Developer Smackdown

In this version of The Smackdown, Clark and Mark introduce Team Foundation Server's Team Build 2010.

In this version of The Smackdown, Clark and Mark introduce OData. Our goal was to simply bring some awareness to what is this thing called OData and how can you start finding more information about it.

This time we talk about our vast experience with failed projects. Project "X" is the big topic but there were others.

Today the quick update turned into a group discussion with Lance Larson, Travis Feirtag and Aaron Hoffman about what we all saw and heard at MIX10.

Today the quick update turned into a group discussion with Lance Larson, Travis Feirtag and Aaron Hoffman about what we all saw and heard at MIX10.

Today we got to hear an amazing keynote at MIX10 about Silverlight 4.0 and Windows Phone 7 Series. Saw some really impressive demos of applications for the phone that were created in only 3 weeks. Then, went to some sessions talking about the phone, MVVM, app development and more.

Today is the pre-conference sessions and we talk about the new Silverlight 4.0 capabilities and a little about ASP.Net MVC 2.0.

In this musing Clark and Mark kick off their trip to the Microsoft Mix 2010 Conference in Vega$. We will explore some of the different techniques they use to navigate such a conference.

It's the first show of the new year and decade. Mark and Clark talk about, well, nothing that they planned on. The show gets bamboozled right from the start and the discussion turns toward where most development is done and that's in your office at home. We talk about what went into the design and what makes the office work from two similar but still different points of view.

In this version of The Smackdown Mark and Clark have the awesome opportunity to spend some time with Martin Woodward. Martin recently joined Microsoft as a result of the Microsoft Teamprise acquisition joining the Visual Studio ALM Suite of tools. Martin tells us all about getting his Microsoft chip installed as well as some Teamprise stuff too.

Mark and Clark talk about doing home automation using Z-Wave and MS Robotics Studio. Clark wants to turn his house into a robot and they talk about how to get started with home automation. Tips and tricks include quickly changing editor font size in Visual Studio 08 - great support for code demos. Woopra web site analytics are also discussed.

Clark and Mark explore how Windows Home Server joined their arsenal of computer hardware and software. Listen to why and how they both leverage Windows Home Server.

Mark and Clark talk about the use of mocks and stubs for unit testing. They define each and then talk about when they are best used. Tips and tricks include data driven testing using Excel and using Ping with IPV6 and IPV4.

It's been too long so Clark and Mark do a little catching up.

Clark and Mark talk about there first experiences with Windows 7 Boot to VHD.

Clark and Mark talk about there first experiences with ASP.NET MVC. It is an MVC Love Fest

Clark and Mark finally get the DeveloperSmackdown.com site up and running, at least some of it ;). We're going to explore how and why we got started with the site.

Podcaster’s block. We’re going to talk about just a few of our favorite features in the world of Windows and\or VSTS.

Clark and Mark start demystifying the black art of automated testing. This is just the start of a whole series of shows around Automated Testing.

Team Build 2010 or “v3” is coming. Clark and Mark reflect on a bit of Team Build history and touch on a few things to expect with Team Build 2010.