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In this episode of our Meet the Author podcast series, Mike Woodring talks to Marcel de Vries about his course Intellitrace. In the interview Marcel explains how Intellitrace is similar to the black box found in commercial airplanes by recording what is going on in your applications without disturbing how they function. He also discusses some of the key CLR features that support Intellitrace and various modes in which you can use it to help find and fix defects.
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Meet the Author: Marcel de Vries on Intellitrace
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[Mike] Hello, this is Mike Woodring and I’m speaking with Marcel de Vries about his course IntelliTrace. Marcel is a Microsoft MVP and Regional Director who has been working with Microsoft Technologies for over 15 years and with .NET since its debut developing the very first commercial ASP.NET based application to go live in the Netherlands. In addition to working as an architect and consultant for Info Support, he contributes articles to multiple technical journals and is a frequent conference speaker at Tech Ed, Developer Days, VS Live and others. Hello Marcel. It’s good to have you with us today.
[Marcel] Hello Mike. It’s great to be here.
In today’s episode of our Meet the Author podcast, Mike Woodring talks to John Sonmez about his course Automated Web Testing with Selenium. In the interview John talks about how he got interested in automated testing, and how Selenium works for testing web applications. He then explains the advantages of using the Selenium APIs versus the record-and-play mode as well as how the server side functionality can be used to automate testing across multiple machines.
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Meet the Author: John Sonmez on Automated Web Testing with Selenium
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[Mike] Hello. This is Mike Woodring, and I’m speaking with John Sonmez about his course, Automated Web Testing with Selenium. John is a long time C# .NET developer with roots in C++. He also develops Android and iPhone applications. Has deep ties to the agile community, and is very interested in automated testing. Hello, John. It’s good to have you with us today.
[John] Hi, Mike.
In this episode of our Meet the Author podcast series, Mike Woodring talks to Kate Gregory about her course Introduction to Visual Studio 2012 – Part 1. In the interview Kate explains who her target viewer is and why Visual Studio 2012 with its massive set of features might seem a bit daunting for new developers. She then discusses how she decided which features to cover in Part 1 as well as giving a preview in what to expect in Part 2.
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Meet the Author: Kate Gregory on Introduction to Visual Studio 2012
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[Mike] Hello, this is Mike Woodring and I’m speaking with Kate Gregory about her course Introduction to Visual Studio 2012, Part 1. Microsoft C++ MVP and Microsoft Regional Director, Kate is the author of over a dozen books and regularly speaks at developer conferences around the world. Hello, Kate. It’s good to have you with us today.
[Kate] Hi. Good to be here.
In the latest episode of our Meet the Author podcast series Mike Woodring talks to David Chappell about his course Windows Azure: The Big Picture. In the interview David explains a bit about what he means by “The Big Picture” along with how important it is for not only developers but IT managers and IT pros to understand. He then describes what Windows Azure is and how it grew from its PaaS roots to also include other services.
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Meet the Author: David Chappell on Windows Azure: The Big Picture
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[Mike] Hello, this is Mike Woodring, and I’m speaking with David Chappell about his course Windows Azure: The Big Picture. David Chappell is principal of Chappell and Associates in San Francisco, California. Through his speaking, writing, and consulting he helps people around the world understand, use, and make better decisions about new technology. David has been the keynote speaker for more than one hundred conferences and events on five continents, and his seminars have been attended by tens of thousands of IT leaders, architects and developers in 45 countries. Hello, David. Thank you, very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to be here today.
[David] It’s my pleasure Mike. Thanks.
In today’s episode of our Meet the Author podcast series, Mike Woodring talks to Andreas Öhlund about his course Introduction to NServiceBus. Andreas begins by telling Mike a bit about how he got started in developing queue based messaging systems and how features lacking in MSMQ led him to begin working on NServiceBus. He then explains a bit about how the course walks the viewer through a real-life example of an increasingly complex messaging system with the end state being a pub/sub based implementation on NServiceBus. He then goes over some of the new features in NServiceBus 4.0 as well as a preview of his next Pluralsight course.
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Meet the Author: Andreas Öhlund on Introduction to NServiceBus
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[Mike] Hello, this is Mike Woodring; and I’m speaking with Andreas Ohlund about his course, “Introduction to NServiceBus.” Andreas Ohlund is an enterprise development expert, speaker and trainer, specializing in message-based solutions. He’s also one of the lead developers of the NServiceBus open source framework. Hello, Andreas, it’s good to have you with us today.
[Andreas] Thank you, Mike. Thank you for having me.
In today’s episode of our Meet the Author podcast series, Mike Woodring sits down with Ben Day to discuss his new course ALM with TFS 2012 Fundamentals. In the interview Ben explains the key item that he hopes every developer will learn about TFS, that it does much more than just source control. He also describes some of the features that are covered in the course as well as what he plans to cover for developers in his next TFS 2012 course.
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Meet the Author: Ben Day on ALM with TFS 2012 Fundamentals
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[Mike] Hello, this is Mike Woodring; and I’m speaking with Benjamin Day about his course “ALM with TFS 2012 Fundamentals.” Benjamin is a Microsoft Visual Studio ALM MVP and certified Scrum trainer, who specializes in software development best practices using Microsoft’s development tools, with an emphasis on Team Foundation Server, Scrum, and Window’s Azure. Hello, Ben. It’s good to have you with us today.
[Ben] Hey. Thanks for inviting me.
In today’s Meet the Author podcast, Mike Woodring talks to John Papa about his course Single Page Apps with HTML5, Web API, Knockout, and jQuery. In the interview John explains how this course differs from other technology based courses by presenting how to build a complete end-to-end application using a number of technologies. He also gives us a view into what he calls “Ravioli” code and finishes by explaining the importance of developing for reach and some of the tools that you might use for that.
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Meet the Author: John Papa on Single Page Apps with HTML5, Web API, Knockout and jQuery
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[Mike] Hello, this is Mike Woodring; and I’m speaking with John Papa about his course, “Single Page Apps with HTML5, Web API, Knockout, and jQuery.” John Papa is a former evangelist for Microsoft on the Silverlight and Windows 8 teams, where he hosted the popular Silverlight TV show. He has presented globally at keynotes and sessions for the Build, MIX, PDC, TechEd, Visual Studio Live, and DevConnection events. John is also a Microsoft regional director and an author of several training videos with Pluralsight. Hello, John. It’s good to have you with us today.
[John] I’m doing good. How you doing.
In this episode of our Meet the Author podcast, Mike Woodring talks to Paul O’Fallon about his course Node on Windows and Azure. In the interview Paul explains what Node.js and Azure are and how server side JavaScript has benefited from the desktop browser competition. Paul also describes the importance of Microsoft’s involvement in the Node.js ecosystem and how they have reached out to developers by putting their Windows Azure SDK for Node.js on GitHub.
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Meet the Author: Paul O’Fallon on Node on Windows and Azure
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[Mike] Hello. This is Mike Woodring. I’m speaking with Paul O’Fallon about his course Node on Windows and Azure. Paul has more than 19 years of experience in the IT industry, spanning academic, startup, and enterprise environments. As an enterprise architect, he is responsible for providing strategic direction and implementation guidance in the application architecture space. Paul is also an active open-source contributor in the Node.js ecosystem. Hello, Paul. It’s good to have you with us, today.
[Paul] Hey, Mike. Thanks for having me.
In today’s episode of our Meet the Author podcast, Mike Woodring sits down with Julie Lerman do discuss her new course Entity Framework in the Enterprise. In the interview Julie explains how this course is a bit different from the in-depth technical courses she’s done previously in that this course takes a “big picture” view of how to use Entity Framework in a layered architecture. She also discusses the concept of Bounded DbContext and how it relates to Domain Driven Design. The interview ends with a discussion of possible upcoming course subjects including Entity Framework 5.
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Meet the Author: Julie Lerman on Entity Framework in the Enterprise
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[Mike] Hello. This is Mike Woodring. I’m speaking with Julie Lerman about her course “Entity Framework and the Enterprise.” Julie Lerman is a leading independent authority on the Entity Framework and has been using and teaching the technology since its inception. She is Microsoft MVP, frequent conference speaker, and the author of multiple highly-acclaimed books on Entity Framework. Hello, Julie. Thank you very much for speaking with me today.
[Julie] Hey, Mike. It’s always a pleasure.
