tips.

Guests

· Sara Ford – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford, Twitter: http://twitter.com/saraford

Links

· http://codeplex.com

· http://twitter.com/codeplex

· Microsoft Visual Studio Tips Book Helps Hurricane Katrina Survivors Rebuild Lives

Length: 35:27

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CodeCast Episode 38: Windows 7 for Devs, Digital Software Purchases

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 38: Windows 7 for Devs, Digital Software Purchases

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short Topics have discussions including the recent major update to Xbox Live and trends around multi-touch applications. A major topic in the discussion is the release of Windows 7 including resources for developers around Win7. Another big topic in this episode is current technology and future trends around purchasing software electronically including examples such as Xbox Live, iPhone app store, digital games via Valve’s Steam. .

Links

· Windows 7 Training Kit For Developers

· Hanselman: Top 10 Tips Working Developers Should Know about Windows 7

· August 2009 Xbox Live Update

Length: 64:17

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CodeCast Episode 37: ASP.NET MVC with guest Rick Strahl

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Tue, 4 Aug 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 37: ASP.NET MVC with guest Rick Strahl

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short are joined by returning special guest host Rick Strahl. The primary discussion, starting at marker 22:48, is on ASP.NET MVC, including what it is, what it’s for, how it relates to ASP.NET web forms, and a chat about what’s new in the V2 preview version. News discussion topics include Google CEO Eric Schmidt stepping down from the Apple board of directors, the rumor around an Apple Tablet, Radio Shack stores re-branded to The Shack, upcoming Microsoft relate stores compared to Apple retail stores, and portable devices in general.

Guests

· Rick Strahl – Blog: http://west-wind.com/weblog, Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickStrahl

Links

· http://asp.net/mvc

· ASP.NET MVC V2 Preview 1 Released

Length: 62:49

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CodeCast Episode 36: Chrome OS, eBooks with guest Rick Strahl

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 36: Chrome OS, eBooks with guest Rick Strahl

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short are joined by returning special guest Rick Strahl. Discussions include latest news for CODE Magazine, Chrome OS, cloud based apps and services, mini-notebooks, eBook readers and content, Windows Marketplace for Mobile, with industry news and forecasting on these various topics.

Guests

· Rick Strahl – Blog: http://west-wind.com/weblog, Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickStrahl

Links

· CODE Magazine: http://codemag.com

Length: 54:37

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CodeCast Episode 35: TechEd Aus/NZ and Field Evangelists with Andrew Coates

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 35: TechEd Aus/NZ and Field Evangelists with Andrew Coates

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Andrew Coates discussing fall TechEd in Australia and New Zealand, as well as how .NET developers can benefit getting to know people from their regional Microsoft field offices and technical evangelists.

Guests

· Andrew Coates - Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat, Twitter: http://twitter.com/coatsy

Links

· TechEd Australia - http://www.msteched.com/australia/Public

· Find local Microsoft Evangelists in U.S. - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/events/bb905078.aspx

Length: 14:39

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CodeCast Episode 34: Surface, Win7 Multi-Touch, iPhone SDK with Dr. Neil Roodyn

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 34: Surface, Win7 Multi-Touch, iPhone SDK with Dr. Neil Roodyn

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Dr. Neil Roodyn with an extended conversation on a variety of topics including the Microsoft Surface, upcoming Windows 7 multi-touch applications, iPhone SDK, WPF, Silverlight, Expression Blend, Windows SDK, natural interface UI/UX design, Twitter, and more.

Guests

· Dr. Neil Roodyn - Blog: http://roodyn.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/DrNeil

Links

· nsquared - http://nsquared.com.au

· http://surface.com

· http://twitter.com/MSSurface

Length: 61:00

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CodeCast Episode 33: Silverlight 3 and Expression Blend 3

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 33: Silverlight 3 and Expression Blend 3

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy and Markus Egger discuss recent trips, latest CODE magazine issue, Silverlight 3, Expression Blend 3 RC, SketchFlow, and the early Office 2010 beta.

Hosts

· Ken Levy – Blog: http://mashupx.com/blog, Twitter: http://twitter.com/KenLevy

· Markus Egger – Blog: http://markusegger.com/blog, Twitter: http://twitter.com/MarkusEgger

Links

· Silverlight 3 – http://sliverlight.net

· Expression Center - http://expression.microsoft.com

· SketchFlow Overview

Length: 40:10

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CodeCast Episode 32: Roadmap for VB, C#, and F# with Luca Bolognese

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 32: Roadmap for VB, C#, and F# with Luca Bolognese

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discussing Kindle and Sony eBook readers, upcoming Microsoft Zune HD, Visual Studio 2010 beta. Then in the guest interview, Ken interviews Luca Bolognese who is the group program manager at Microsoft on the Visual Studio languages team. Luca talks about the roadmap for and co-evolution of VB, C#, and F# languages beyond Visual Studio 2010.

Guests

· Luca Bolognese- (@ 22:32) – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/lucabo

Links

· Channel 9: Luca Bolognese: C# and VB.NET Co-Evolution - The Twain Shall Meet

Length: 54:02

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CodeCast Episode 31: Google Wave, Apple, Bing.com with Ken Levy and Gary Short

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 31: Google Wave, Apple, Bing.com with Ken Levy and Gary Short

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy and Gary Short discuss summer news for developers. Topics discussed include event news, Google Wave, Apple news, Bing.com, and WolframAlpha.com.

Guests

· Ken Levy – Blog: http://mashupx.com/blog, Twitter: http://twitter.com/KenLevy

· Gary Short - Blog: http://garyshortblog.wordpress.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/GaryShort

Links

· Google Wave – http://wave.google.com

Length: 26:44

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CodeCast Episode 30: CodeRush Xpress with Gary Short

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 30: CodeRush Xpress with Gary Short

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Gary Short on the new CodeRush Xpress for C# and VB, a new free light version of CodeRush by DevExpress. CodeRush Xpress is available for Visual Studio 2008 including many editor, productivity, and refactoring features from the full version of CodeRush, with a new version being worked on for future release supporting Visual Studio 2010.

Guests

· Gary Short – Blog: http://garyshortblog.wordpress.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/GaryShort

Links

· CodeRush Xpress – http://devexpress.com/coderushxpress

Length: 31:15

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CodeCast Episode 29: Dynamic Language Features in C# 4.0 with Alexandru Ghiondea

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 29: Dynamic Language Features in C# 4.0 with Alexandru Ghiondea

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Alexandru Ghiondea who is a QA test engineer on the C# compiler team focused on the area of new dynamic language features in C# 4.0 (Visual Studio 2010). Alexandru discusses how the new dynamic features in C# 4.0 relates to dynamic features of VB, how C# 4.0 will improve areas such as COM programming support (dynamic methods, late binding of COM, etc)., and how C# 4.0 is improved interop with dynamic languages like IronPython and IronRuby,

Guests

· Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/alexghi

Links

· C# Developer Center: http://msdn.com/vcsharp

Length: 18:29

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CodeCast Episode 28: Adding Features to C# and VB Compilers with Sam Ng

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 28: Adding Features to C# and VB Compilers with Sam Ng

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Sam Ng who is a developer on the C# compiler team at Microsoft, discussing processes for adding new features to the C# compiler and language, including new features coming in Visual Studio 2010.

Guests

· Sam Ng – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/samng

Links

· Channel 9: Inside C# 4.0: dynamic typing, optional parameters, covariance and contravariance

Length: 30:38

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CodeCast Episode 27: Extensible Start Page in Visual Studio 2010 with Noah Coad

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 27: Extensible Start Page in Visual Studio 2010 with Noah Coad

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Noah Coad who is a program manager on the Visual Studio Platform team. Noah is working on bringing various VS IDE UI components into WPF for VS 2010, and discusses his efforts on the new Visual Studio 2010 IDE including the cool new customizable and extensible WPF/XAML based Start Page.

Guests

· Noah Coad - Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/noahc, Twitter: http://twitter.com/noahcoad

Links

· Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Start Page Customization

Length: 12:45

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CodeCast Episode 26: IronRuby with Jimmy Schementi

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 26: IronRuby with Jimmy Schementi

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Jimmy Schementi who is a program manager on the IronRuby team at Microsoft. Jimmy discusses his role on the IronRuby team, how IronRuby relates to Microsoft’s other .NET program languages, scenarios for using IronRuby, and Microsoft’s roadmap for IronRuby.

Guests

· Jimmy Schementi – Blog: http://blog.jimmy.schementi.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/jschementi

Links

· IronRuby homepage: http://ironruby.net

· Jimmy Schementi on Channel 9: Inside IronRuby

Length: 42:08

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CodeCast Episode 25: Advanced .NET Programming with Eric Lippert

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 5 Jun 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 25: Advanced .NET Programming with Eric Lippert

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Eric Lippert who is a senior software design engineer at Microsoft. Eric has been working at Microsoft on developer tools and languages since 1996, and has assisted with the design and implementation of VBScript, JScript, JScript .NET, Windows Script Host, Visual Studio Tools for Office and C#.

Some of the many questions and topics Eric discusses include: What forces influence language designers when (1) choosing what features go into a language and (2) deciding how those features are exposed to the user? Why is LINQ syntax structured they way it is relative to standard SQL? How does the C# compiler functionality reflect how C# programming is thought of and designed? What process does Microsoft use in general to decide what goes into the next major release of the languages?

Guests

· Eric Lippert – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert

Links

· Eric Lippert on Channel 9

Length:43:34

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CodeCast Episode 24: MDSN Forums and msdn.com with Jeremy Kelley

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 29 May 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 24: MDSN Forums and msdn.com with Jeremy Kelley

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Jeremy Kelley of Microsoft, who is a program manager on the MSDN Forums team. Jeremy discusses the state and future of MSDN forums, the msdn.com dev centers, developer feedback, and other community related topics for developers on the Microsoft platform.

Guests

· Jeremy Kelley – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/JeremyKelley, Twitter: http://twitter.com/Fizzlenik

Links

· MSDN Forums: http://forums.msdn.com

Length: 24:25

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CodeCast Episode 23: VS 2010 Extension Manager and Visual Studio Gallery

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 22 May 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 23: VS 2010 Extension Manager and Visual Studio Gallery

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Quan To and Anthony Cangialosi of the Visual Studio Platform team at Microsoft. The discussion goes into new details about the Extension Manager in Visual Studio 2010 and the enhancements to the Visual Studio Gallery (http://visualstudiogallery.com) to allow hosting extensions online allowing them to be installed from within the VS IDE. Also discussed, enhancements to the current and upcoming versions of the Visual Studio SDK for creating free and product based extensions.

Guests

· Quan To – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/quanto

· Anthony Cangialosi – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/acangialosi, Twitter: http://twitter.com/acangialosi

Links

· Visual Studio Gallery – http://visualstudiogallery.com

· VSX Team Blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/vsxteam

· VSX on Twitter – http://twitter.com/VSX

Length: 34:49

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CodeCast Episode 22: F# with Chris Smith

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 15 May 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 22: F# with Chris Smith

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Chris Smith from Microsoft’s F# language team on F#, functional programming, his new F# book, F# for VS 2008, upcoming F# inclusion in VS 2010, and why F# is useful to C# and VB developers.

Guests

· Chris Smith – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/chrsmith, Twitter: http://twitter.com/aChrisSmith

Links

· Programming F# by Chris Smith

· F# Developer Center – http://msdn.com/fsharp

Length: 28:21

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CodeCast Episode 21: .NET, Java, Oracle-Sun, New IT Cold War with Ted Neward

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 8 May 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 21: .NET, Java, Oracle-Sun, New IT Cold War with Ted Neward

Ken Levy interviews Ted Neward in an in-depth 71 minute discussion around the impact of Oracle buying Sun Microsystems and how it relates to Java, MySQL, Microsoft, .NET programming languages, IBM, and other companies and topics related in the IT world.

Guests

· Ted Neward (@ 27:28) – Blog: http://blogs.tedneward.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/TedNeward

Length: 01:12:28

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CodeCast Episode 20: Biz Apps Team and VB with Beth Massi

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Wed, 6 May 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 20: Biz Apps Team and VB with Beth Massi

Co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss Expression and XAML, and tech/gadget talk on the upcoming iPhone 3.0 OS and the upcoming ZuneHD. The show interview is Ken interviewing Beth Massi, Microsoft, program manager on Microsoft’s BizApps team in the VS group. Beth discusses her work over the past two years at Microsoft on the VB team and now on the BizApps team, and chat about some cool new features and content in Visual Studio 2010.

Topics

· Beth Massi (@ 27:28) – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi

Links

· VB Team Blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam

· VB Developer Center – http://msdn.com/vbasic

· VSTO Developer Center – http://msdn.com/vsto

· Beth Massi on Channel 9

Length: 42:00

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CodeCast Episode 19: Windows Mobile Dev Community with Constanze Roman

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 1 May 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 19: Windows Mobile Dev Community with Constanze Roman

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss event news (including DevTeach), tech news (Oracle/Sun merger), and an in-depth chat about WPF and Silverlight. The interview for this show includes Ken Levy chatting with Constanze Roman, community PM for the Windows Mobile DevX team, discussing content and community for Windows Mobile developers.

Topics

· Constance Roman (@ 35:18) – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/croman, Twitter: http://twitter.com/stanzikratel

Links

· Windows Mobile Developer Portal – http://developer.windowsmobile.com

· Windows Mobile Dev Center – http://msdn.com/windowsmobile

· Windows Mobile Dev Team on Twitter: http://twitter.com/wmdev

· DevTeach – http://devteach.com (June 8-12, Vancouver CA)

Length: 49:45

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CodeCast Episode 18: IronPython and Dynamic Languages with Harry Pierson

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 18: IronPython and Dynamic Languages with Harry Pierson

This episode includes Ken Levy interviewing Microsoft’s IronPython program manager Harry Pierson, a part 2 from CodeCast #13. This is an extended in depth discussion with Harry giving examples of how dynamic languages are useful to any VB or C# developer, and how the next version of VS (version 2010) will include new features for integrating dynamic language programming within a VB or C# project.

Topics

· Harry Pierson – Blog: http://devhawk.net, Twitter: http://twitter.com/devhawk

Links

· IronPython Blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/ironpython (includes DLR resource and download links)

· IronPython Studio - http://codeplex.com/IronPythonStudio

· CODE Magazine article – Introducing IronPython by Harry Pierson

Length: 37:37

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CodeCast Episode 17: Visual Basic 2010 Preview with Lisa Feigenbaum

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 17: Visual Basic 2010 Preview with Lisa Feigenbaum

This episode includes Ken Levy with a part 2 interview with Microsoft’s VB community program manager Lisa Feigenbaum. Lisa discusses many of the cool new features coming in the VB 2010 language and compiler, and some new VS 2010 IDE features. Also discussed is VB within Microsoft’s family of various .NET programming languages.

Topics

· Lisa Feigenbaum – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam, Twitter: http://twitter.com/lisafeig, Email: Lisa.Feigenbaum@microsoft.com

Links

· VB Developer Center – http://msdn.com/vbasic

· VB 2010 preview document: http://code.msdn.com/vbfuture

· VB Forums on MSDN: VB Support page

Length: 25:05

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CodeCast Episode 16: MVPs and Connected Systems Community with Ed Hickey

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 16: MVPs and Connected Systems Community with Ed Hickey

In this episode of CodeCast, hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short talk in depth about Microsoft’s MVP Program, plus what’s new with CODE Magazine branding and production including plans for the Kindle format publication. In tech and gadget news, the hosts discuss Skype for iPhone and Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Mobile marketplace plans. In this shows interview, Ken Levy interviews Microsoft’s Ed Hickey, community program manager for the Connected Systems Customer Experience team, discussing his past role in the MVP program and his new current role working with the Connect Systems community.

Topics

· Ed Hickey (@ 30:11)

Links

· Connected Systems Dev Centers – http://msdn.com/wcf, http://msdn.com/wf, http://msdn.com/biztalk, http://msdn.com/oslo

· Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

· Channel 9 videos on MVP Program: Toby Richards, archive: Sean O'Driscoll

· Video: CODE Magazine Redesign

· Microsoft Case Study on EPS, video: EPS Case Study

· Houston Channel 39 News Video on EPS and Surface

Length: 49:36

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CodeCast Episode 15: Oslo and M with Paul Vick

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 3 Apr 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 15: Oslo and M with Paul Vick

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss recent event news (MIX09 and DevConnections) and upcoming events (TechEd and PDC). Also discussed is news around Silverlight, Expression Blend, ASP.NET MVC, and IE 8.0. Then Ken Levy interviews Paul Vick (developer and architect at Microsoft). Paul discusses his history at Microsoft working on the Access and VB teams, and also chats about DSLs and the modeling language M in his new role on the Oslo team.

Topics

· Paul Vick (@ 21:52) – Blog: http://panopticoncentral.net, Twitter: http://twitter.com/paulvick

Links

· MIX09 Videos - http://videos.visitmix.com

· IE8 CODE Focus Magazine – http://code-magazine.com/focus

· Oslo developer center – http://msdn.com/oslo

Length: 38:13

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CodeCast Episode 14: Expression and MDSN Developer and Design Centers

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 14: Expression and MDSN Developer and Design Centers

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Lori Dirks, community program manager at Microsoft on Expression team, and another interview with Laurie Moloney who is a site manager on Microsoft’s MSDN.com website team. These interviews include news, strategy, and other topics related to the Expression and MSDN developer/designer center websites.

Topics

· Lori Dirk (@ 2:16) – http://expression.microsoft.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/msexpression

· Laurie Moloney (@ 14:28) – http://msdn.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/lauriemol

Links

· MIX09 Videos - http://videos.visitmix.com

· Microsoft Virtual TechDays – http://www.msfttechdays.com (Online, April 1, 2009)

Length: 26:37

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CodeCast Episode 13: IronPython and Dynamic Languages

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 6 Mar 2009 5:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 13: IronPython and Dynamic Languages

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy and Markus Egger discuss upcoming developer event news and dynamic languages. This show’s interview is with Ken discussing IronPython with Harry Pierson, a program manager on Microsoft’s dynamic languages team.

Topics

· Harry Pierson (@ 13:50) – Blog: http://devhawk.net, Twitter: http://twitter.com/devhawk

Links

· TechEd 2009 – http://msteched.com (L.A., May 11-15, 2009)

· DevTeach – http://devteach.com (Vancouver, June 8-12, 2009)

· IronPython Blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/ironpython (includes DLR resource and download links)

· IronPython Studio - http://codeplex.com/IronPythonStudio

· CODE Magazine article – Introducing IronPython by Harry Pierson

Length: 33:45

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CodeCast Episode 12: Visual Basic and the VB Community

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 5:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 12: Visual Basic and the VB Community

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss Internet Explorer 8, Windows 7 beta, Kindle and Sony eBook readers, and Visual Studio 2010. Ken has two in-depth interviews on the topic of Visual Basic, .NET languages, and the VB community. The first interview is with VB community program manager Lisa Feigenbaum and the second is with VB program manager Dustin Campbell.

Topics

· Lisa Feigenbaum (@ 20:32) – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam, Twitter: http://twitter.com/lisafeig

· Dustin Campbell (@ 35:15) – Blog: http://diditwith.net, Twitter: http://twitter.com/dcampbell

Links

· IE8 issue of CODE Focus magazine – http://code-magazine.com/focus

· Internet Explorer 8 – http://microsoft.com/ie

· Windows Live Essentials - http://download.live.com

· Amazon Kindle – http://amazon.com/kindle

Length: 50:07

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CodeCast Episode 11: REST and jQuery

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Tue, 3 Feb 2009 5:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 11: REST and jQuery

In this episode of CodeCast, Markus Egger has two in-depth discussions with Rick Strahl, one on REST and the other on jQuery.

Topics

· REST (@ 0:27) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer

· jQuery (@ 11:26) – http://jquery.com

Links

· Rick Strahl’s Blog – http://west-wind.com/weblog

Length: 22:37

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CodeCast Episode 10: DevExpress - CodeRush, Refactor!, and DXCore

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 5:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 10: DevExpress - CodeRush, Refactor!, and DXCore

This is a special episode where some of the co-hosts are actually the ones being interviewed. Hosts are Ken Levy, Markus Egger, Gary Short, and Rick Strahl. With our co-host Gary Short being a technical evangelist for DevExpress (DX) and the other co-hosts familiar with the DX tools, we decided to do a show dedicated to the topic.

Topics

· CodeRush

· Refactor!

· DXCore

Links

· DevExpress – http://devexpress.com

Length: 35:00

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CodeCast Episode 9: 2008 Year in Review

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 9 Jan 2009 5:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 9: 2008 Year in Review

Our special 2008 year in review episode with hosts Ken Levy and Markus Egger, joined by special guest co-host Rick Strahl of West Wind Technologies.

Topics

· Visual Studio (@ 2:37)

· Languages (@ 6:28)

· SQL Server (@ 10:15)

· Windows (@ 12:57)

· WPF/Silverlight (@ 18:10)

· SOA/WCF (@ 24:56)

· IIS/ASP.NET (@ 29:55)

· VSX (@ 36:07)

· Tablet/Touch/Surface (@ 40:20)

· Mobile (@ 43:07)

· Browsers (@ 51:14)

· Social Networking/Media and Web 2.0 (@ 59:02)

· The "one big thing" in 2008 discussion (@ 1:05:57)

· Our 2009 new year's resolutions for business discussion (@ 1:08:24)

Links

· CoDe Magazine – http://codemag.com

Length: 1:12:52

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CodeCast Episode 8: Rod Paddock - Editor-In-Chief of CoDe Magazine

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 5:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 8: Rod Paddock - Editor-In-Chief of CoDe Magazine

Our 8^th episode of CodeCast is our special 2008 holiday show. Host Ken Levy interviews Rod Paddock, Editor-In-Chief of CODE Magazine.

Interview

· Rod Paddock (@ 00:27): Rod Paddock - http://dashpoint.com

News and gadget links

· CODE Magazine – http://codemag.com

· CODE Focus – http://codemag.com/focus/

· Xiine – http://xiine.com

Length: 24:31

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CodeCast Episode 7: Twitter, F#, WPF, Surface

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 5:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 7: Twitter, F#, WPF, Surface

In episode 7, co-hosts Markus Egger and Gary Short join Ken Levy discussion news, programming languages increasing in usage such as F#, and using Twitter within a business environment. This episode interview iclues Markus Egger interviewing Tim Huckaby from VS DevConnections 2008 discussing WPF and the Microsoft Surface.

Interview

· Tim Huckaby (@ 29:27): Tim Huckaby

News and gadget links

· F# - http://msdn.com/fsharp

· Twitter

Book Links

Foundations of F# on Amazon.com

Length: 39:59

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CodeCast Episode 6: PEX, Twitter, AJAX

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 5:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 6: PEX, Twitter, AJAX

In this show, hosts Ken Levy and Gary Short discuss the new PEX from Microsoft Research followed by an in-depth discussion on Twitter (part 1 of 2). This episode interview is with Dino Esposito in a discussion with host Markus Egger, recorded at VS DevConnections 2008 in Las Vegas.

Interview

· Dino Esposito (@ 27:06): Dino Esposito’s Blog

News and gadget links

· PEX

· Netgear SPH200W WiFi Phone with Skype

· Sandisk SD Plus USB

· Twitter

Length: 33:45

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CodeCast Episode 5: VSX, VSIP, Aggiorno, DBI-Tech Controls

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 5:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 5: VSX, VSIP, Aggiorno, DBI-Tech Controls

This 5^th episode of CodeCast includes host Ken Levy with a new segment on news and gadgets, and three interviews all related to VSX and VSIP (Visual Studio Extensibility and Visual Studio Industry Partners). Interviews are with Microsoft and with two different Microsoft partners who are VSIP members. Missing from this show are co-hosts Markus Egger and Gary Short who where both at various conferences and other travel.

Interviews

· Terry Clancy (@ 9:19) http://msdn.com/vsx, http://msdn.com/vsip, http://visualstudiogallery.com/

· Federico Zoufaly (@ 18:44): Aggiorno

· Alan Sheed (@ 25:00): DBI-Technologies

News and Gadget links

· Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1

· Live Search SDK, http://dev.live.com

· Windows Live Agents 5.1

· Microsoft .NET Services SDK

· Azure Services Training Kit - PDC Preview

· Microsoft Surface Data Sheet

· Microsoft Store

· Safari Books Online

· Microsoft Downloads

· Microsoft Download (Silverlight beta version)

· Zune Client 3.1

· Zune Pass

There is no exit music from a community band in this episode but we will include more in random future episodes as it becomes available to us. We are working on improvements to the audio recordings both in studio and with interviews. These interviews were all recording at PDC, and we have improved our recording techniques since then for interviews. We will try to keep each show at around 30 minutes each like this one. episode 7 we should be out of what we might consider CodeCast beta mode. J

Length: 30:27

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CodeCast Episode 4: State of .NET, IE8, ASP.NET MVC, and O'Reilly Media

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 5:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 4: State of .NET, IE8, ASP.NET MVC, and O'Reilly Media

Hosts Ken Levy and Markus Egger discuss the new State of .NET events, IE8, ASP.NET MVC, followed by an interview from PDC with two editors from O'Reilly Media. More on ASP.NET MVC can be found at http://asp.net/mvc.

Interview (@ 27:40): John Osborn and Laurel Ruma from O'Reilly Media discussing new books, eBooks, Safari, and more. http://oreilly.com/. John is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/johnatoreilly/ and Laurel is at http://twitter.com/laurelatoreilly.

The exit music is from Rick Strahl's band Two Bit Thief, song is City Boys - http://west-wind.com/music/Two%20Bit%20Thief/.

Length: 38:18

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CodeCast Episode 3: PDC, C#, IE8, and Surface

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 7 Nov 2008 5:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 3: PDC, C#, IE8, and Surface

In this third CodeCast show, hosts Ken Levy and Markus Egger discuss a quick final summary of PDC 2008, then introduce a series of interviews with folks from Microsoft interviewed at PDC:

Interview 1 (9:29): C# community and C# 4.0 0 - Charlie Calvert - http://blogs.msdn.com/charlie
Interview 2 (21:51): IE 8 for developers - Pete LePage - http://blogs.msdn.com/petel
Interview 3 (29:26): Surface - Robert Levy - http://blogs.msdn.com/surface

The exit music is from Rick Strahl's band Anti-Trust, song is No Privacy - http://west-wind.com/music/anti-trust/

Length: 42:24

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CodeCast Episode 2: Live from PDC 2008

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Wed, 5 Nov 2008 5:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 2: Live from PDC 2008

In our second episode of CodeCast we have Ken Levy, Gary Short, and Markus Egger report live from Microsoft PDC 2008 in Los Angeles, October 27-30. This show is about 30 minutes and broken into 3 discussion segments discussion the various news and buzz at this year's Microsoft PDC (Professional Developer Conference).

This show exits with music from the community: Rick Strahl's band Anti-Trust with a song called Day By Day. http://www.west-wind.com/music/Anti-Trust/.

Upcoming CodeCast episodes will include various additional PDC interviews with Microsoft employees, Microsoft partners, and community members.

Sessions from PDC are all online at http://microsoft.com/pdc. The next PDC has been announced for next year in L.A. again, November 17-20 2009.

Length: 31:48

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CodeCast Episode 1: The Pilot

codecast@code-magazine.com (CODE Magazine) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 4:0:0 GMT

CodeCast Episode 1: The Pilot

Welcome to the CodeCast, the Late Night Show for .NET Developers, with your hosts Ken Levy, Gary Short, and Markus Egger.

This episode introduces the podcast, the hosts, CoDe Magazine, as well as previews the upcoming PDC 2008 (Microsoft Professional Developer Conference) and several of the technologies expected to make an appearance at the event.

Links for references made in the show:

Microsoft Surface video referenced in episode 1: http://snurl.com/4j9jv
Xiine URL as referenced in the show: www.Xiine.com

For the special CoDe Magazine subscription offer mentioned in the show, click here.

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