Smarthome Geek Out

He's back and he's pissed! Not really, but we've always wanted to say that. Scott Hanselman talks with Carl and Rory about the following:* ASP.NET* Declarative Programming* "Word Documents have no teeth"* Client Side Validation* Code Generation - CodeSmith* Caching* Performance Counters in ASP.NET* Perf Testing* "A caste system for APIs"* other ideas: blogging trends, usenet, google, toolbars, future interfaces, * where he's speaking this quarter....* DevDays* WhidbeySupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

23 Feb 20042h

In this, the second installment in our ongoing ".NET Success Stories" series, Carl talks with Jesse Ezell and Chris Kinsman about projects they have developed and successfully deployed with Microsoft .NET languages, tools, and technologies.Chris talks about a huge project done for an insurance company that successfully uses ASP.NET and Windows Forms with autodeployment. As well, he talks about some applications he wrote for slot machine management at a casino.In the second half, Jesse Ezell discusses an application he helped develop for Articulate Software that utilizes Flash as a server application to convert Powerpoint presentations to Flash.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

16 Feb 20041h 10min

Chris Sells and Rory Blyth interview Carl about communications programming (serial, sockets, and MIDI), teaching, and the meaning of life. It's a fun and informative show, that you shouldn't miss.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

9 Feb 20041h 8min

Hey, it's our first Live .NET Rocks! Show EVER! Oh yeah, we recorded a show live at the PDC, but we didn't broadcast it live! What's more, Carl's co-host is none-other than the infamous Rory BlythThis show is 2 hours long, and commenced Friday, January 30, 2004 at 12PM EST, 9AM PST. In the first hour, Bill Vaughn and Peter Blackburn talk about SQL Reporting Services, Microsoft's foray into the data reporting market.In the second hour, Carl and Rory welcome noted VB and PC guru Dan Appleman to talk about marketing hype, how developers are spending their time, and his new book Always Use ProtectionRory is moving to New London March 1st. So, the new live show format will commence March 5th, and will be only format for .NET Rocks! going forward. Remember! Friday's at Noon Eastern!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

30 Jan 20041h 57min

In our first post-Mark show, Carl interviews developer and author Brian Noyes. Brian has focused his studies and development efforts on Smart Client development, and in this interview brings us from AutoDeployment of Windows Forms applications into ClickOnce, the next-generation deployment and update technology from Microsoft that will ship with the .NET Framework 2.0. We talk about the issues around AutoDeployment, and how Microsoft is addressing those issues with ClickOnce.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

26 Jan 20041h 6min

In this, Mark's last show, Carl and Mark welcome Rory Blyth, who writes a very popular blog at neopoleon.com. Rory's blog has become well known at Microsoft and in the .NET blogsphere in general.Rory talks about the .NET community and the Open Source Software (OSS) community, writing, blogging, driving to the PDC from Las Vegas, Longhorn, and lots of other great stuff. This one is not to be missed!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

19 Jan 20041h 15min

Carl and Mark have a chat with Sam Gentile (pronounced gen-TILL-ee) about sci-fi authors, COM Interop's problems, Extreme Programming, dual programming, unit testing, Sam's thoughts on the state of the .NET Framework, Groove, what's wrong with Com Interop, the cross-platform potential of the .NET Framework, the CLI, Rotor and Mono.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

12 Jan 20041h 1min

Carl and Mark have a chat with the one and only Don Box about SOAP, WSE, Longhorn, Indigo, COM, the PDC, Band on the Runtime, and the meaning of life. Don reveals a few gems about Indigo, and talks about the ways in which Indigo makes web services better.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

5 Jan 20041h 12min