TWC9: New Team Members, Win8, C++, SQL 2012, Cloud Numerics

my recommendations:

Localized versions of Silverlight 5 Tools !!!!
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28358

PowerShell 3 and DLR
http://huddledmasses.org/powershell-3-finally-on-the-dlr/

CodeMash 2.0.1.2
http://codemash.org/ http://codemash.org/Sessions/Technology/.NET">.NET and http://codemash.org/Sessions/Technology/Windows%208">Windows 8 content, Jon Skeet is here

EF 4.3 Beta 1 (and announcing EF 5.0)
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/adonet/archive/2012/01/12/ef-4-3-beta-1-released.aspx

Code signing for the independent developer (a bit old though)
http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2011/12/12/code-signing-for-independent-developer.aspx

Dorian Corompt's posts about functional programming
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/doriancorompt/

On the subject of  INotifyPropertyChanged, the Anders Hejlsberg Way.

The only issue I have with it is that it as to replicated across classes. 

Now as I see it, if you slightly modify the code you can make it an extension method.

Different interface, so you raise the event on the correct object. (As I don't no a way to externally trigger them.).

Public Interface INotifyPropertyChanged_Extd
  Inherits INotifyPropertyChanged
  Sub RaisePropertyChangedEvent(ByVal source As Object, e As PropertyChangedEventArgs)
End Interface

Public Interface INotifyPropertyChanging_Extd
  Inherits INotifyPropertyChanged_Extd
  Sub RaisePropertyChangingEvent(ByVal source As Object, e As PropertyChangingEventArgs)
End Interface

Then you have the following extension method(s).

Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Public Module Exts
  <Extension> Public Sub SetProperty(Of T, U As INotifyPropertyChanging_Extd)(ByVal obj As U,
                                                                          [property] As String,
                                                                          toValue As T,
                                                                          ByRef usingField As T, Optional ignored As Object = Nothing)
    If obj Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    If Not EqualityComparer(Of T).Default.Equals(usingField, toValue) Then
      Dim old = usingField
      obj.RaisePropertyChangingEvent(obj, New PropertyChangingEventArgs([property]))
      usingField = toValue
      obj.RaisePropertyChangedEvent(obj, New PropertyChangedEventArgs([property]))
    End If
  End Sub
  <Extension> Public Sub SetProperty(Of T, U As INotifyPropertyChanged_Extd)(ByVal obj As U,
                                                                          [property] As String,
                                                                          toValue As T,
                                                                          ByRef usingField As T)
    If obj Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    If Not EqualityComparer(Of T).Default.Equals(usingField, toValue) Then
      usingField = toValue
      obj.RaisePropertyChangedEvent(obj, New PropertyChangedEventArgs([property]))
    End If
  End Sub

End Module

Example Class using this extension method.

Public Class Example
  Implements INotifyPropertyChanged_Extd
  Private _Value As Integer
  Property Value As Integer
    Get
      Return _Value
    End Get
    Set(value As Integer)
      Me.SetProperty("Value", value, _Value)
    End Set
  End Property

  Public Event PropertyChanged(sender As Object, e As PropertyChangedEventArgs) Implements INotifyPropertyChanged.PropertyChanged
  Public Sub RaisePropertyChangedEvent(source As Object, e As PropertyChangedEventArgs) Implements INotifyPropertyChanged_Extd.RaisePropertyChangedEvent
    RaiseEvent PropertyChanged(source, e)
  End Sub
End Class

And the _PropertyChanged event being handled.

Class MainWindow 
  Private WithEvents MyExample As New Example

  Private Sub MyExample_PropertyChanged(sender As Object, e As ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs) Handles MyExample.PropertyChanged
    Debug.WriteLine(e.PropertyName)
  End Sub


End Class

+1 Zero Day: A Non-Fiction View
https://ae.rsaconference.com/US12/scheduler/modifySession.do?SESSION_ID=11885
https://blogs.technet.com/b/sysinternals/archive/2012/01/13/updates-autoruns-v11-21-coreinfo-v3-03-portmon-v-3-03-process-explorer-v15-12-mark-s-blog-and-mark-at-rsa-2012.aspx

INotifyPropertyChanged, the Anders Hejlsberg Way:

Good feedback and an interesting discussion.

In terms of visual density, this was partly due to the fact that Anders codes using K&R style bracing instead of Allman, as well as the extra code he uses to properly avoid the race condition that exists in the MSDN example. I updated the blog post to use Allman style for both.

The other thing I did want to point out was that there is at least one other advantage besides just reductions in raw lines of boiler plate code in property setter, which is that it sets up a Pit of Success for properly implementing INotifyPropertyChanged in subclasses.

I work on a very large WPF/C# enterprise project at the moment and there are literally *thousands* of incorrectly implemented properties in the application that need to be fixed to properly check for inequality before setting the field and raising the event.

I appreciate the discussion even if you don't agree with the post. (:

I started watching this podcast on my bus ride into work today.  Rick, you used a term I've not heard before, called "New Developers".  I think you said it is a term that was introduced at the Build conference.  I wasn't able to make the Build conference, so would you please define what that term means.

@rbarraza: Rick, it's my turn to apologize for not responding sooner.  WOW, almost a month after you replied to me.  I'm sorry!

Thank you for your description as to what you mean by a "new developer".  It's interesting, then, as it now seems like Microsoft is going to make it possible for the hobbiest developer to get back into the game, so to speak.  I know that you meant more than that, but it seems as though the new developer would be someone who isn't necessarily a heavy duty enterprise developer (although they're included), but could also be the person who writes a few scripts on the side, occasionally dabbles in HTML and JavaScript, that Windows 8 will open it up for people like that again.  Something that was lost with each new version of VS.

Welcome Dan. And a nice video though, several interesting things.