Microsoft Playwright Testing with Debbie O'Brien

Microsoftee Paul Randal drops by for an engaging talk about his contributions to the recoverability of SQL Server 2005, which are many (Can you say CHECKDB?). An old friend of ours, and a fairly new friend if Paul's, busts in on the conversation and makes a cameo appearance.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

6 Mars 20071h 9min

Eric Sink talks to us this week about a number of things currently on his mind including software methodologies, getting involved in the business side of software, upgrading to Vista, WPF/E, writing books for a living, and the evolution of his product, SourceGear.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

27 Feb 20071h 15min

Steve McConnell talks about his books, and his take on programming practices that transcend specific languages.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

19 Feb 20071h 34min

In this episode, Billy Hollis talks about the finer points of developing complex applications in the real world, the true costs and benefits of agile and other methodologies, and the things programmers and organizations can do to be effecient financially.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

13 Feb 20071h 15min

Jesse Liberty and Alex Horovitz talk about their experiences researching and writing their book, Programming .NET 3.0 from O'Reilly, as well as their ideas on the future of programming.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

6 Feb 20071h 24min

Allan Hirt discusses the details of providing high availability with SQL Server 2005, and the things developers need to know in order to make their applications compatable. He discusses clustering, transaction log shipping, mirroring, and more.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

30 Jan 20071h 14min

In this interview, Raymond Chen discusses... Raymond Chen! Raymond talks about his history at Microsoft dating back to the early days of the Windows32 API, up through the recent release of Windows Vista and whatever else is on his mind.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

23 Jan 20071h 16min

Agile Methodology is a wide topic, and this discussion is quite unlike the others that we've had. Scott Ambler brings his experiences from his career at IBM and elsewhere to this lively discussion. Richard was particularly interested in his ideas on database refactoring.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

16 Jan 20071h 8min