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Episodes
Azure and BizTalk with Sam Vanhoutte
12 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
So where does BizTalk fit into your Azure application? Carl and Richard talk to Sam Vanhoutte about his work using BizTalk technology to integrate sys...
Patents, Copyright and Open Source with Jeffrey Strauss
07 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How does your organization leverage open source? Carl and Richard talk to Jeff Strauss about open source coming into the corporate space and the chall...
Update from Build!
06 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We're back from Build! On the last day of Build, Carl and Richard went up to the TWiT.tv studios to record a Windows Weekly with Leo LaPorte, Paul Thu...
Akka.NET V1 with Aaron Stannard
05 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Akka.NET ships! Carl and Richard talk with Aaron Stannard about Akka.NET, a toolkit and runtime for building highly concurrent, distributed and fault ...
GitHub Update with Phil Haack
30 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ready for a GitHub Extension for Visual Studio 2015? Phil Haack is back and talking smack about the cool code being build at GitHub. The announcement ...
Cultivating Successful Development Habits with Llewellyn Falco
29 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What are the habits that make a successful developer? Carl and Richard talk with Llewellyn Falco about the ongoing process of being the best developer...
Open Source Panel Discussion at .NET Fringe
28 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
So what is the state of open source in the .NET community? While at the .NET Fringe conference, Carl and Richard moderated a panel of Ian Cooper, Amy ...
Moore's Law Geek Out
23 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
So when will Moore's Law end? Time for a Geek Out! In honor of the 50th anniversary of Gordon Moore writing the article that 10 years later would be k...
The Evolution of JavaScript Libraries with Scott Allen
22 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
So what JavaScript libraries are you focused on today? Scott Allen is back to talk about the latest bits he's excited about, including Rob Eisenberg's...
Tracking Errors with JD Trask
21 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
So how do you track errors in production? JD Trask talks to Carl and Richard about raygun.io, a service for instrumenting your clients and servers in ...
Working on Your Personal Brand with Eileen Fisher
16 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Are you taking care of your personal brand? Eileen Fisher talks to Carl and Richard about what it means to have a personal brand, how to define, culti...
The Three Ps with Mike Benkovich
15 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Three Ps: Passion, People and Participation. Carl and Richard talk to Mike Benkovich about his passion around the three Ps. The conversation start...
Docker for Developers with Seth Lachner
14 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
So how does Docker change development? While at the Nebraska Code Camp, Carl and Richard chatted with Seth Lachner about his work with Docker and the ...
Failure Driven Development with Dustin Thostenson
09 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How do you deal with failure? Carl and Richard talk to Dustin Thostenson about his experiences with failure and how they made him a better developer. ...
Being a Modern Mobile Developer with Heather Downing
08 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be a modern mobile developer? While at the Nebraska Code Camp, Carl and Richard talked to Heather Downing about her recent dive i...
Debugging ASP.NET with Joel Kauffman
07 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How did you learn to debug? While at the Nebraska Code Camp, Carl and Richard talked to Joel Kauffman about debugging practices. Rarely is debugging t...
State of Microsoft Web Development Panel
02 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
At the Nebraska Code Camp, Carl and Richard moderated a panel discussion with Mads Kristensen, Lee Brandt, Josh Broton, and Robert Boedigheimer explor...
UX Thoughts with Danielle Cooley
01 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How are you thinking about UX these days? Carl and Richard chat with Danielle Cooley about her talk at the Nebraska Code Camp around user experience, ...
Azure App Service with Scott Hunter
31 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What's the difference between an Azure Web Site and Web App? Not at thing! Carl and Richard talk to Scott Hunter about the latest announcements from M...
Accelerating Agile with Dan North
26 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How do you do agile faster? Carl and Richard talk to Dan North about accelerating agile - but Dan has changed the name to Software, Faster. And even t...
iBeacon Development with Greg Shackles
25 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Where can iBeacons take you? Carl and Richard talk to Greg Shackles about some of the opportunities available using beacon devices with smartphones. W...
PRISM update with Brian Noyes and Brian Lagunas
24 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Are you building in WPF? Are you using PRISM? Carl and Richard talk to Brian Noyes and Brian Lagunas about the PRISM project, which is a set of tools ...
Space-Based Power Geek Out
19 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Is Spaced-Based Power viable? Time for a Geek Out! Carl and Richard chat about the state of space-based power, reviewing a number of designs going bac...
Cross Platform Development with Marc Hoffman
18 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Programming in Swift? Want to build Android apps too? Carl and Richard talk to Marc Hoffman of RemObjects about his Silver project - using Swift to pr...
Managing an IT Codebase with Steve Evans
17 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
So when do IT Pros become developers? Carl and Richard talk to Steve Evans about his operations folks writing code and dealing with all the challenges...
Beyond Kinect with Tim Huckaby
12 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The awesome Kinect applications keep coming! Carl and Richard talk to Tim Huckaby about the on-going revolution of applications utilizing Kinect. Whil...
Building Untappd with Greg Avola
11 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Like beer? Are you using Untappd? Carl and Richard talk to creator Greg Avola about the phenomenon that is Untappd. What started as a simple tool to k...
The Future of ScriptCS with Glenn Block
10 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What an amazing year for ScriptCS! Carl and Richard talk to Glenn Block about the latest developments in ScriptCS - comparing the state of affairs to ...
Secure Account Management with Troy Hunt
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Are you user accounts secure? Carl and Richard talks to Troy Hunt about all the ways you can get your accounts stolen. So what should you store and ho...
Mobile Testing Strategies with Karen Johnson
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How are you dealing with mobile testing? Karen Johnson talks to Carl and Richard about thinking through the big picture when it comes to testing. The ...
ASP.NET in 2015 with Mads Kristensen
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
ASP.NET continues to evolve! Carl and Richard talk to Mads Kristensen about the many amazing things he's working on in the web space, starting with We...
Building IoT Devices with Suz Hinton
26 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
So what IoT device have you built? Carl and Richard talk to Suz Hinton about her experiences building IoT devices. Suz starts out talking about Meow S...
Azure Update with Michele Leroux Bustamante
24 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
So where is Azure at today? Carl and Richard talk to Michele Leroux Bustamante about her work with a number of customers utilizing Microsoft Azure. Th...
Mobile Testing on Xamarin with James Montemagno
24 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How do you test your mobile applications? James Montemagno talk to Carl and Richard about various testing approaches for mobile apps. James talks abou...
TDD on .NET and Java with Paul Mooney
19 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How do you test your cross platform applications? Carl and Richard talk to Paul Mooney about building software in .NET and Java and wanting to use a c...
Ionic Framework with Troy Miles
18 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
So how do you build your cross-platform mobile apps? Carl and Richard talk to Troy Miles about his experiences building mobile apps with the Ionic Fra...
Building a Lean Enterprise with Jez Humble
17 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Jez Humble is back and building a lean enterprise! Carl and Richard talk to Jez about continuous delivery and all that amazing DevOps stuff - but then...
Making a Thousand Podcasts with Carl and Richard
12 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Well, there goes another milestone - show 1100! Since Richard actually joined as co-host starting with show 100, that makes ONE THOUSAND .NET Rocks ep...
Digging into Javascript 6 with Jafar Husain
11 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready for ECMAScript 6? Carl and Richard talk to Jafar Husain about some of the great new features coming in ECMAScript 6 - the next version o...
C# 6 is Close with Bill Wagner
10 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready for C# 6? Carl and Richard talk to Bill Wagner about the latest changes to C# 6, with some features being dropped (perhaps to appear in ...
Announcing Aurelia with Rob Eisenberg
05 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
So what comes after Durandal? Rob Eisenberg talks to Carl and Richard about Aurelia! The conversation starts out focused on AngularJS and Rob's role w...
Web Components with Cory House
04 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready to build web pages with web components? Cory House is! Carl and Richard talk to Cory House about the web component specification and wha...
Migrating from WinForms to WPF with Phil Japikse
03 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Looking at moving from WinForms to WPF? Phil Japikse can help! Carl and Richard talk to Phil Japikse about the changes in thinking that have to happen...
Beyond Software Craftsmanship with Uncle Bob
29 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Time for a craftsmanship update from Uncle Bob! Carl and Richard talk to Bob Martin about the growth of developers, and how the number of new develope...
Mobile First with Chris Love
28 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Are you building mobile first? Carl and Richard talk to Chris Love about his work building mobile apps - in two styles! First Chris talks about workin...
WPF All Grown Up with Billy Hollis
27 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Still resisting going to WPF? Billy is here to help! Carl and Richard chat with Billy Hollis about the ever-improving ability of WPF to build great lo...
Water Power Geek Out
22 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
One more alternative energy Geek Out - generating power with water! The conversation starts with hydroelectric power, but then moves to tidal and wave...
Duck Punching with Todd Gardner
21 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Duck punch your JavaScript lately? Todd Gardner talks to Carl and Richard about the practice of changing object behaviors in JavaScript for good or ev...
Identity Server with Dominick Baier and Brock Allen
20 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Dominick Baier and Brock Allen about the new version of Thinktecture IdentityServer. As Dominick explains, as soon as you hav...
HTML 5 Update with John Papa
14 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ready to think beyond the SPA? John Papa talks about the continuing evolution of HTML 5. Carl and Richard chat with John about web components, an evol...
Statistical Genomics using F# with Evelina Gabasova
13 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Can computing cure cancer? That's Evelina Gabasova's goal! Carl and Richard talk to Evelina about her work using machine learning and data analytics t...
Different Databases with David Simons
08 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How many different ways can you store data? David Simons knows at least ten! Carl and Richard talk to David about a wide variety of data storage appro...
The New Sharepoint Developer with Sahil Malik
07 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What does Sharepoint Development look like today? Carl and Richard talk to Sahil Malik about the amazing changes that have happened to the Sharepoint ...
The Google Cloud with Brad Abrams
06 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know about Google Cloud? Brad Abrams does! Carl and Richard talk to former Microsoftie Brad Abrams about the other big cloud player - and there...
State of DevOps in .NET at NDC London
01 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
While at NDC in London, Carl and Richard moderated a panel of Ben Hall, Peter Mounce, Jeff French and Enrico Campidoglio to talk about the state of De...
Typewriters on Tablets using Xamarin with Jon Peppers
31 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Pepper is back with another great Xamarin case study! Carl and Richard talk to Jon about the Hanx Writer, an iPad application made with the h...
Programming in Elixir with Bryan Hunter
30 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
While at NDC London, Carl and Richard talked with Bryan Hunter about the language Elixir. Bryan tells the story of how the folks behind Ruby got inter...
Databases in Continuous Delivery with Enrico Campidoglio
25 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
While at NDC London, Carl and Richard talk to Enrico Campidoglio about including databases in your continuous delivery process. Enrico talks through a...
Simple.Data.2 with Mark Rendle
24 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
While at NDC in London, Carl and Richard sat down with Mark Rendle to talk about the latest version of Simple.Data - version 2! Simple.Data started ou...
Docker on Windows with Ben Hall
23 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Another great show from NDC London, Carl and Richard talk to Ben Hall about Docker. Docker has been taking the industry by storm, bringing a lighter-w...
MMS and Space Weather Geek Out
18 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard got the amazing opportunity to go to the NASA Goddard Space Flight center to see the James Web Space Telescope in person. And while t...
SPA using Knockout with Steve Sanderson
17 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
At the NDC London conference, Carl and Richard talk to Steve Sanderson about his work on the Azure Portal and building arguably the greatest Single Pa...
Writing Compilers with Phil Trelford
16 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
While at NDC London at the Excel Center, Carl and Richard talked to Phil Trelford about building your own compiler. First off, why would you do that? ...
Starting a Software Business with Liam Westley
11 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
While at the NDC London conference, Carl and Richard talk to Liam Westley about building your own software business. It starts with the idea that the ...
Chrome Developer Tools with Shay Friedman
10 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
While at NDC in London, Carl and Richard talk to Shay Friedman about the Chrome Developer Tools. The conversation starts out talking a bit about the s...
Hexagonal Architectures in .NET with Ian Cooper
09 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
While at NDC London, Carl and Richard talk to Ian Cooper about hexagonal architectures. Turns out the important part is not the six sides - it's the i...
Entity Framework 7 with Julie Lerman
04 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Julie is back and all about the latest version of Entity Framework - version 7! The conversation starts out with a bit of a state of the union, with J...
Imaging in Mobile Apps with David Božjak
03 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to David Božjak about the Lumia Imaging SDK... or is it the Nokia Imaging SDK? Caught in the midst of a name change since the a...
Building Universal Apps with Rocky Lhotka
02 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Rocky Lhotka about where universal apps in Visual Studio are really going. But first, a bit of a landscape discussion, especi...
Adding Search to Your Applications with Itamar Syn-Hershko
27 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Itamar Syn-Hershko about adding search technologies to your application. The conversation starts out focused on what SQL Serv...
The New Digital Watch with Jon Stark
26 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Jonathan Stark about the wearable landscape today. But first, a crazy story about a Starbucks card. Jon is the guy behind Jon...
Testing Software using PEX
25 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
While at the MVP Summit, Carl and Richard sat down with Pratap Lakshman, Peli de Halleux and Nikolai Tillman to talk about automating unit testing in ...
Two Space Accidents in a Week Geek Out!
20 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk about two space accidents that happened in the same week - the explosion of Orbital Science's Antares Rocket on October 28 and t...
Advertising on Mobile Apps with Rob Irving and Simon Jackson
19 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Rob Irving and Simon Jackson about advertising on mobile apps. The conversation starts out with Ad Duplex, which is an ad exc...
Taking Over a Brownfield Application with Scott Ford
18 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Scott Ford about taking over existing software projects. There's lots of negativity around existing code, calling them "brown...
Changing Platforms with David Dennison
13 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to David Dennison about his complete change of development career: From C# and .NET to Scala and the JVM! David talks about gett...
Continuous Integration of Mobile Apps with Greg Shackles
12 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Greg Shackles about making continuous deployment work in the mobile apps space. The conversation starts out with the projects...
Building Web Apps using Dojo with Michael Van Sickle
11 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Michael Van Sickle about developing web applications using the Dojo Toolkit. Not heard of it? You're not alone, but Dojo has ...
Actor Models in Akka.NET with Roger Johansson
06 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Roger Johansson about Akka.NET, a library to help you build concurrent and distributed applications. Akka.NET is a port of Ak...
Digging into Xamarin Forms with Laurent Bugnion
05 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Laurent Bugnion about Xamarin Forms. Now that the forms capability has been out for a few months, Laurent digs into the stren...
Visual Studio Online with Brian Randell
04 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Brian Randell about the latest on Visual Studio Online (VSO). As Brian explains, this isn't about putting Visual Studio itsel...
The Future of The Service Bus at NSBConf
30 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
While at the NSBConf in Brooklyn, New York, Carl and Richard moderated a panel of Udi Dahan, Ted Neward, Oren Eini and Yves Goeleven about the future ...
Developing in Office 365 with Jeremy Thake
29 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh from the keynote at Tech Ed Europe in Barcelona, Jeremy Thake talks to Carl and Richard about the latest announcements around Office 365. The de...
Building Web User Interfaces with Jen Myers
28 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Jen Myers about user interface design on the web. The conversation starts out with a broad focus on what has been happening o...
The James Webb Space Telescope with Dr. Amber Straughn
23 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A Geek Out with a real astrophysicist! Carl and Richard get giddy geeky with the amazing Dr. Amber Straughn who is part of the Project Science team fo...
The Security of IoT with Troy Hunt
22 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ready to be scared? Carl and Richard talk to Troy Hunt about the security concerns of the Internet of Things. Troy does what he does best - run down a...
MVVM on the Web with Miguel Castro
21 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Miguel Castro about his work building modern web pages for his clients. After a couple of years working hard on WPF applicati...
Doing Greenfield Right with Jeffrey Palermo
16 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Jeff Palermo about building new applications without making the mistakes that end up creating legacy projects. The conversati...
RavenDB Update with Oren Eini
15 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
While at the NSBConf in Brooklyn, Carl and Richard talk to Oren Eini about the latest version of RavenDB. Oren talks about the huge number of changes ...
How Different is C++ Today with Kate Gregory
14 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Gregory is back! Carl and Richard chat with Kate about the state of C++ today. The conversation starts out with a discussion about the recent C++...
Building Big MVC Projects with Jimmy Bogard
09 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Jimmy Bogard about his experiences scaling an MVC web site to thousands of pages and thousands of users. The conversation sta...
Battling Technical Debt while Keeping the Lights On with Jim Holmes
08 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Jim Holmes about managing technical debt - while still getting your work done. The conversation starts out talking about what...
CQRS Update with Udi Dahan
07 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
While at the NSBCon in Brooklyn, New York, Carl and Richard talk to Udi Dahan about CQRS. CQRS is the acronym for Command and Query Responsibility Seg...
Tax and Coders with Steve DelBianco
02 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Steve DelBianco about taxation and software development - including the new Marketplace Fairness Act. But first the focus is ...
Hybrid Mobile Development Update with Lino Tadros
01 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Lino Tadros about his viewpoint on doing mobile development using the plethora of cross-platform development tools available ...
Making .NET Perform with Ben Watson
30 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Ben Watson about his work around writing high performance .NET code. Ben talks about how the Bing team decided to use .NET co...
Contributing to F# with Mårten Rånge
25 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Mårten Rånge about his efforts to contribute to the open source project that is F#. F# is really open source and taking pub...
More CSS than JavaScript with Trevan Hetzel
24 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard talk to Trevan Hetzel about writing CSS code to do JavaScript work in modern web pages. When you're a coder, you tend to code. When y...
Node and sails.js with Mike Hostetler
23 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carl and Richard chat with Mike Hostetler about his work with Node.js and the Sails.js MVC Framework. The conversation starts out with a recap of Node...
Cold Fusion Geek Out
18 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Once more into the breech for the last of the fusion power GeekOuts, at least for now. Carl and Richard dive into the most controversial aspect of fus...