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From : Channel 9
This is the second year I've been lucky enough to take part in the cross-platform software engineering conference JAOO. Like last year, I was very fortunate to get to sit down with a few key players in the programming languages design field and watch several technical presentations that span the industry and problems we face as software developers. One of the truly great things about JAOO is that it is not a product-focused conference: it's about programming first and foremost and enables the sharing of perspectives and ideas among the world's best and brightest programming minds. As you can imagine, I, like many technical types here at Microsoft, am a huge fan of JAOO. Thank you Trifork!!! In this conversation Microsoft Technical Fellow and Chief Architect of C# Anders Hejlsberg sits down with programming language design legend and computer scientist Guy Steele (creator of Scheme and expert in several languages ranging from LISP to Java). I think Guy is one of the smartest people I've ever met. The topic of conversation is the elephant in the modern general purpose programmer's living room: Concurrency. With today's widely-used general purpose languages like C++, Java, C#, VB, Ruby etc it's hard to express parallelism in productive ways. Anders et al are working on both language enhancements to C# and VB.NET and BCL support (Parallel Extensions to .NET for example). Today, Guy is working on a mathematical language (domain specific as opposed to general purpose) and runtime, Fortress, that is so concurrent it makes it hard for programmers to even write sequential code! Listen in to two of the programming industry's most successful thinkers and get a sense of their perspectives on the future of general purpose programming languages now that Concurrency and Parallelism are entering the development status quo. Enjoy. More JAOO coverage to come. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/anders-hejlsberg-and-guy-steele-concurrency-and-language-design/11799844/ 20-11799844 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:27:00 -0400 Anders Hejlsberg and Guy Steele: Concurrency and Language Design
From : Channel 9
This week on Channel 9, Brian and Dan go through what happened this week in developer news including: - Visual Studio Team System 2010 and the .NET Framework 4 are officially announced with 20+ videos and the launch of the Visual Studio Channel 9 site - "Bottoms-up" Design with VSTS 2010 Architect - Requirements Management in VSTS 2010 - Video clip of Historical Debugging in action - Video clip of Team Foundation Build 2010 - "Dublin" technology enhancements in Windows Server - Silverlight 2 RC0 available now, Scott Guthrie's blog walks through the new features and how to edit control templates. - jQuery to ship with ASP.NET MVC and Visual Studio - Silverlight 2 RC0 tools for Visual Studio now support Visual Studio Express - Clint Rutkas walks through using the new Virtual Earth Web Services - Amazon EC2 will soon support Window Server including ASP.NET, Media encoding, SQL Server and Visual Studio - Windows Presentation Foundation Application Quality Guide, via Neil Hutson - Free download: Codeplex XML Visualizer v.2 - Flickr Xplorer - An ASP.NET MVC Photo app for Flickr - The Underground, a free event in LA during PDC - Adam Kinney - Cool PDC Badges including This Week on Channel 9 Badges if you find us at PDC - Brian's Pick of the week: Preview of the next TFS Power Tools - Dan's Pick of the week: QuakeLight - Silverlight with 3D and Texture Mapping (video) ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/this-week-on-c9-visual-studio-2010-week-silverlight-rc0-and-cloud-services/11784224/ 20-11784224 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:22:00 -0400 This Week on C9: Visual Studio 2010 week, Silverlight RC0, and Cloud services
From : Channel 9
After shooting the WPF Effects Library interview with David Teitlebaum and realizing we didn't show all of the effects and any of the transitions, we put together this short video.  Very little dialogue here to distract from the beauty of the Effects and Transitions.  Cue the music... Download the WPF Effects Library at http://codeplex.com/wpffx ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/wpf-effects-library-demo/11784222/ 20-11784222 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:36:00 -0400 WPF Effects Library Demo
From : Channel 9
After shooting the WPF Effects Library interview with David Teitlebaum and realizing we didn't show all of the effects and any of the transitions, we put together this short video.  Very little dialogue here to distract from the beauty of the Effects and Transitions.  Cue the music... Download the WPF Effects Library at http://codeplex.com/wpffx ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/wpf-effects-library-demo/11784223/ 20-11784223 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:36:00 -0400 WPF Effects Library Demo
From : Channel 9
WPF 3.5 SP1 offers killer graphic capabilities that were demonstrated in the last video with David Teitlebaum.  In this video, David has dropped by to help us announce the WPF Pixel Shader Effects Library.  The library includes 23 Effects and 26 Transitions and is available with source code at http://codeplex.com/wpffx. After shooting the video, we realized we didn't show all of the effects and any of the transitions.  To see the library in action check out the WPF Effects Library Demo video. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/wpf-effects-library/11784221/ 20-11784221 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:37:00 -0400 WPF Effects Library
From : Channel 9
What are the platform infrastructure details behind the Mesh technologies?  Corporate Vice President of Live Platform Services, David Treadwell, will be spilling all the beans in his PDC keynote in just a few weeks, but in this Q&A he gives us a sneak peek.  David explains how there’s so much more to Mesh than just the user experience, and how he and his team will be revealing the underlying particulars that fall below the line at PDC – the platform infrastructure that helps developers build stellar Software + Services apps.  And did Tread mention bits that will be given out at the PDC?   I think he did, but you gotta listen to find out more about what we affectionately call the goods. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/countdown-to-pdc2008-what-the-heck-are-microsoft-s-live-platform-services-treadwell-tells-all/11784219/ 20-11784219 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:24:00 -0400 Countdown to PDC2008: What the heck are Microsoft’s Live Platform Services? Treadwell Tells All!
From : Channel 9
What are the platform infrastructure details behind the Mesh technologies?  Corporate Vice President of Live Platform Services, David Treadwell, will be spilling all the beans in his PDC keynote in just a few weeks, but in this Q&A he gives us a sneak peek.  David explains how there’s so much more to Mesh than just the user experience, and how he and his team will be revealing the underlying particulars that fall below the line at PDC – the platform infrastructure that helps developers build stellar Software + Services apps.  And did Tread mention bits that will be given out at the PDC?   I think he did, but you gotta listen to find out more about what we affectionately call the goods. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/countdown-to-pdc2008-what-the-heck-are-microsoft-s-live-platform-services-treadwell-tells-all/11784220/ 20-11784220 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:24:00 -0400 Countdown to PDC2008: What the heck are Microsoft’s Live Platform Services? Treadwell Tells All!
From : Channel 9
Naysawn Naderi takes us through manual testing in Visual Studio Team System 2010. Naysawn shows off how the manual testing capabilities allow not only for better authoring and execution of manual tests, but can also be a tool to help automate portions of manual tests as well. Finally, Naysawn shows how to turn a manual test into a coded test which can then be fully automated. This "Humanized Screencast" is best viewed at fullscreen using the high-quality WMV download. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/manual-testing-with-visual-studio-team-system-2010/11765646/ 20-11765646 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:16:00 -0400 Manual Testing with Visual Studio Team System 2010
From : Channel 9
I sat down with James Whittaker, software testing pundit and principal architect for Visual Studio Team System's testing capabilities, to learn more about the software quality tools coming in Visual Studio Team System 2010. The last time we saw James he wasn't allowed to say anything about this particular release, but now that marketing has let the cat out of the bag James is excited to start talking about bridging the developer-tester divide. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/better-software-quality-with-visual-studio-team-system-2010/11765645/ 20-11765645 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:16:00 -0400 Better Software Quality with Visual Studio Team System 2010
From : Channel 9
Are you tired of constantly setting breakpoints to hone in on a pesky bug? How would you like to be able to step "back in time" through your debugger? The Historical Debugger in Visual Studio Team System 2010 promises to revolutionize your debugging experience. Habib Heydarian takes us through a demonstration of just a few of its capabilities. But wait... there's more! Habib also shows us the new Test Impact Analysis feature his team is working on. With Test Impact Analysis it's possible to determine which of your tests will be... well... impacted by the code changes you're making! Not only does this mean that your unit test suite can run more quickly, but it can also lead to better testing and fewer bugs in software projects. This "Humanized Screencast" is best viewed at fullscreen using the high-quality WMV download. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/historical-debugger-and-test-impact-analysis-in-visual-studio-team-system-2010/11765644/ 20-11765644 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:26:00 -0400 Historical Debugger and Test Impact Analysis in Visual Studio Team System 2010
From : Channel 9
Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference 2008 is hitting the Los Angeles scene late October (27-30) and we got our best ad-agency guys and gals together to figure out how best to get the word out. Why? Well, PDC is the place where Developers and Architects can network with their peers, get their questions answered by the Microsofties who are writing the code during Ask-The-Experts and take home all the bits on a 160 GB hard drive-including pre-Beta Windows 7! Yeah, that’s PDC. This is an inside look at one of our early brainstorming sessions… let’s just say things got a little out of hand. But hey, make sure you don’t let it pass you by, register for PDC… NOW! ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/pdc-2008-is-coming-and-i-can-t-wait/11765643/ 20-11765643 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:29:00 -0400 PDC 2008 is coming… and I can’t wait!
From : Channel 9
As Corporate Vice President of the .NET Developer Division, Scott will be giving a talk on client development covering both Silverlight and WPF at the PDC.  What else does the 6’4” Dev Div chief chat about in this quickie interview?  Silverlight 2, jQuery, and so much more.  Plus Scott reminisces about his favorite PDC, and answers the question about whether he still gets nervous when he gives a big speech.  Does he?  You’ll just have to watch the video to find out! ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/countdown-to-pdc2008-king-of-the-geeks-scott-guthrie-previews-pdc-keynote/11765642/ 20-11765642 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:06:00 -0400 Countdown to PDC2008: King of the Geeks, Scott Guthrie, Previews PDC Keynote
From : Channel 9
Visual Studio Team System Web Access has become an increasingly popular way for people to access Team Foundation Server. In this interview we meet Hakan Eskici who demonstrates some of the upcoming features his team is working on for Visual Studio Team System Web Access 2010. This "Humanized Screencast" is best viewed at fullscreen using the high-quality WMV download. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/a-first-look-at-visual-studio-team-system-web-access-2010/11765641/ 20-11765641 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:46:00 -0400 A first look at Visual Studio Team System Web Access 2010
From : Channel 9
Team Foundation Server 2010 will be getting some major overhauls to the setup and administration experience. In this interview, Ed Holloway, senior program manager for Team Foundation Server, talks about the changes his team is making. By the end of this interview, Ed will have completely deployed a 1-server Team Foundation Server 2010 instance. This "Humanized Screencast" is best viewed at fullscreen using the high-quality WMV download. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/team-foundation-server-2010-setup-and-administration/11765640/ 20-11765640 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:47:00 -0400 Team Foundation Server 2010 Setup and Administration
From : Channel 9
Brian Harry, technical fellow at Microsoft, has pretty much become synonymous with Team Foundation Server. He not only leads the Team Foundation Server team in Raleigh, North Carolina, he also has the most widely read blog about what's going on with Team Foundation Server. But even Brian hasn't been saying much about Team Foundation Server 2010 until this week. I sat down with Brian and let him finally spill the beans on what his team has been working on. Brian remains fairly high-level for this interview because there's a lot to cover, but we have six other interviews going live today featuring his program management team going deep on everything he talks about. I even got Brian to talk a bit about his farm which has been keeping him busy outside of work. :-) ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/brian-harry-team-foundation-server-2010/11765639/ 20-11765639 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:47:00 -0400 Brian Harry: Team Foundation Server 2010
From : Channel 9
Unlike the other videos in today's series this one doesn't focus specifically on Team Foundation Server 2010. But since I was "in the neighborhood" I dropped by Doug Neumann's office to catch up on the latest tools and samples available for people wishing to migrate to or synchronize with Team Foundation Server. As the popularity of Team Foundation Server continues to rise, so does the demand for migration and synchronization solutions. Doug's team has been working hard to help people in this area. The sites Doug mentions in this interview are: TFS Migration and Synchronization Toolkit Timely Migration TFS to TFS Migration Tool Migration and Integration Solutions ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/update-on-team-foundation-server-migration-and-synchronization/11765638/ 20-11765638 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:47:00 -0400 Update on Team Foundation Server Migration and Synchronization
From : Channel 9
In addition to being one of the nicest guys I know, Jim Lamb also knows a thing or two about build automation. Jim is the program manager responsible for the Team Build capability of Team Foundation Server. Team Build was one of the biggest areas of improvement for Team Foundation Server 2008, but that hasn't stopped the team from doing even more landmark improvments in Team Foundation Server 2010. Jim shows off how Team Build 2010 will take advantage of Windows Workflow, build agent pooling, distributed asynchronized builds, and two new types of build called "buddy builds" and gated check-ins. This "Humanized Screencast" is best viewed at fullscreen using the high-quality WMV download. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/an-early-look-at-team-foundation-build-2010-with-jim-lamb/11765637/ 20-11765637 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:47:00 -0400 An early look at Team Foundation Build 2010 with Jim Lamb
From : Channel 9
Is your source control branching out of control? How much time have you wasted trying to discover which branches your code changes have been merged into? What are the code-level differences between your main, test, and production branches? Branch visualizations to the rescue! Matthew Mitrik, program manager for Team Foundation Server, demonstrated some of the awesome new branch visualization capabilities coming in Team Foundation Server 2010. This "Humanized Screencast" is best viewed at fullscreen using the high-quality WMV download. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/branching-and-merging-visualization-with-team-foundation-server-2010/11765636/ 20-11765636 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:47:00 -0400 Branching and Merging Visualization with Team Foundation Server 2010
From : Channel 9
A single Team Foundation Server 2008 instance can support thousands of developers working on hundreds of projects. But what if you need even more than that? How do you drive increased uptime and availability of your server to keep your developers productive? Team Foundation Server can already scale up with better hardware, but how do you scale out with additional machines? Mario Rodriguez is part of the team coming up with solutions to these problems. Mario walks us through the new architecture for Team Foundation Server 2010 being delivered as an overall effort known as Enterprise Team Foundation Server Management. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/enterprise-team-foundation-server-management-with-mario-rodriguez/11765635/ 20-11765635 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:47:00 -0400 Enterprise Team Foundation Server Management with Mario Rodriguez
From : Insane Films
Topics Include: Rashid Johnson s johnson. Van Gogh at night. Predictions for Palin Chicago Pollution Refuge Exhibition in Chicago Francis Alys China Poisonings The End of the World CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD DIRECTLY Visit Justin s blog and Madge s podcast. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/insane-films-untitled-show-2/11756168/ 20-11756168 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:22:55 -0400 Insane Films: Untitled Show 2
From : Insane Films
Topics Include: Rashid Johnson s johnson. Van Gogh at night. Predictions for Palin Chicago Pollution Refuge Exhibition in Chicago Francis Alys China Poisonings The End of the World CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD DIRECTLY Visit Justin s blog and Madge s podcast. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/insane-films-untitled-show-2/11756169/ 20-11756169 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:22:55 -0400 Insane Films: Untitled Show 2
From : Channel 9
"Business Alignment" is one of the key themes for the upcoming Visual Studio Team System 2010 release. But what does that mean, exactly? We sat down with Lori Lamkin, product unit manager for Team Foundation Server, and Stephanie Saad, group program manager, to find out. In this interview Lori and Stephanie outline the ways that Visual Studio Team System 2010 will empower teams to more effectively build software and to better integrate those development projects with the rest of the organization. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/achieving-business-alignment-with-visual-studio-team-system-2010/11744774/ 20-11744774 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:38:00 -0400 Achieving Business Alignment with Visual Studio Team System 2010
From : Channel 9
Stephanie Saad shows us a quick demonstration of how Visual Studio Team System 2010 will enable teams to be more agile. In this demonstration she shows the new Agile planning worksheet for Excel which can be used to easily balance resources, manage your backlog, and generate ad hoc reports. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/agile-planning-templates-in-visual-studio-team-system-2010/11744773/ 20-11744773 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:39:00 -0400 Agile Planning Templates in Visual Studio Team System 2010
From : Channel 9
How can you ensure that a requirement has been sufficiently tested? How do you track the work that goes into a specific feature? How much work is left to do before a feature is completed, and how does that feature relate to bigger scenarios or user stories? Siddharth Bhatia, a senior group program manager for Visual Studio Team System, takes us through an end-to-end example of how Visual Studio Team System 2010 will help an organization manage their requirements throughout the lifecycle of a software project. This "Humanized Screencast" is best viewed at fullscreen using the high-quality WMV download. Update: This video was re-encoded to fix some indexing issues at 2:30 p.m. PST. If you downloaded a version prior to that please download a new copy. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/requirements-management-and-traceability-with-visual-studio-team-system-2010/11744770/ 20-11744770 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:41:00 -0400 Requirements Management and Traceability with Visual Studio Team System 2010
From : Channel 9
Ameya Bhatawdekar, a program manager for Team Foundation Server, took a few minutes to take us through the end-to-end storyboards for how Team Foundation Server 2010 will integrate with Microsoft Project Server to enable true enterprise-wide collaboration. Note that this is not a demo of working software (yet), but it's the next best thing - a detailed storyboard walkthrough of mocked-up screenshots. This "Humanized Screencast" is best viewed at fullscreen using the high-quality WMV download. PS: For people looking for integration between Team Foundation Server 2008 and Project Server today, check out the Connector on Codeplex. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/enterprise-project-management-with-visual-studio-team-system-2010/11744746/ 20-11744746 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:42:00 -0400 Enterprise Project Management with Visual Studio Team System 2010
From : Channel 9
After sending us your killer resume, a recruiter contacts you about a job at Microsoft.  What’s next? In part two of “Get Hired at Microsoft,” Staffing Consultant Theresa de la Osa and Server & Tools Program Manager (and new employee) Tharika Chandrasekhar share what to expect, how to prepare, and why your recruiter may become your new best friend. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/get-hired-microsoft-episode-2-partner-with-your-recruiter/11744738/ 20-11744738 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:04:00 -0400 Get Hired @ Microsoft, Episode 2: Partner with your Recruiter
From : Channel 9
As software evolves so to does the need for the newer software to remain compatible with older versions. In the case of IE the notion of backwards compatibility is quite daunting and of supreme importance to the IE team. Consider the millions of web pages that were written to run successfully in older versions of IE. The latest incarnation of IE, IE 8 Beta 2, has a very useful compatibility feature that enables developers and users alike to run IE 8 in a mode that won't break pages that work in IE 6/7. It's as simple as pressing a button. Unlike IE 8 Beta 1, instructing IE to render a page in Compatibility mode does not require a browser restart. This is very cool indeed. I wanted to find out exactly how this new compatibility mechanism works in IE 8 and discuss the complex issue of backwards compatibility and its impact on innovation with IE 8 Program Manager Scott Dickens. Scott is very passionate about compatibility (in fact his thinking up and prototyping ideas about IE 8 compatibility began as a side project which, not surprisingly, turned into a full time job for him). Tune in and learn about how IE 8 compatibility mode works and learn why it works the way it does. Of course, being Channel 9, this conversation unfolds in a natural way and we dig into related topics as well (like JavaScript compatibility versus HTML/CSS compatibility, standards compliance and other interesting topics). ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/ie-8-compatibility-and-versioning/11744737/ 20-11744737 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:06:00 -0400 IE 8: Compatibility and Versioning
From : Channel 9
Norman Guadagno, the Director of Product Management for Visual Studio Team System shares the key enhancements coming in the next version of Visual Studio, officially named Visual Studio 2010. In this video, you'll hear Norman discuss new features in Team Architect including new visual designers and UML support, new software quality features including historical debugging, how the Database Edition is being rolled rolled into the Team Developer edition and lots more. Want more? For more information on Visual Studio Team System 2010 including exclusive product team interviews pay attention to Channel 9 from September 30 - October 3rd. Every day we'll be bringing a brand new batch of Visual Studio Team System 2010 videos to you at http://channel9.msdn.com/VisualStudio. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/norman-guadagno-announcing-visual-studio-team-system-2010/11723336/ 20-11723336 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:57:00 -0400 Norman Guadagno: Announcing Visual Studio Team System 2010
From : Channel 9
The week of September 29th is Visual Studio Team System 2010 week on Channel 9! We'll have 20 videos going live this week featuring interviews with the Visual Studio Team System product team including several screencast demonstrations of the latest bits. Stay tuned to http://channel9.msdn.com/VisualStudio/ for all of the action. Here's the lineup: Monday, September 29th: - Announcing Visual Studio Team System 2010 Architecture Day (Tuesday, September 30th): - Cameron Skinner: Visual Studio Team System 2010 - Architecture - "Top-down" design with Visual Studio Team System 2010 - "Bottom-up" Design with Visual Studio Team System 2010 Architect - ARCast.TV - Peter Provost on what’s coming for Architects in Visual Studio Team System Business Alignment (Wednesday, October 1st): - Overview from Lori Lamkin and Stephanie Saad - Agile project planning and reporting - Enterprise project management - Requirements management and traceability Software Quality (Thursday, October 2nd): - Overview from James Whittaker - Test Case Management & Manual Test Runner - Historical Debugger, Test Impact Analysis Team Foundation Server (Friday, October 3rd): - Overview from Brian Harry - Branching and merging visualization - Enterprise Team Foundation Server Management - Team Foundation Server Setup - Team Build - Team System Web Access - Migration & Synchronization Stay tuned, we hope you enjoy it! Brian Keller Sr. Technical Evangelist Visual Studio Team System ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/visual-studio-team-system-2010-week-on-channel-9/11723335/ 20-11723335 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:17:00 -0400 Visual Studio Team System 2010 Week on Channel 9!
From : Channel 9
The chair of the PDC Symposia joins Mike and Jennifer this week to talk about the detailed workshops that will be offered on the last day of the conference.   Parallel Computing – A Detailed Look at How Multi-Core Architectures will Unleash Computing Power and Enable Innovation , and Head in the Cloud, Feet on the Ground – A Practical Look at Architectural Challenges and Opportunities with Identity, Management, Data and Interoperability in the Cloud.  Together, the two PDC symposia will help developers, architects, and technical managers to better prepare for the challenges and opportunities that will come with increasingly more multi-core processing power coupled with powerful cloud-based services and platforms.   Plus yet again, Mike issues another new Hard Hat Challenge.  Who has more fun, Mike coming up with the puzzles or solving them?  You be the judge! ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/countdown-to-pdc2008-parallel-computing-and-getting-your-head-in-the-cloud/11723334/ 20-11723334 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:26:00 -0400 Countdown to PDC2008: Parallel Computing and Getting Your Head in the Cloud
From : Channel 9
In this video I’m back on the Advanta campus chatting with Michael Merz, Program Manager for Application Integration Framework (AIF) on the Dynamics AX team. AIF is a standards-based framework that allows you to publish and consume web services.  It’s used primarily in integration scenarios when connecting Dynamics AX with other systems.  AX also has .NET Business Connector (BC.NET) for integrating with .NET applications.  BC.NET is more for client side integration.  AIF is all about web services and is completely standards-based. Under the covers AIF takes full advantage of .NET using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).  For more complex integration scenarios AIF can also help expose services using MSMQ and BizTalk. With Dynamics AX 2009, the team ships a bunch of services (about 60 out of the box) that are ready for use.  That includes, for example, the more common scenarios like integration with sales orders or customers.  AIF allows you to create, read, update and delete those sales orders while maintaining the integrity of the database (i.e. without directly touching the database at all).  This is done independent of the transport so when developing you could begin by updating via http and later switch to MSMQ.  This can be as simple as enabling the service then “generating” which generates the WCF interface (i.e. WSDL).  That web service is then available to be consumed by any standards-based client (including apps written in php, java and naturally any of the languages in Visual Studio).  You can also configure the service endpoints to change the binding or authentication parameters. In the video, Michael walks us through using a standard Excel Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) project to consume a AX 2009 sales order service that is exposed using AIF.  He also shows us how, by using WS-Addressing in the WCF headers, you can pass a target company for a web service call. By default, AX limits error messages coming back from the server for security reasons.  Michael shows us how to configure AX to propagate those errors when you need to see them. Dynamics AX is a rich platform for supply chain management and financials.  AIF opens up AX so that ISVs can build on that richness by integrating their own applications.  Sometimes when you do that you need to consume a web service exposed by external applications.  We see here how you can plug external web services into the AX processes.  In this case, Michael shows us how when trying to create a customer in Dynamics AX with a name that has been blacklisted by the US government (“Bin Laden”, for instance.  Yikes!  :) ) the customer create process calls out to an external web service in the cloud to verify the customer name.  This seamless integration of external processes is a boon for ISVs that need those deep integration points.  Michael explains how. In order to do this sort of integration you build a Service Reference in the Application Object Tree (AOT) to provide the parameters.  AX takes care of much of work by generating the artifacts (compilation, deploying, bundling etc) that are deployed and executed on the server.  CLR interop is available in order to use .NET DLLs and their classes.   Some code samples are available here: Application Integration Framework Overview (MSDN) Calling the Customer and Vendor Services (Dianne Siebold) ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/wcf-and-aif-in-dynamics-2009-chatting-with-michael-merz/11723333/ 20-11723333 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:56:00 -0400 WCF and AIF in Dynamics 2009: Chatting with Michael Merz
From : Channel 9
"Top-down" design is an approach that the Visual Studio Architect team is enabling with their upcoming release, Visual Studio Team System 2010. In this "humanized screencast" we asked Mark Groves, senior program manager, to show us a demonstration of the new UML designers the team is building and how this can be applied to a "top-down" approach when building software. This "Humanized Screencast" is best viewed at fullscreen using the high-quality WMV download. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/top-down-design-with-visual-studio-team-system-2010/11723331/ 20-11723331 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:41:00 -0400 "Top-down" design with Visual Studio Team System 2010
From : Channel 9
Suhail Dutta, a program manager on the Visual Studio Team System Architect team, gives us a demonstration of the "bottom-up" design approach which will be possible with the Visual Studio Team System 2010 Architect product. With "bottom-up" design, you can quickly reverse engineer an existing code base to construct models and examine relationships between pieces of code. Suhail also shows off some of the new UML designers coming in Visual Studio Team System 2010. This "Humanized Screencast" is best viewed at fullscreen using the high-quality WMV download. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/bottom-up-design-with-visual-studio-team-system-2010-architect/11723330/ 20-11723330 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:41:00 -0400 "Bottom-up" Design with Visual Studio Team System 2010 Architect
From : Channel 9
Cameron Skinner, Product Unit Manager, gives us an overview of the new architecture tools coming in Visual Studio Team System 2010. Cameron tells us what types of designers his team is building, about the decision to support UML, and how this relates to "Oslo" and their modeling strategy. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/cameron-skinner-visual-studio-team-system-2010-architecture/11723329/ 20-11723329 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:42:00 -0400 Cameron Skinner: Visual Studio Team System 2010 - Architecture
From : Insane Films
A new show about art and the world with Madge Weinstein and Justin Polera. Theme music by eAvil. Topics include: Total financial collapse Election 2008 War Martha Rosler Rashid Johnson Damien Hirst Golden Gallery - Jill Frank CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD TO YOUR PC OR WATCH DIRECTLY ON YOUR IPOD/PHONE ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/insane-films-untitled-show-number-one/11713631/ 20-11713631 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:42:07 -0400 Insane Films: Untitled Show Number One
From : Bk's Video
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From : Channel 9
This Week on Channel 9, Dan and Christian "LittleGuru" Liensberger go through this week's news including: - Powerset features now in Windows Live, via Channel 10. - Four new Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) videos on Visual Studio 2008. - Mike Snow: How to add snow effects in Silverlight (live demo), via Alvin Ashcraft. - Roy Osherove: Why Test Driven Development fails - Andy Dunn: API changes from XNA 2.0 to XNA 3.0 - Popfly adds tracking ripped projects. - Resource Guide to Free Microsoft Software and Online Services - Updated version of Snippet Editor/Designer now available on Codeplex - Take the .NET Framework deployment and redist survey to give feedback to the team. - Steve Sinofsky, Scott Guthrie and David Treadwell to keynote at Professional Developer's Conference. - Larry Osterman and Raymond Chen to give Windows sessions at PDC - Video clip of Lisa Olson on how to write a killer resume. - Christian's pick of the week: Xbox Live Arcade adds Duke Nukem 3D including multiplayer and co-op modes. - Dan's pick of the week: TweetSQL that adds CLR stored procedures that enable your database to automagically send tweets to Twitter, via Greg Duncan ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/this-week-on-c9-new-live-search-features-freebies-why-tdd-fails-and-duke-nukem/11691212/ 20-11691212 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:53:00 -0400 This Week on C9: New Live Search features, freebies, why TDD fails and Duke Nukem
From : Channel 9
3D functionality is becoming a more popular component in UI technologies and has been greatly improved in WPF 3.5 SP1. Upon hearing this some people (Niners even) are known to question "what is it good for?" My first answer is that the British Turning Pages application just wouldn't be the same without 3D. Marc Laroche stopped by to talk about another use of 3D in one of Xceed's new controls 3D Views for WPF.  Watching Marc move the camera to adjust the display of the data (around 5:25) can give you an idea of where 3D can really be useful.  Simply adjusting the position of the camera offers a new perspective rendered dynamically.  There is no need to pre-render all of the desired views. This is great stuff but it feels like just the beginning.  The more accessible we can make 3D, the more we can become creative and effective with it. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/3d-view-controls-for-wpf/11691210/ 20-11691210 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:54:00 -0400 3D View Controls for WPF
From : Insane Films
From my visit to Machu Pichu in May. I m looking to remix this to pod-safer music so please email suggestions to richard@bluestein.com. Also, please look for the LYPS easter egg.  CLICK HERE to Download Standard iPod Media of this Movie ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/insane-films-machu-pichu-1-lyps/11682398/ 20-11682398 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:45:49 -0400 Insane Films: Machu Pichu #1 (LYPS)
From : Insane Films
Enjoy this rare guest performance by Taffeta Von Trapp, the lost member of the Von Trapp family singers. Taffeta had been the lead singer of “Taffy and the Trappettes” until that bitch Julie Andrews came along and changed the family to ensemble performers. CLICK HERE for Direct iPod Format Download ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/insane-films-the-lost-member-of-the-von-trapp-family/11682397/ 20-11682397 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:56:51 -0400 Insane Films: The Lost Member of the Von Trapp Family
From : Insane Films
Dame Dooty performs and Aria from The Barber of Seville while playing with her clitoris. The recording of this performance was ruined by an overzealous spotlight operator on roller skates. That s why Dame Dooty is yellow and even uglier than in real life. CLICK HERE For Direct Download of Large iPod/Iphone Media File ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/insane-films-dame-dooty-stench-performs-una-voce-poco-fa/11682394/ 20-11682394 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:45:08 -0400 insane Films: Dame Dooty Stench Performs Una Voce Poco Fa
From : Insane Films
Madge emphatically endorses Obama and commands her audience to do the same. CLICK HERE FOR STD IPOD/IPHONE DOWNLOAD ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/insane-films-madge-weinstein-s-2008-election-plea/11682390/ 20-11682390 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:20:10 -0400 Insane Films: Madge Weinstein’s 2008 Election Plea
From : Insane Films
Handbag Productions staged a reading of Eating Raoul, The Musical. But, apparently the cast was so passionate about the show that they all memorized the script anyway! This is a short clip from the show. CLICK HERE to Download Standard iPod/iPhone Movie ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/insane-films-donna-the-dominatrix-from-eating-raoul-the-musical/11682388/ 20-11682388 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:43:19 -0400 Insane Films: Donna the Dominatrix from Eating Raoul The Musical
From : Insane Films
Helena stuns us with her haunting performance of Shirley Bassey covering Pink. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD STANDARD IPOD VERSION OF THIS MOVIE ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/insane-films-helena-handbasket-performs-shirley-bassey-covering-pink-at-miss-serenity-2008/11682387/ 20-11682387 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:41:55 -0400 Insane Films: Helena Handbasket Performs Shirley Bassey Covering Pink at Miss Serenity 2008
From : Channel 9
Step 1 for landing a job at Microsoft?  Send us your resume!  Lisa Olson - Microsoft Staffing Consultant, JobsBlogger, and Aggie computer science grad – shows you how to apply for your dream job and shares 10 simple resume tips to grab a Microsoft recruiter’s attention.  Hint:  Don’t just tell us, “I like software.” ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/get-hired-microsoft-episode-1-write-a-killer-resume/11654468/ 20-11654468 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:37:00 -0400 Get Hired @ Microsoft, Episode 1: Write a Killer Resume
From : Channel 9
Planet Technologies, an international IT consulting and services company, has been awarded the Microsoft Federal Partner of the Year for 2008, the fourth straight year they have received this.   How do they do it?  As a company with a 100% focus on the deployment, architecture and integration of Microsoft technologies, Planet Technologies is a systems integrator.  They specialize in taking the different pieces of the Microsoft technology stack, combining and augmenting them to deliver business solutions to a broad range of customers.  Watch this interview with Andy Norris, Planet Technologies’ Vice President, where he talks more about their award winning relationship with Microsoft. Check out the Microsoft ISV site for more information related to partnering with Microsoft. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/planet-technologies-award-winning-systems-integrator/11654467/ 20-11654467 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:53:00 -0400 Planet Technologies – Award Winning Systems Integrator
From : Channel 9
You have heard about the facility at p&p and how it’s built for agile teams. Now get a view inside one of the team rooms at p&p. In this video, Ajoy Krishnamoorthy and Ade Miller gives you a walkthrough a team room and shows off the various features of it such as writable walls, configurable work space, speaker phones, projectors and a special purpose column. Check it out. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/a-peek-inside-the-p-p-team-room/11654466/ 20-11654466 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:37:00 -0400 A peek inside the p&p Team Room
From : Channel 9
Dave Campbell, a Microsoft Technical Fellow and SQL Server guru, talks about what his group has been working on and what they will be unveiling at the PDC. Dave is giving a session on data-driven applications that go from the device to the cloud, and the all important reduction in provisioning friction.  In this Countdown episode we talk about how cloud-based data services will change the way you develop and deploy applications, and how SQL Server technologies are evolving to help build data-driven solutions that span devices, desktops, servers, and the cloud. Hear how to build applications that can be deployed using SSDS in the cloud or SQL Server on-premises, and learn how to gain insights using the BI capabilities of Microsoft SQL Server.   BTW, Mike still can’t believe he’s stumped y’all with his last Hard Hat Challenge.  It’s still unsolved if anyone is feeling up for the challenge! ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/countdown-to-pdc2008-extending-the-data-platform-to-the-cloud/11637112/ 20-11637112 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:41:00 -0400 Countdown to PDC2008: Extending the Data Platform to the Cloud
From : Channel 9
Okay, okay, maybe we’ve been a little too tight lipped about what we’re going to announce at the PDC this year.  We’ve dropped a few hints with some of our recent guests on the show (Amitabh Srivastava, Dave Campbell, Don Box and Chris Anderson, plus John Shewchuck), but folks want to hear more. What news will we have around the Live Mesh application platform and associated services?  What about the future of the client platform, including .NET and Silverlight?  And how is our services platform relevant to enterprises and ISVs who cater to enterprises?  And what about Windows 7?!?  Watch this video and get some really big clues.    Plus……we’re announcing the very special gift that all PDC attendees will receive:  a 160GB external USB2 hard drive with all of the bits!  Could “The Goods” get any cooler?  They just did! ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/countdown-to-pdc-2008-this-is-the-software-services-pdc-plus-a-hard-drive-chock-full-o-bits-is-a-pdc/11637111/ 20-11637111 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:28:00 -0400 Countdown to PDC 2008: This is the Software + Services PDC, Plus a Hard Drive Chock Full o’Bits is a PDC Attendee’s Dream Come True!
From : Channel 9
In a very special edition, the VP of CIS, joins Mike and Jennifer to talk about what his team will be revealing at PDC (well, he can’t really say that much yet – you’ll just have to go to the PDC to find out his news).  An  11 year Microsoft veteran, Amitabh joined Microsoft in 1997 working in our Research group.  Now he works for Ray Ozzie, and the PDC is the coming out party for his team and what they’ve been working on in the Services space.  Amitabh does give one hint:  look at their shoes!  P.S.  Last week’s Hard Hat Challenge is still out there to be solved.  Will you be the smartest of them all? ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/countdown-to-pdc2008-amitabh-srivastava-corporate-vice-president-of-cloud-infrastructure-services-ha/11606164/ 20-11606164 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:24:00 -0400 Countdown to PDC2008: Amitabh Srivastava, Corporate Vice President of Cloud, Infrastructure, & Services Has the Longest Title Ever!
From : Channel 9
CoroWare Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of CoroWare, Inc. (CROE.OB), is a systems and mobile robotics integrator.  They’ve recently been awarded Microsoft Certified Gold Partner status.  CoroWare has made their mark on Microsoft platforms through developing software and solutions for mobile service robotics and business automation.  Here, we meet David Hyams, CTO for Coroware and learn more about how this company is shaping the future through technology developments to improve and simplify our lives. Check out the Microsoft ISV site for more information related to partnering with Microsoft. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/coroware-technologies-mobile-robotics-integrator/11606163/ 20-11606163 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:01:00 -0400 CoroWare Technologies: Mobile Robotics Integrator
From : Channel 9
Nikola Mihaylov came by the studio to explain what a WPF Pixel Shader really is and the code involved and making one.  He has a great post on his blog explaining how to get started with Pixel Shaders along with a custom VS project template to make it even easier. In his demonstration Nikola shows off his own effects along with Anders Bursjöö’s Grayscale Effect and Rakesh Ravuri's Wave Reflection Effect. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/wpf-pixel-shader-parts/11606162/ 20-11606162 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:29:00 -0400 WPF Pixel Shader Parts
From : Channel 9
This week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian cover: - The Microsoft Company Meeting - The new Windows without Walls campaign - Clip from the new I'm a PC ads - Visual Studio Extensibility conference on campus this weekend, videos coming soon - XNA Game Studio 3.0 Beta now available with lots of new features and improved stability. - Clarity Consulting releases cool Unified Communications presence controls in WPF, via Alvin Ashcraft. - StackOverflow launches (kind of like a free version Experts Exchange with Web 2.0 goodness), and Jeff Atwood will be showing how they built it in Phil Haack's MVC session at PDC. - Windows Live Wave 3 launches and Windows Live Photo Gallery SDK comes with a C# example that uploads photos to Flickr, via Greg Duncan. - A great collection of 101 free Silverlight controls and tools - Introducing SQL Server 2008 eBook, via Greg Duncan. - Brian's pick of the week: Unethical developers build cheats into Ultimatebet.com, a Poker Web site, so they can steal money from the company they work for, Dan and Brian discuss whether developers should have a code of ethics/conduct like doctors. - Dan's pick of the week: Warhammer Online now available, gameplay is lots of fun, but more importantly, the game is customizable by developers using Lua. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/this-week-on-c9-im-a-pc-talk-like-a-pirate-day-101-silverlight-downloads-and-more/11606161/ 20-11606161 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:55:00 -0400 This Week on C9: I'm a PC, Talk like a Pirate day, 101 Silverlight downloads and more
From : Channel 9
  ESRI, a Global ISV partner, is pushing the envelope on technology adoption and environmental issues.  In this interview, I talk with Senior Product Managers Rob Elkins and John Baleja about technology advancements, development needs and what the Microsoft partnership means to ESRI.   Through personal experiences, customer examples and a unique environmental perspective, Rob and John give us a look into the world of geospatial analysis and the importance of Microsoft technologies in their customer’s applications.  SQL Server 2008 (new spatial types), Windows Server and Client, Visual Studio 2008 (AJAX), WPF/Silverlight and Virtual Earth are highlighted in this discussion.  As is the importance of the balance between managed and native code.   ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner dedicated to helping people to make better decisions that affect the world around us.  In “an age of Software plus Services”, ESRI and Microsoft give application developers, analysts and consumers a platform that adapts to varying needs.  Many examples are cited, including land use planning, home site selection, police in-vehicle crime statistics and drive time analysis.    More information  www.microsoft.com/isv/esri www.microsoft.com/environment ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/esri-green-computing/11567603/ 20-11567603 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:34:00 -0400 ESRI: Green Computing
From : Channel 9
When Dilbert talks about Agile, you know it has become main stream. This is also evident from the increased adoption of agile techniques and practices in the software development industry. Mary and Grigori just finished their duties as the program chair of the recently concluded Agile Conference and now are getting set for the Agile Pre-Conference at PDC 2008. Ajoy Krishnamoorthy sits down with Mary Poppendieck and Grigori Melnik in Toronto to talk about who they are, what they do in their day jobs and what they have planned for the Agile Pre-Conference at PDC 2008. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/countdown-to-pdc2008-did-somebody-say-agile-pre-con-at-pdc-chat-with-mary-and-grigori/11548758/ 20-11548758 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:58:00 -0400 Countdown to PDC2008: Did somebody say Agile Pre Con at PDC? Chat with Mary and Grigori.
From : Channel 9
This Week on Channel 9, Brian Keller is joined by Christian "LittleGuru" Liensberger to cover this week's news, including: - What's the deal with the new Windows ads with Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld? (0:36 - 1:10) - Windows Movie Maker joins Windows Live, adds Soapbox/YouTube uploading via LiveSide (1:10 - 2:20) - Windows Live Photo Gallery to add facial recognition to tag people in photos via LiveSide (2:20 - 4:23) - New Zune Software update adds ability to purchase songs via FM tuner, and channels (4:23 - 7:07) - MSDN Social Bookmarks launches, within 30 days 2K users, and 20K tags (7:07 - 9:00) - MSDN Search improves performance and adds code search preview (9:00 - 10:45) - Adam Kinney on Project Rosetta: How to go from Flash to Silverlight (10:45 - 12:25) - Whitepaper on evolving a .NET 2.0 app to .NET 3.5 via Brad Abrams (12:25 - 14:00) - 50 new PDC 2008 sessions added (14:00 - 15:33) - Nikhil Kothari's Silverlight effects library (15:33 - 16:40) - Top 10 LINQ Myths (16:40 - 19:03) - Using PowerShell and NetMap to visualize the new World Bank API via Greg Duncan (19:03 - 20:47) - FFLib - a full C# implementation of FFMPEG to convert videos (20:47 - 21:57) - Brian's pick of the week: Large Hardon Collider to end the world, get updates at www.HasTheLHCDestroyedTheEarth.com (22:19 - 23:19) - Christian's pick of the week: Babylon.NET software enables you to easily localize Visual Studio projects (23:19 - end) ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/this-week-on-c9-live-wave-3-new-zune-software-silverlight-effects-and-linq-myths/11532130/ 20-11532130 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:19:00 -0400 This Week on C9: Live Wave 3, New Zune software, Silverlight effects and LINQ myths
From : Channel 9
In this interview I meet with the team that brings us the "experience" of coding in Visual Studio, also sometimes referred to as the VS IDE Team. I ask them how their design process works, what the top requested features are for the code editors, how they work with the language teams as well as what their favorite and hardest features are to build and test. Enjoy, -Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/meet-the-visual-studio-managed-languages-development-experience-team/11513173/ 20-11513173 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:45:00 -0400 Meet the Visual Studio Managed Languages Development Experience Team
From : Channel 9
Distinguished Engineer, and longtime PDC veteran, John Shewchuk join Mike and Jennifer to talk about his session at PDC.  What’s the scoop?  He’s going to explain how easy it is to take your apps, using Microsoft’s collection of services, to make them better and easier to build than ever.  What’s that you say?  Listen as John shows his glee for this year’s PDC as we usher in the next generation computing platform!  Are you really going to miss out on this event?  Plus, after lots of begging and pleading, Mike let’s Jennifer deliver this week’s Hard Hat Challenge as Liberace listens in.  ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/countdown-to-pdc2008-technical-fellow-john-shewchuk-talks-about-his-talk-at-pdc2008/11513171/ 20-11513171 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:04:00 -0400 Countdown to PDC2008: Technical Fellow John Shewchuk Talks About His Talk at PDC2008
From : Channel 9
The web developer community is curious to know what’s new for JScript in IE8. In this show,  the JScript Evangelist, Janakiram MSV interviews the program managers who own the key JScript features. The JScript team is based out of IDC in Hyderabad. We own the scripting engine for IE8 & Silverlight and provide authoring and tooling experience through Visual Studio and IE8.  We also engage with the ECMA standards body to drive the JScript standardization process. This is show is to breifly share the work that we do here. You will hear us talk about the new and improved JScript engine and the Developer Tools that are part of IE8. You can find our team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/jscript! Feel free to drop a comment with your feedback! Happy Scripting! ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/whats-new-for-jscript-in-ie8/11492356/ 20-11492356 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:12:00 -0400 What's New for JScript in IE8?
From : Channel 9
SQLSoft+ is all about training for technologies Microsoft is releasing to the world.  They are a Microsoft Certified Partner, and thrive by putting themselves in front of the Microsoft train.  Often their work requires building training about a product before it is released. How do they do it?  SQLSoft+ was the first IT training company to gain the designation Microsoft Partner Solutions Center (MPSC) Sponsor Partner.  In addition, they also work with other IT companies to develop trainings for their software offerings.  Here, we meet Mark Scott, CTO for SqlSoft+ and learn more about how this small company is helping developers embrace new technologies at rapid speeds.   Check out the Microsoft ISV site for more information related to partnering with Microsoft. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/sqlsoft-teaching-the-microsoft-platform/11492353/ 20-11492353 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:52:00 -0400 SQLSoft+: Teaching the Microsoft Platform
From : Channel 9
Software Developers Mario Hewardt and Daniel Pravat understand the complexities of debugging applications that run on Windows. In fact, they understand it so well they wrote a book, Advanced Windows Debugging. They will also be presenting their knowledge at the PDC in October during both the PreCon and regular conference. The PreCon is a chance to learn the ins and outs of windows debugging, how to use various tools, what to look for in your code in terms of buggy patterns and go way deep into the art of native debugging today. It's an incredibly interesting topic and debugging can be very, very hard. With the tools of today, you can find bugs in minutes compared to days. I highly recommend both their book (I now have a copy!) and their PreCon at PDC 08. Do check it out! Here, we talk, at a high level, about the complexities of debugging, common problems that require debugging tools to understand and we get a demo of how to track down a handle leak in less than five minutes. In the end, debuggers will lead you back to your code and point you to the errors of your ways. When compared to the toolset we had just 5 years ago, 2008 is a great year for debuggers! Tune in. Enjoy. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/advanced-windows-debugging-an-introduction-with-mario-hewardt-and-daniel-pravat/11492351/ 20-11492351 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:04:00 -0400 Advanced Windows Debugging: An Introduction with Mario Hewardt and Daniel Pravat
From : Channel 9
Project Rosetta is a site dedicated to helping designers and developers build applications in Silverlight while taking advantage of skills they already know.  In this interview, I caught up with Rick Barraza, the author of the first article entitled From Flash to Silverlight, to talk about the article, the world of the Interactive Media Design and reckless creativity. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/project-rosetta/11304956/ 20-11304956 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:12:00 -0400 Project Rosetta
From : Insane Films
Handbag Productions staged a reading of Eating Raoul, The Musical. But, apparently the cast was so passionate about the show that they all memorized the script anyway! This is a short clip from the show. CLICK HERE to Download Standard iPod/iPhone Movie ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/insane-films-donna-the-dominatrix-from-eating-raoul-the-musical/11297291/ 20-11297291 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:43:19 -0400 Insane Films: Donna the Dominatrix from Eating Raoul The Musical
From : Channel 9
Surface, SharePoint, Live Platform, Identity, Mesh, SQL Server 2008, Exchange, Ad Platform, Office Communication Server, Windows 7, Open XML, Silverlight, ASP.NET, Oslo, Virtualization, XNA and so much more content we can hardly keep our hard hats on!  Why haven’t you registered for the PDC yet?!  Plus Mike issues a new Hard Hat Challenge – will the winner this week be 9 years old?  And, if you’re really curious about capturing the brainpower . . . check this out! ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/countdown-to-pdc2008-secrets-revealed/11287095/ 20-11287095 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:12:00 -0400 Countdown to PDC2008: Secrets Revealed
From : Channel 9
This Week on Channel 9, Brian and Dan discuss this week's developer news including: - Microsoft purchases Greenfield for $486MM. Greenfield owns Ciao, which is Europe's largest shopping Web site with 5MM+ reviews. - .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 reference source code now available via RSCC blog - Rick Minerich: Change Garbage Collections settings on the fly with System.Runtime.GCSettings (Part 5 of 5-part GC series) - Top 10 VSTS and TFS Articles via dotnetkicks - Ben Hall: How to auto-zip your project using MSBuild - Mech warfare is part of Robo Games 2009 including multiple mech classes via Trossen Robotics - Slides and audio from Gamefest sessions are available for download including SQL Server for Games, Silverlight for casual games and blowing stuff up the Bungie way via Shawn Hargreaves - Silverlight Spy lets you dissect Silverlight applications include code (using Reflector) via Greg Duncan -A step-by-step article on how to Download XAML on demand - Windows Home Server Developer Guidelines released - Get list of installed applications using LINQ via DZone - See what's going on inside the svchost process using this C# SVC Host Viewer via Greg Duncan - Grudge Match: Dan and Brian are flying down to the Hurricanes vs Gators game where the winner gets to pick what the other person will wear next show (Dan gets the spread) - Brian's pick of the week: Comcast to cap data transfers at 250GB in October - Dan's pick of the week: Brianna the Brain clip ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/this-week-on-c9-dynamic-silverlight-vsts-buying-caio-and-mech-wars/11287094/ 20-11287094 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:42:00 -0400 This Week on C9: Dynamic Silverlight, VSTS, buying Caio, and Mech Wars
From : Channel 9
Parallelism will be an important theme of PDC08 (http://microsoftpdc.com/). You'll want to get up to speed with the current state of the art in parallel computing patterns and platform technologies like the Task Parallel Library, Parallel Extensions for the .NET Framework, etc. This is where a the Parallelism PreCon comes in. Spend all day with experts in parallelism (Joe Duffy, David Callahan, Steven Toub) and learn about what you can do today to take advantage of multi-core machines. Here, Stephen Toub makes a brief pitch for the PreCon in Parallelism. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/pdc08-parallelism-track-and-precon-with-stephen-toub/11287093/ 20-11287093 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:38:00 -0400 PDC08: Parallelism Track and PreCon with Stephen Toub
From : Channel 9
Get the nitty-gritty details from the genius behind askthebrain.net as to why so bitter and what will be done to resolve the bitterness next month in L.A. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/askthebrain-net-creators-exclusive-interview/11246069/ 20-11246069 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:02:00 -0400 Askthebrain.net Creator's Exclusive Interview
From : Insane Films
Madge emphatically endorses Obama and commands her audience to do the same. CLICK HERE FOR STD IPOD/IPHONE DOWNLOAD ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/insane-films-madge-weinstein-s-2008-election-plea/11200820/ 20-11200820 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:20:10 -0400 Insane Films: Madge Weinstein’s 2008 Election Plea
From : Channel 9
PhotoSynth is a technology that automatically combines 2D photos into an immersive 3D environment. In this interview, we talk to Drew Steedly and Joshua Podolak. Drew helped develop the "synther" which takes hundreds of images and combines them into a synth. He walks through how they use parallelism and sparse solver equations to optimize synths. Joshua helped develop the "viewer", the client application that you use to navigate a Photosynth. He discusses how they use JSON for metadata, how they use the synther point cloud to do random sampling to project images in a 3D plane and how the goal of the viewer is to provide an intuitive UX for end users. ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/drew-steedly-and-joshua-podolak-on-photosynth/11190785/ 20-11190785 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:41:00 -0400 Drew Steedly and Joshua Podolak on Photosynth
From : Channel 9
In this short interview, Yang Xiao, a tester on the VB IDE team is back demonstrating new improvements to the "Go To Definition", "Find All References" and Rename capabilities in the editor when flipping between code and XAML in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1. Enjoy, -Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community ]]> http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/new-editor-features-in-visual-studio-2008-sp1/11155009/ 20-11155009 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:57:00 -0400 New Editor Features in Visual Studio 2008 SP1
From : Channel 9
IE 8 Beta 2 is now available! John Hrvatin, Program Manager of Internet Explorer Developer Tools sits down with me to discuss at a high level the new additions to IE 8's developer tools (aka Dev Tools). These include JavaScript performance profiling, CSS profiling and formatting exploration. And, there's more. :) This is a conversation that addresses more than what's new in dev tool world. We also tackle some harder questions and learn a bit about John. We will be doing some deep dives on some the new IE 8 dev tools enhancements in upcoming interviews with the developers who wrote them. Tune in.