MSDN geekSpeak

Next geekSpeak – September 23 - The Dynamic Language Runtime in .NET 4 with Kevin Hazzard

glengordon — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:51:17 GMT

Join us this Wednesday, September 23 for this geekSpeak. MSDN Webcast- geekSpeak- The Dynamic Language Runtime in .NET 4 (Level 200) (click to register)

In this geekSpeak, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Kevin Hazzard will show us how new caching capabilities in the .NET 4 framework can make your Ruby and Python code fly when running on the Dyanamic Language Runtime. Kevin will illustrate the benefits of hybrid language application development. He'll also spend some time on writing dynamic types in C#. Bring your DLR questions for Kevin!

About our Guest: Kevin Hazzard

Kevin is currently a Microsoft C# MVP and a Lead Consultant/Architect for CapTech Ventures in Richmond, Virginia. He has served on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and as an advisor to Virginia’s Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS). While serving as a Senior Engineer in the Intel Architecture Lab, Kevin successfully authored patents and designed ciphers, protocols and peer-to-peer networking components used by millions of users worldwide. Kevin has been writing software for 25 years and loves the art and science of his job as much today as he did in the very beginning.
Kevin is a father to five, a husband to one and a servant to many others. He speaks a bit of Portuguese and enjoys doing missionary work in South America. He also enjoys motorcycling, welding, hiking, etymology, bird-watching and friendly discussions about world politics and history.

Resources for geekSpeak: Composite Application Development with David Kelley

glengordon — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:25:13 GMT

This geekSpeak barely scratched the surface of how Composite Application Development can help you with code reuse. Lot of resources are below. Watch the recording here.

David's Blog
Prism: patterns & practices Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight site
the Simon game project
Portal for the WPF Toolkit and WPF Futures
Hacking Silverlight Library on CodePlex – a set of custom Silverlight controls
Crossfader demo application
Sparkling Client – the Silverlight podcast
MSDN Magazine article on Composite Web Apps with Prism
MVVM light toolkit for Silverlight, via Laurent Bugnion’s blog
An interesting take on how design should be more about solving a problem and not implementing a pattern for the pattern’s sake.

Next geekSpeak – August 19 – Composite Application Development with David Kelley

glengordon — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:53:03 GMT

In case you haven’t noticed, we’ve scaled back the geekSpeak series in recent months, so we can focus on bringing you higher quality experiences in each one.

Our next geekSpeak is August 19th, when we’ll have David Kelley explain Composite Application Development in WPF and Silverlight. David is a prolific Silverlight guru, so this should be an excellent geekSpeak. Bring your questions!

About our guest

David Kelley, Senior Software Architect, IdentityMine

David Kelley is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Microsoft Silverlight, and he has been building Web-based, distributed applications for more than ten years. He is a Silverlight user experience architect at IdentityMine, and his passion is building user experiences that are elegant and easy to use. David's career highlights include a Silverlight demonstration with Bill Gates at TechEd 2008, and developing the "Entertainment Tonight" Web site for the Silverlight 1 launch and Emmy Awards. In his spare time, David is the executive officer of the Seattle Designer Developer Interaction Group.

Resources for geekSpeak: the Web Deployment Tool with Mark Rosenberg.

glengordon — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:50:58 GMT

Here are resources for our August 5 geekSpeak with Mark Rosenberg on the Web Deployment tool.

Links

The MS Deploy blog is a good one to follow.
Vishal Joshi is the Program Manager for the tool, lots of good info at his blog.
Vishal’s blog post 0 + 20 Reasons why you should create a Web Package has good information on providers.
Many good articles (including exporting/importing IIS packages, using the command line version, troubleshooting and more) linked from this post about the Web Deployment Tool and IIS 7.0.
Download the Web Deployment tool for IIS7. Note that this install adds a .chm help file with lots of good documentation.

Questions

Before I deploy my ZIP file to destination servers, will it validate if my destination servers are compatible with required settings (hardware or software or anything else) just to make sure ZIP file is 100% compatible?

Unfortunately they do not have this provider created yet. The idea would be that System Center would do the prepping up of the box and MsDeploy will do the job of installing the web app. Eventually the team may consider creating a special provider which does the compatibility check. By the way, anyone in the community could write that provider – the MsDeploy provider APIs are public. ;)

Will it be in Visual Web Developer? Or only pro version & higher?

It will be available in Visual Web Developer Express edition.

Next geekSpeak – August 5 - Inside the Web Deployment tool with Mark Rosenberg

glengordon — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:42:47 GMT

In this geekSpeak, Mark Rosenberg introduces us to the Microsoft Web Deployment Tool and shows us how the tool is used to easily move configuration information, content, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates, and other types of data associated with a Web server. Mark examines the scenarios where the Web deployment tool shines, how the tool is incorporated in the Web Platform installer, and where the tool features in the upcoming Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. This geekSpeak is hosted by Glen Gordon and Mithun Dhar.

Register at http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032422050&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

About our Guest

Mark Rosenberg, Senior Development Instructor, QuickStart

Mark Rosenberg has been writing software with Microsoft technologies for the last 10 years. He has been speaking to user groups and at code camps for the last two years and has been a certified trainer for the last year.

Mark likes to talk to developers and has been talking to anyone who will listen. He is very active in the developer community, speaking at user groups and running two user groups in Southern California. As if that was not enough, he also is the International .NET (INETA) User Group liaison in Southern California and is on the INETA Speakers Bureau Committee. He currently is working as a senior development instructor at QuickStart Intelligence, which is a training company with offices in California.

MSDN geekSpeak on hiatus until August 2009

glengordon — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:06:58 GMT

Hello, geekSpeak fans.

Just a quick note to let you know you aren’t missing any episodes – we’re taking a short break for July but will return in August with some great guests and topics.

In the meantime, have a look at our channel 9 site to see if there are any shows you missed.

Thanks for your loyal support!

Next geekSpeak – June 24 – WCF Deployment Strategies with Keith Elder

glengordon — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:29:23 GMT

Join us this Wednesday for a practical look at how to deploy WCF services from a guy who’s been there. Our guest Keith Elder is a team leader and senior software engineer for Quicken Loans, so he’s been on the frontlines of running services in an enterprise. Besides being a popular speaker and running a user group in Mississippi, Keith is a blast to talk to.

If you’ve ever wanted to get your questions about WCF answered, or pick up some excellent tips, this is the geekSpeak for you.

Register today at http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032417610&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Resources for geekSpeak: MVVM Patterns with Christopher Bennage and Rob Eisenberg

glengordon — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:20:31 GMT

Kudos to Christopher and Rob for helping bring our geekSpeak attendees up to speed on the evolution of UI patterns. If you missed this geekSpeak you can catch a recording here.

Below are links/resources mentioned on the show:

WPF Architectural Patterns Examples on CodePlex
Caliburn - an Application Framework for WPF and Silverlight
WPF Model-View-ViewModel Toolkit
ChumChase – a FriendFreed client demonstrating many patterns
Prism – patterns & practices composite application guidance for WPF and Silverlight
WPF Apps wth the Model-View-ViewModel Design Pattern from MSDN Magazine
Martin Fowler's GUI Architectures
Christopher and Rob’s book Sams Teach Yourself WPF in 24 Hours

Next geekSpeak – June 10 – MVVM Patterns with Christopher Bennage and Rob Eisenberg

glengordon — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:06:52 GMT

In this episode of geekSpeak, we explore UI architectural patterns, such as MVVM (ViewModel), with two Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals, Christopher Bennage and Rob Eisenberg. Christopher and Rob will share their experiences developing WPF and Silverlight applications with these techniques and discuss some of the insights they gained along the way. Be ready with your questions on applying these patterns to your projects!

Join us on Wednesday, June 10 at noon Pacific time. Your hosts for this geekSpeak will be Glen Gordon and Brian Johnson. Register at http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032418083&Culture=en-US

About our Guests

Christopher Bennage is the President and cofounder of Blue Spire Consulting, Inc., a Florida based software consulting firm specializing in .NET technologies, user experience, and interface design. Christopher began programming on his Texas Instrument in elementary school, but fell in love with computers with the advent of the Commodore Amiga. His career has brought him through a number of various technologies before eventually landing him in the marvelous world of C# and the .NET Framework. His early interest in Flash, rich user experiences, and usability led him to be an early adopter of both WPF and Silverlight.
More recently he coauthored Sams Teach Yourself WPF in 24 Hours with Rob Eisenberg.
Christopher embraces the values of the Agile Software Manifesto and has been significantly influenced by Extreme Programming, Domain Driven Design, and other related practices.
In his free time, Christopher is usually very distracted by a dozen different, competing creative ideas. His interests include liberal education, science, truth, beauty, video game development and a number of deceased British authors. He lives in Tallahassee, FL with his wife, Sandra, and their three children.

Rob Eisenberg is a .NET architect and developer working out of Tallahassee, FL. He is a partner with Christopher Bennage at Blue Spire Consulting, Inc., a software development firm specializing in .NET technologies, user experience, and interface design. Rob got his start with computer programming at the age of nine, when he thoroughly fell in love with his family's new Commodore 64. His fascination with programming started with the Commodore Basic language, then moved to Q and QuickBasic and quickly continued on to C, C++ and presently C# and the .NET Framework. Rob publishes technical articles regularly at devlicio.us and has spoken at regional events and to companies concerning .NET technologies and Agile software practices. He is coauthor of Sam's Teach Yourself WPF in 24 Hours and is the architect and lead developer of the Caliburn Application Framework for WPF and Silverlight. Rob is happily married to Anna Eisenberg and in his spare time enjoys swing dancing, making artisan cheese and playing/teaching drum set.

Notes from Reza Madani’s MSDN geekSpeak on Simple Animations with WPF or Silverlight

llangit — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:24:18 GMT

Here is some info:

- My blog is at: http://blogs.harborobjects.com/RezaMadani/

- Silverlight 2.0 and 3.0 versions of the code are attached. 2.0 version does not include the ‘drop shadow effect demo’.

- System requirements: Visual Studio 2008 – sp1, Silverlight SDK 2.0 (or 3.0).

- Recommended books ‘WPF Unleashed – SAMS’, ‘Programming WPF’ – O’Reilly

- Code samples (on Lynn Langit’s SkyDrive – you must log in with a Windows Live ID to access this – link here

Resources for geekSpeak: WPF for the Business Programmer with Paul Sheriff

glengordon — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:18:49 GMT

Here are follow up resources for Paul Sheriff’s geekSpeak on WPF for the Business Developer. Be sure to visit Paul’s websites for demo code shown during the geekSpeak. http://www.pdsa.com/event/geekspeak

Some examples of WPF charting

Good sources for XAML “skins”

Article highlighting Vs2010 support for WPF

http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/archive/2009/02/20/a-new-look-for-visual-studio-2010.aspx

The DataGrid from codeplex - http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/WPFDataGrid.aspx. Note that some form of it will most likely be in VS.NET 2010

Graphing component (for WPF and SL)( http://www.mscui.net/Components/Graphing.aspx

Visual State Manager - http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/06/06/silverlight-2-beta2-released.aspx

Overview of MVVM design pattern - http://blogs.msdn.com/johngossman/archive/2005/10/08/478683.aspx

Using WPF with Office applications (via Visual Studio Tools for Office)

Regarding what is reusable between Silverlight and WPF, it’s not too easy to come up with a definitive list. Here is a good article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc895632.aspx

Resources for geekSpeak: What’s New in Silverlight 3 with Shawn Wildermuth

glengordon — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:58:22 GMT

Many thanks to Shawn Wildermuth for giving us all some insight into what’s coming for Silverlight 3. Here are the show notes. Watch or downloading the recording here.

Useful links from the show

Silverlight 3’s new pixel shaders
How to enable hardware rendering via the object tag
MIX talk on using physics behaviors
How to run Silverlight 2 and 3 on the same machine.
Overview of .NET RIA Services
DevTeach conference where Shawn will be presenting in June.

Good Silverlight blogs to follow

Bill Reiss http://www.bluerosegames.com/silverlight-games-101/
Sergey Barskiy http://sergeybarskiy.spaces.live.com/
Corey Schuman http://www.85turns.com/
Silverlight Cream http://www.silverlightcream.com/
Scott Guthrie http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu
Brad Abrams http://blogs.msdn.com/brada

Next geekSpeak – Wednesday, February 25 – The .NET Access Control Service with Michele Leroux Bustamante

glengordon — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:26:00 GMT

Wow, what a title! This Wednesday, join one of our favorite geekSpeak guests Michele Leroux Bustamante as she enlightens us about the .NET Access Control Service.

The .NET Access Control Service is part of the Azure Services Platform. It allows applications to delegate authentication with built-in support for a variety of credential types, supplies claims-transformation for dependent applications, is a scalable on-demand solution, and removes the need to provide dedicated development and IT resources for an on-site STS that can scale. Michele will show us how developers can build federated security scenarios leveraging the Access Control Service – your Security Token Service hosted in the cloud.

Register for this geekSpeak here: The .NET Access Control Service with Michele Leroux Bustamante. Note that the title on the registration page might not be correct, but we are talking about .NET Access Control Service in this geekSpeak.

About Our Guest:

Michèle Leroux Bustamante is Chief Architect of IDesign Inc., Microsoft Regional Director for San Diego, and a Microsoft MVP for Connected Systems. At IDesign Michele provides training, mentoring and high-end architecture consulting services focusing on scalable and secure architecture design for .NET applications and services, interoperability, federated security scenarios, and globalization architecture. Her product focus includes WCF, CardSpace, Geneva, Azure and Oslo. Michele participates in Software Design Reviews for products in the Microsoft roadmap, including WCF, Oslo, CardSpace and other security-focused products. During the Beta 1 phase Michele participated in prototyping elements of the CardSpace technology for the product team. She is a member of the International .NET Speakers Association (INETA), a frequent conference presenter, conference chair for SD West, and is frequently published in several major technology journals. Michele is also on the board of directors for IASA (International Association of Software Architects), and a Program Advisor and instructor for UCSD Extension. Her latest book is Learning WCF (O’Reilly 2007/2008) – see her book blog here: www.thatindigogirl.com. Reach her at mlb@idesign.net, or visit www.idesign.net and her main blog at www.dasblonde.net.

Next geekSpeak – Wednesday, February 18 - “Oslo” and the “M” Language with Jon Flanders

glengordon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:21:51 GMT

Microsoft Modeling Platform code name "Oslo" is the forthcoming platform for model-driven applications. In this episode of geekSpeak, industry guru Jon Flanders introduces us to the "Oslo" project and the Microsoft code name "M" language that works with it. Jon highlights how "Oslo" and "M" let you create models that can be stored in the Repository or any Microsoft SQL Server database using a simple text file format. Bring your questions for this interactive conversation. Your hosts for this geekSpeak are Lynn Langit and Mithun Dhar.

Resources for geekSpeak: What You May Not Know About the Visual Studio Team System 2008 with Mike Vincent

glengordon — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:31:30 GMT

Here are the resources mentioned on Mike Vincent’s geekSpeak for 2/4/2009.

VSTS 2010 offers rich support for hierarchical work items. Here’s are some helpful articles by Cameron Skinner http://blogs.msdn.com/camerons/archive/2008/11/25/model-and-work-item-integration.aspx and Grant Holiday http://ozgrant.com/2007/08/05/tfs-rosario-feedback-hierarchical-work-items/

The Pex project - Automated White box Testing for .NET from Microsoft Research: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/Pex/

Information on SQL Server compact support: http://blogs.msdn.com/charles_sterling/archive/2008/10/01/visual-studio-team-system-2008-database-edition-gdr-september-ctp-is-now-available-for-download.aspx

Visual Studio Team System overview: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/teamsystem/default.mspx

MSDN Subscription information: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/subscriptionschart.aspx

Check out 2 for 1 offer when upgrading from Visual Studio Professional: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/howtobuy/offers.mspx

Microsoft ROI calculator: http://www.msftroi.com

Team System Web Client: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/bb980951.aspx

Power Tools for VSTS: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/bb980963.aspx

StyleCop analyzes C# source code to enforce a set of style and consistency rules. It can be run from inside of Visual Studio or integrated into an MSBuild project http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/sourceanalysis and http://blogs.msdn.com/sourceanalysis/

For links to everything Team System go to http://www.teamsystemwidgets.com/