Steve Sanderson on Blazor - Episode 106

Joining Jeffrey in this episode is a longtime friend of his, Tony Champion! Tony is a software architect with over 20 years of experience, developing with Microsoft technologies. As the president and lead software architect of his own firm, Champion DS, he remains active in the latest trends and technologies, creating custom solutions on Microsoft platforms. Tony is also an active participant in the community as an eight-year recipient of the Microsoft MVP reward, an international speaker, a published author, and a blogger. Jeffrey and Tony discuss Tony's new podcast, Developers Roads, his career development, the current state of .NET Stack and his predictions on where it's headed, and his tips and recommendations for developers looking to go into consulting. He also provides tips around authority building, coaching programs, and where you should be investing your time right now as a developer. Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:46] About The Azure DevOps Podcast, Jeffrey's offer to speak at virtual user groups, and his newest endeavor: a video podcast, Architect Tips! [1:30] About today's episode with Tony Champion. [2:07] Jeffrey welcomes Tony to the podcast! [2:18] Tony gives a rundown of his career. [4:07] About Tony's new podcast, Developers Road; when it is launching, its focus, and show format. [7:13] Tony shares about his experience as a consultant; the ups, downs, and biggest lessons. [9:21] Tony breaks down 'consulting as a way of working' vs. independent consulting, how developers can break into those fields, and his experiences throughout his career as a consultant. [12:35] Would Tony agree with the sentiment: "Experts teach because if you don't teach then nobody in the world will recognize that you have expertise"? [15:26] Why Tony has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for several years. [16:05] Tony gives recommendations to listeners looking to build their authority in consulting. [18:50] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast's sponsor: Clear Measure. [19:24] Coaching programs Tony recommends for developers who want to pursue consulting. [21:47] The current state of the current .NET Stack and where Tony sees it heading. [24:36] Tony shares his thoughts on the future of software development and gives some recommendations for where he believes it may be most valuable to invest your time as a developer. [30:45] Discussing what drives many of the current development jobs. [31:55] Tony speaks about his company, Champion DS, and what it was built off of. He also shares some more of his predictions for the future. [35:00] Jeffrey thanks Tony for joining the podcast. Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! Jeffrey Palermo's Youtube Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! The Azure DevOps Podcast's Twitter: @AzureDevOpsShow @TonyChampion on Twitter TonyChampion.net Developers Road Podcast Microsoft Silverlight Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

26 Okt 202035min

Joining the podcast today is Rod Paddock, the CTO of Dash Point Software, Inc. and the Editor in Chief of CODE Magazine! In 2001, Rod founded Dash Point Software, Inc. to develop high-quality custom software solutions. With over 30 years of experience, some of his current and past clients include Six Flags, First Premier Bank, Microsoft, Calamos Investments, The US Coast Guard, and US Navy. Along with developing software, Rod is a well-known author and conference speaker. Since 1995, he has given talks, training sessions, and keynotes in the US, Canada, and Europe. In this episode, Rod and Jeffrey cover a ton of ground! They discuss his latest editorial in CODE Magazine title, "The New Normal," some of his latest favorite tools and libraries (such as Snowflake and Marten), and why he feels it is the best time right now to be a developer! Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:46] About The Azure DevOps Podcast, Jeffrey's offer to speak at virtual user groups, and his newest endeavor: a video podcast, Architect Tips! [1:30] About today's episode with Rod Paddock. [2:10] Jeffrey welcomes Rod to the podcast! [2:58] Rod reflects on some of the changes he has seen in the industry. [4:36] Rod speaks about the mission of CODE Magazine, the type of content they put out, and some interesting background about how the magazine has evolved. [6:18] Rod speaks about his latest editorial in the magazine titled, "The New Normal". [10:52] Rod and Jeffrey discuss the future of what this "new normal" may look like going into next year and beyond for the software development industry and in general. [14:49] Why it's a great time to be a developer (and has always been!). [15:44] As a fun aside, Rod speaks about his meat smoking with his Traeger grill. [20:32] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast's sponsor: Clear Measure. [21:05] About the Snowflake database engine and how Rod uses it in his work. [25:25] Rod explains the main impetus for adopting Snowflake. [27:21] How to access Snowflake. [28:19] Why, to Rod, Snowflake is the best of all worlds. [30:55] Rod plugs his favorite library for working with CSV files. [32:21] Rod speaks a favorite tool of his, Marten, that was created by Jeremy Miller. [34:37] The curse of choice when it comes to databases and beyond. [37:45] Rod's thoughts on the "full stack developer." [42:39] Rod and Jeffrey share some parting words on the software development industry and how quickly it has evolved. [44:00] Jeffrey thanks Stefan for joining the podcast. Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! Jeffrey Palermo's Youtube Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! The Azure DevOps Podcast's Twitter: @AzureDevOpsShow "The New Normal," by Rod Paddock on CODE Magazine Rod Paddock | Chief Editor, CODE Magazine @RodPaddock on Twitter Dash Point Software Snowflake Eric Anderson Traeger Grills Amazon Redshift JSON Microsoft Power BI PostgreSQL CsvHelper | NuGet Marten Jeremy Miller SQL Server The Curse of Choice The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, by Chris Anderson Python Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

19 Okt 202044min

This week, Jeffrey is excited to be joined by a longtime friend of his, Stefan Schackow! Stefan is a program manager on the Azure App Services team who has worked on the web app cloud offering since its earliest days. In Azure, Stefan leads a team of program managers who work on the development and deployment of Azure App Service, as well as the development of Microsoft's on-premises and cloud hybrid products (such as Azure Pack and Azure Stack). In this episode, Stefan shares some news from the recent Microsoft Ignite conference about Azure App Service. He speaks about their biggest announcement (an overhaul of the entire hardware line for Azure App Service) and what it addresses, some of the exciting changes regarding dev prices for the Pv3 and Pv2 SKUs, his thoughts on the current best Container options, and what's to come in the next few weeks for App Service. Don't miss out! Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:48] About The Azure DevOps Podcast and Jeffrey's offer to speak at virtual user groups. [1:15] About today's episode with Stefan Schackow. [1:45] Jeffrey welcomes Stefan to the podcast! [2:00] Stefan's thoughts on the recent virtual Microsoft Ignite and years' past. [4:30] Stefan speaks about their biggest announcement at Ignite: an overhaul of the entire hardware line for Azure App Service and what it addresses. [8:30] To containerize or to not containerize? [11:07] Stefan shares his thoughts on what option you should go for with regards to Containers when you're developing with a microservices mindset. [17:38] Stefan talks about the exciting changes to App Service Pv3. [22:30] About new dev pricing for the Pv2 SKU. [23:36] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast's sponsor: Clear Measure. [24:08] P1v3 vs. P1v2. [27:17] Does it make sense to run an app with less than 3.5GB of RAM if that is the current entry point? [28:33] Stefan talks about the upsides and downsides to the older and entry-level SKUs. [30:40] Stefan sheds light on how Application Insights or the CPU that an instance is running at 200% CPU. [32:06] Stefan talks about the various discounts available with the reserved instance and which option to go with. [36:06] What's baked into the reserved instance pricing? [40:53] What's to come a few weeks from now! [41:41] Jeffrey thanks Stefan for joining the podcast. Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! Jeffrey Palermo's Youtube Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! The Azure DevOps Podcast's Twitter: @AzureDevOpsShow Azure App Service - Team Blog "App Service Environment v3 (ASEv3) public preview pre-announcement" Windows Containers Azure Container Service Kubernetes "App Service introduces the new Pv3 SKU for Windows and Linux customers" Blazor Azure Application Insights "How the Azure reservation discount is applied to virtual machines" Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

12 Okt 202042min

In today's 'solocast,' Jeffrey is taking a look at the virtual Microsoft Ignite 2020 conference that was held on September 22nd-24th. At last year's conference, Jeffrey was fortunate enough to be a part of their community reporter team. At this year's conference, he was one of five table-talk facilitators on a panel titled, "Why we're excited to be a developer right now!" (If you're interested in viewing this panel, a replay is available in the show notes!) In this episode, Jeffrey highlights some of the important announcements from this year's Microsoft Ignite, shares his insights on the developer-focused topics that were discussed, and takes listeners through the "Book of News" of everything that happened at the conference. If you're shipping software with Microsoft technologies, you're going to want to stay tuned in! Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:48] About The Azure DevOps Podcast and Jeffrey's offer to speak at virtual user groups. [1:43] About today's episode on Microsoft Ignite 2020. [2:15] Jeffrey's experience at last year's Microsoft Ignite. [3:05] About Jeffrey's experience at this year's Microsoft Ignite as a speaker. [3:22] What Jeffrey will be covering in today's episode. [3:54] News about .NET 5 from Microsoft Ignite. [5:46] News on Azure App Service and Windows Container. [7:33] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast's sponsor: Clear Measure. [8:05] Several updates about Visual Studio 2019. [10:02] Announcements about C# and .NET 5. [10:28] Announcements about MSIX. [10:51] New capabilities for Windows subsystem for Linux. [11:12] Enhancements to Windows terminal features. [11:39] Announcements about Microsoft Edge developer tools and Microsoft Edge on Linux. [12:51] Jeffrey wraps up the podcast and shares where you can learn more about the conference and view the virtual sessions. [13:30] About next week's episode! Mentioned in this Episode: Cloudify.co — Today's sponsor! Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! Jeffrey Palermo's Youtube Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! The Azure DevOps Podcast's Twitter: @AzureDevOpsShow Microsoft Ignite 2020 "Why we're excited to be a developer right now! (Americas Table Talk)" with Jeffrey Palermo Microsoft Ignite 2020: Book of News .NET 5.0 Release Candidate Azure App Service Visual Studio 2019 Preview Release Notes Updates about MSIX New Windows subsystem for Linux Windows Terminal Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

5 Okt 202014min

This podcast episode is sponsored by Cloudify.co — a platform that radically simplifies end-to-end network automation through open-source, intent-based orchestration. Automate Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes to your Azure and private cloud directly from your .net visual studio environments natively within no additional heavy lifting. Chrissy LeMaire is joining Jeffrey today on The Azure DevOps Podcast! Chrissy is a Cloud and Datacenter Management and Data Platform MVP who has worked in IT for over 20 years. She is the creator of the popular SQL PowerShell module, dbatools; holds a master's degree in Systems Engineering; and is co-author of Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches. Chrissy also livestreams on her Twitch channel, potatoqualitee, where she shares the process of writing dbatools and more. In this episode, Chrissy speaks about PowerShell's applicability, IRC and scripting, sponsorships and monetizing on GitHub, her journey with creating dbatools, and much, much more! Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:46] About The Azure DevOps Podcast and Jeffrey's offer to speak at virtual user groups. [1:26] About this episode's sponsor: Cloudify.co [1:52] About today's episode with Chrissy LeMaire. [2:20] Jeffrey welcomes Chrissy to the podcast. [2:25] About Chrissy's Twitch channel, potatoqualitee. [3:28] Chrissy shares her enthusiasm for Manning Publications. [4:22] About Chrissy's book, Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches, and where to obtain a copy for yourself! [5:47] Chrissy shares about her journey with scripting up to the creation of dbatools. [10:06] Where to find dbatools online. [10:29] How Jeffrey and Chrissy first became acquainted. [12:11] Briefly discussing how SDP is suiting up to become the full replacement for VPN. [12:52] How did Chrissy's background with PowerShell, IRC, and scripting influence her approach with dbatools? [14:39] Chrissy gives the lowdown of testing with dbatools. [19:24] Is it easy to migrate to SQL Azure with dbatools? [21:02] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast's sponsor: Clear Measure. [21:32] Chrissy and Jeffrey discuss the opportunities for automation. [23:57] Chrissy speaks about being GitHub Star and what that means. [26:18] How GitHub has expanded over the years with monetization and sponsorship capabilities. Chrissy shares her experience and recommendations with these. [30:37] About Chrissy's various social channels and what you can expect at each! [34:00] Chrissy gives some final recommendations and final pieces of information about PowerShell. [35:05] Jeffrey thanks Chrissy for joining the podcast! Mentioned in this Episode: Cloudify.co — Today's sponsor! Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! Jeffrey Palermo's Youtube Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! The Azure DevOps Podcast's Twitter: @AzureDevOpsShow dbatools Chrissy LeMaire's LinkedIn Chrissy LeMaire's Twitter @CL Chrissy LeMaire on GitHub @potatoqualitee Chrissy's Twitch Channel @potatoqualitee Chrissy LeMaire's Patreon @potatoqualitee Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches, by Chrissy LeMaire and Rob Sewell GitHub.com/sqlcollaborative/dbatools The Azure DevOps Podcast Ep. 18: "Aaron Palermo on Cybersecurity and SDP" PowerShell dbatools.io/tests dbatools.io/slack — Join the Slack channel! Twitter @PowerShellLive Twitter @psdbatools Twitter @thelivecoders Twitch.tv/team/livecoders Twitch @codephobiaGitHub.com/pester/Pester asciidocfx.com Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

28 Sep 202035min

In this episode, Jeffrey Palermo is joined by Daniel Markham! Daniel is a semioticist logician (otherwise known as a programmer). He likes to help people learn to make better tech. He believes that once you know the 'why,' you can figure out the 'what' on your own. As an active coder and manager, Daniel has spent time the last several years with clients as an Agile/XP Technical Coach, helping them rediscover how to discover and create value at speed. His clients include several Fortune 100 companies all over North America. He is also a technical coach and the author of Info-Ops and Info-Ops ll. In their conversation today, David and Jeffrey discuss changes in technology, what modern training for programmers new to the industry should look like, and various trends. David shares about the importance of 'good enough' programming, measuring the quality of your work, what it really means to 'finish,' and how test-driven development should be done. He also discusses key insights around TDD and infrastructure, what should be accomplished at varying team sizes, patterns he has seen over the course of his career, and his predictions for the future of the industry. Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:46] About The Azure DevOps Podcast and Jeffrey's offer to speak at virtual user groups. [1:10] About today's episode with Daniel Markham. [1:45] Jeffrey welcomes Daniel to the podcast. [2:17] Daniel tells the story of why he originally decided to get into programming. [3:52] Daniel's early experiences with programming. [6:00] Daniel shares about his career and important lessons he has learned throughout. [7:28] The importance of 'good enough' programming. [9:34] Daniel speaks about another important practice: measuring the quality of your work. [10:39] What does it mean to 'finish' and be able to walk away from a program? [14:06] Who should be doing test-driven development (TDD) and why? How does Daniel view it as an engineering practice? [15:25] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast's sponsor: Clear Measure. [15:57] Daniel's key insights around the relationship between TDD and infrastructure. [18:38] A rundown of EasyAM keywords and why they simplify the process. [20:12] Understanding what's necessary to achieve the goal and not accidentally adding too much scope. [21:46] Daniel shares his views on what can or should be accomplished at varying team sizes. [24:06] Daniel discusses taking a startup app to market. [25:43] Daniel's thoughts on how we should actually be teaching new programmers to the industry. [26:19] If Daniel was putting together a programming school, what would his approach be? [27:27] Talking Javascript. [30:30] With so many changes in technology, what does Daniel predict we'll see in the next 10 years? [31:56] Talking WebAssembly and patterns Daniel has seen over the years. [35:40] Talking Microsoft Orleans. Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! Jeffrey Palermo's Youtube Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! The Azure DevOps Podcast's Twitter: @AzureDevOpsShow Daniel Markham on GitHub Daniel Markham's Twitter @DanielBMarkham EasyAM on GitHub Daniel Markham | Chessboard Join the Daniel B. Markham Community on Locals Microsoft Orleans - Virtual Actors Leanpub | Info-Ops ll by Daniel Markham Agile Coaches' Corner Ep. 105: "Bob Martin on Agile and Extreme Programming" Vue.js Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

21 Sep 202037min

In today's episode, Jeffrey Palermo is joined by a really exciting guest; Robert C Martin, better known as Uncle Bob Martin! If you don't already know Bob, he is a software engineer, instructor, and best-selling author. He is most recognized for developing numerous software design principles and for being a founder of the incredibly influential Agile Manifesto. Bob is the author of a number of Clean Code related books including his latest, Clean Agile: Back to Basics, where he reintroduces Agile values and principles for a new generation of programmers and nonprogrammers alike. In the past, Bob was also the editor-in-chief of C++ Report magazine and served as the first chairman of the Agile Alliance. In this episode, Jeffrey and Bob talk all things Agile and Extreme Programming (XP). Bob shares his insights on what would be on his shortlist if he was building an Agile team today; shares key takeaways from his book, Clean Agile: Back to Basics; and speaks about what XP looks like in 2020. He also touches on clean architecture, clean code, his predictions for the future of the software industry, and offers some timely tips for young developers! Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:46] About The Azure DevOps Podcast and Jeffrey's offer to speak at virtual user groups. [1:42] About today's episode with Bob Martin. [2:10] Jeffrey welcomes Bob to the podcast. [2:20] Bob shares some background about who he is as well as the proudest moment in his career. [4:09] Why did Bob decide to write Clean Agile: Back to Basics? [5:28] If someone was building an Agile team today, what would be on Bob's shortlist of recommendations? [7:38] What does Extreme Programming (XP) look like in 2020? What are the concrete practices? [9:32] What does Bob see as the current best standard for a programmer in this COVID world? [12:31] Bob defines the practice of continuous integration. [14:58] Is Bob a fan of feature branches? [15:29] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast's sponsor: Clear Measure. [16:00] Bob's journey with getting started with clean architecture. [19:23] Is there a way to do clean architecture with the modern tooling available? Or are there things available to attempt to get closer to it? [21:32] Bob shares the origin of literate programming. [23:11] The modern struggle with tooling. [25:15] Bob talks 'DLL Hell'. [26:00] Bob shares why it is so incredibly important to keep clean code; code that is free from dependencies. He also explains how to get to that point and offers some advice to young programmers. [31:55] Bob shares his predictions on the future of the software industry. [37:13] Jeffrey thanks Bob for joining the podcast! Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! Jeffrey Palermo's Youtube Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! The Azure DevOps Podcast's Twitter: @AzureDevOpsShow Robert C. Martin Clean Agile: Back to Basics, by Robert C. Martin Robert C.Martin's Amazon Book Page @UncleBobMartin (Bob Martin's Twitter) Clean Coders Extreme Programming Explained, by Kent Beck Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design, by Robert C. Martin DLL Hell Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

7 Sep 202038min