.NET Rocks!

Mike Azocar and John Cook talk to Carl and Richard about using Virtualization for software testing. Of particular interest is the new features of the next version of Virtual PC. Carl also brings up the VPC vs VMWare issue. You have to listen to find out more!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Scott Cate talks about using the Model View Presenter pattern in ASP.NET, as well as his latest software creations and ventures.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Don Demsak (DonXML) discusses LINQ to XML and the new XML language features in Visual Basic.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Erik Meijer (a.k.a. the Head in the Box) talks to Carl and Richard in detail about LINQ from soup to nuts. This is a very technical discussion, and not an overview.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Larry O'Brien talks with Richard and Carl about how up and coming CPU architecture is going to invalidate current methods of concurrency programming, and what we can do about it.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Vishwas Lele talks about thinking of Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server as an application platform for .NET development. With all of the power and flexibility of MOSS, it can no longer be categorized simply as a web portal.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Michael Dunn tells Carl and Richard about Office Communication Server (OCS) 2007 which has incorporated Live Communication Server with Speech Server. Speech Server is one of the key development elements of OCS, providing the ability for .NET developers to build applications that can both speak and understand speech with minimal coding.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Jon Harrop introduces Carl and Richard to F#, a functional language that runs under the CLR. F# performs like C#, but being a functional language, has interactive scripting (similar to Python) but is rooted in the strong type inference and safety that other functional languages like ML focus on. Being in the CLR means you can build certain parts of your application in F# and then reference them from other languages, the same way VB.NET and C# interoperate.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Remi Caron, one of the organizers of the SDC conference in the Netherlands, tells Richard and Carl how using standard toolsets and software packages helps him stay focused on his customers' software problems and deliver more powerful solutions faster.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Donald Farmer talks about data mining with SQL Server and related technologies, including a fascinating discussion about using algorithms for predicting future trends.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations