Scott sits down with Erik Meijer from the Cloud Programmability Team to hear about the Reactive Extensions for .NET (Rx). Rx is a library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs using observable collections. Sound boring? Not even a little. Rx is a prescription for awesome.
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The Dynamic Language Runtime, IronRuby and IronPython with Jimmy SchementiScott sits down with Jimmy Schementi to find out what's the scoop with the DLR. Is it baked? What do I need to do to get started? What's the status of IronRuby - is it done? Will IronPython be a first class language or is it already? All these questions and more will be answered.
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.NET 4 CLR, Framework and Language Chat with Jason OlsonJason Olson works (or worked, as you'll hear) for Microsoft in DPE. In this episode he takes Scott a little deeper into some of the new features in .NET 4, including security, CLR changes, C# 4 and VB 10 improvements and the new Task Parallel Library.
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Open Source, Microsoft and The WiX Project with Rob MenschingThe WiX Project was the first big Open Source project out of Microsoft over 10 years ago! Scott talks to project lead Rob Mensching about how the WiX Installer project got started. How much trouble did he have with Microsoft bosses and Legal? What's next for WiX?
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Hello World: Computer Programmer for Kids and Other BeginnersScott chats with Warren Sande and he 10 year old son, Carter, about their new book "Hello World: Computer Programmer for Kids and Other Beginners."
Listeners can get 40% off Hello World! from Manning.com with the code "hanselm40". The offer is valid until Jan 31, 2010.
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Axum - A domain-specific concurrent programming language with Niklas GustafssonScott talks to Niklas Gustafsson about Axum (formerly Maestro), an incubation project at MSDN DevLabs. Axum is a new language based on the Actor model that targets the CLR. It focuses on making concurrency fundamental with principles of isolation, agents, and message-passing.
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The Spark View Engine for ASP.NET MVC with Louis DeJardinScott chats with new Microsoft employee and ASP.NET team member about his open source ASP.NET MVC ViewEngine called "Spark." It's a totally new DSL (Domain Specific Language) that might make your MVC Views more fun to write!
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Solver Foundation and Optimization with Nathan BrixiusScott's on campus and talks to Nathan Brixius, a Senior Developer working on the Microsoft Solver Foundation library. Solver Foundation helps break down complex multi-variable problems in a clean, declarative way.
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The State of Powershell with Lee Holmes and Jason ShirkScott's in Redmond this week and he sits down with Lee Holmes and Jason Shirk from the Powershell team. What's the state of Powershell now that it's built into Windows. What does 2.0 buy me and what features could I exploit more effectively?
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2009 Holiday Geek Gift Guide with Richard CampbellIt's the day after Thanksgiving (in the US) and we're making our way deep into the holiday season. Scott chats with Richard Campbell and they each share their best gadget gifts for the geek in your life.
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ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta with Phil HaackThis week Scott's at PDC but just before he left he chatted with Phil Haack about his exciting release of ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta. They chat about the changes, and Scott gets a surprise phone call from The Gu.
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Software Tester James Bach and The Voyage of a Buccaneer-ScholarScott's in Sweden and he sits down with well-known Software Tester James Bach to talk about what it means to be an unconventional learner. James has had success in the software industry even though he dropped out of school at age 14. His new book "Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar" explores the issue of nontraditional learning as it relates to success later in life. James is an interesting dude. I hope you enjoy the show.
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.NET Debugging 101 with Tess FerrandezScott's in Sweden this week and he sat down with master debugger and ASP.NET Escalation Engineer Tess Ferrandez. She explains .NET Debugging 101. What's a dump file? Do you need PDBs? How do you use WinDBG and what are the best ways to debug memory issues, perf problems and hangs.
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Spolsky, Atwood, Blyth, Hanselman = Crazy-Delicious || Content-Free?What do you get when you put Spolsky, Atwood, Blyth, and Hanselman in the same room? A crazy Content-Free podcast recorded backstage at the San Francisco DevDays conference. This episode runs a bit longer than usual and the sound quality isn't up to our usual standards. This is Scott's fault, not Lawrence's, our fantastic editor. :)
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Preview of ASP.NET 4 with Scott HunterScott's in Seattle this week and catches Microsoft Program Manager (and one of 1000 Scott's) Scott Hunter who shares insights in the history and future of ASP.NET 4. What's coming in VS2010 Beta 2?
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Hanselminutes Live: Gadgets, Hi-Def, WebCams, 4G and MoreThis wacky episode of Hanselminutes was recorded at 3am on a sad, sad Saturday morning with an intrepid group of UStream and Twitter users who watched Scott chat about gadgets and technology and ultimate fail to save the video. This is the only artifact. This is fortunate because Scott does an audio podcast.
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The History and Future of Web Standards with Molly Holzschlag from molly.comScott's in Mexico this week and he's sitting down with Molly Holzschlag. Molly is a well-known Web standards advocate, instructor, and author and correctly works for Opera as an evangelist. She explains the history of HTML, SGML and XML and we chat about where we think the web is headed.
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Monomania - Mono, MonoTouch, MonoSpace, and MonoVS with Joseph Hill and Scott BellwareScott chats with Mono Product Manager Joseph Hill and Monospace conference organizer and continous learner Scott Bellware about the state of Mono. Is Mono competition or diversity? How hard are cross platform apps? Can you really write apps for your iPhone in C#? Where can you learn more about Mono?
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The Return of 3-Tier Architecture - RIA Services with Brad AbramsBrad Abrams runs a number of teams at Microsoft, most recently working on "Rich Internet Application Services" (RIA). Scott grills Brad on the rebirth of 3-tier architect, XML, REST and JSON. What's this thing about and is it the best way to write data-centric apps with Silverlight?
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