Connected Show #28 – It’s CodePlex dot COM!
In this episode, Microsoft’s own Sara Ford joins Peter to discuss her work on the CodePlex.com open source software hosting platform. Sara dishes on how the CodePlex.com team evolved the site over time using Agile methodologies, as well as her own journey from Visual Studio tipster to Silicon Valley Technology Evangelist. (Interview starts at 21:39).
Also on tap, guest host Dani Diaz joins Peter to cover the latest Microsoft interoperability news including: Nick Knocks, CoApp, SQL Reporting Services for PHP, oData, and PHP on Azure.
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Show Notes & Resources
Items Discussed with Sara Ford:
- Sara Ford’s Blog
- Sara Ford on Twitter
- CodePlex.com – Project Hosting for Open Source Software
- Sara Moves From Codeplex.com to Developer Evangelism
- Microsoft Internship Program
- Sara’s Book – Visual Studio Tips
- Proceeds from Sara’s Book go to Hurricane Katrina Survivor Scholarships
- Sara’s 382 Visual Studio Tips Started in July 2007
- Tip #380 – Did you know… There is an Open Source command in Visual Studio?
- Zain Naboulsi Picks Up The Visual Studio Tip Torch
- How Sara Learned to Program Manage an Agile Team after 6 Years of Waterfall
Items Discussed During episode #28 with Dani & Peter:
VS 2010 & .NET 4 Launch Stuff:
- Scott Guthrie Blogs About the Visual Studio 2010 & .NET 4 Release
- Somasegar Blogs About Visual Studio 2010 Release
- Visual Studio 2010 IDE Improvements
- Visual Studio 2010 on Channel 9
- Visual Studio 2010 on MSDN
- Visual Studio 2010 & .NET 4 Training Kit (Free training!)
- Iron Ruby
- Iron Python
- .NET Rocks VS 2010 Launch Roadshow
- .NET Rocks VS 2010 Launch Roadshow NYC Stop 5/4
- Windows Phone Dev tools and VS 2010 RTM issues
CoApp Stuff:
- CoApp: A way to package open-source apps on the Windows Platform
- The Common Opensource Application Publishing Platform (CoApp)
- Garrett Serack Announces CoApp
- CoApp on Port25
- Garrett Serack’s Blog
- Follow Garrett Serack on Twitter
SQL Server Reporting Services Stuff:
- SQL Server Reporting Services SDK for PHP: Adding Business Intelligence & Reporting features to PHP applications
- Get the SQL Reporting Services SDK for PHP bits
- SQL Server 2008 Express Advanced Download
Eclipse on 7 Stuff:
- Eclipse Shines on Windows 7: Microsoft & Tasktop partnering to contribute code enhancement to Eclipse
- Eclipse on 7 Video on Channel 9
- Mike Milinkovich on Eclipse/Windows 7 Work
oData Stuff:
- Open Data Protocol - oData.org
- OData Interoperability with .NET, Java, PHP, iPhone, and More
- Microsoft on Open Source, OData, the Web and the Cloud at OSBC
Azure & PHP Stuff:
- New Command-Line Tool for PHP to deploy Applications on Windows Azure
- Windows Azure PHP Tools on Codeplex
- Azure Tools for Eclipse
- Sumit Chawla’s PHP/Azure talk at Mix 10
- Jas Sandhu’s post on Getting Started with PHP on Windows Azure
Dani’s Stuff: