Ron Jacobs - host of endpoint.tv

endpoint.tv - Content Negotiation with RESTful services

rojacobs — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT

The web was built on a principle that the client can ask for a representation of a resource in the format that they can support. Browsers typically support this using an Accept header. In the world of REST however most people have moved to a model where the format is a part of the URI. Can you do this with WCF services? Oh yes you can and in this episode Rob Bagby and I will show you how.

endpoint.tv - Securing RESTful services with ASP.NET Membership

rojacobs — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:02:00 GMT

So you have a really cool website using AJAX. Great look and feel with high performance. Sure you have Forms Authentiation enabled but how do you secure your services? Can you use WCF and ASP.NET Membership together?

In this episode of endpoint.tv you will learn the 7 steps to securing your services and AJAX client from Rob Bagby.

endpoint.tv - Caching and Conditional Get with Rob Bagby

rojacobs — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:00 GMT

The web has been an amazing success and one reason why is because of the cachng it does. One benefit of building RESTful services with WCF is that you can take advantage of the same caching infrastructure that the web does. How do you do it? Just sit back and watch this episode to hear from Rob Bagby on all the detail.

endpoint.tv - Framework Best Practices with an eye towards "Oslo"

rojacobs — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

The future is coming... every day moves us a little bit closer to "Oslo" but how should you prepare? In this episode Jon Flanders and I discuss how you can prepare for "Oslo" by leveraging services and workflows today.

endpoint.tv - The Road to "Oslo"

rojacobs — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:23:00 GMT

Microsoft's "Oslo" project aims at creating a unified platform for model-based, service-oriented applications. This new approach will affect the next versions of several products and technologies, including the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft System Center, and more. Although many details of "Oslo" won't be public until later in 2008, this session provides an overview of what Microsoft has revealed so far. Along with a description of the problems it addresses, the session includes a look at several new "Oslo" technologies, including a general-purpose modeling language, role-specific modeling tools, a shared model repository, and a distributed service bus. With David Chappell and Ron Jacobs.

endpoint.tv - SOAP and REST a Perspective

rojacobs — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:41:00 GMT

Most of you know all about SOAP but perhaps you have been hearing a lot more about REST web services lately. Wondering what this is all about? Well check out this episode where Bob Familiar and I discuss the two.

endpoint.tv - The Total Noobs Guide to WCF - Lesson 1: My First WCF Service

rojacobs — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:32:00 GMT

Are you a WCF noob? Don't be ashamed, everyone is a noob at some point. But don't stay that way, learn something so you can shed your noobness.

In this episode Ron Jacobs walks you through the process of creating your first WCF service and teaches you the about the ABCs of WCF

ARCast.TV - Extensible ERP with SingularLogic

rojacobs — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:21:24 GMT

"L'audace, l'audace, toujours l'audace!" ("Audacity, audacity - always audacity!")
- Georges Danton

Imagine this... you are in the enterprise software market competing against global players. Not only that, but you are the technical director making decisions about the future technical direction of your product suite. Would you make the bold move of embracing cutting edge technology? In this episode we meet Elias Theocharis of SingularLogic who made just such a move.

ARCast.TV - SOA and TDD at Bosch

rojacobs — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:31:07 GMT

Talk about two topics that I care about... Wow. I had a fascinating conversation with the guys from Bosch in Chicago. You gotta hear this one.

ARCast.TV - The Mono Project with Miguel De Icaza

rojacobs — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:33:45 GMT

Have you had Mono? No, not the virus... I'm talking about the Mono project. If you hadn't heard about it, this is a version of .NET that runs on Linux. While I was in Boston for the ReMix conference I had a chance to chat with Miguel about his work with Novell and the Mono project.

ARCast.TV - Major League Baseball on Silverlight

rojacobs — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:26:42 GMT

At the recent ReMix event in Boston I was privileged to chat with Justin Schaffer who has been working on mlb.com for a number of years. When you consider the challenge of connecting with fans and being a prime mover in the new technologies of the web he has a fascinating job.

ARCast.TV - TDD / MVP with Ron Jacobs

rojacobs — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:11:34 GMT

Most of the time I am the host of ARCast but recently I went to New Zealand where Luckas Svoboda hosts ARCast New Zealand www.arcast.co.nz and he wanted to inteview me for their show. I thought it would be fun to share this episode with you.

ARCast.TV - Accountable Architecture: Working with WebTrends

rojacobs — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:02:00 GMT

So you agree you are accountable for results right? Well how are you going to do it? What does this world of AJAX and Silverlight and Web Services mean for the science of determining how engaged an audience is with your web property? On this episode we are joined by Clay Moore who will fill us in on what it is like to work with WebTrends.

ARCast.TV - Get A Clue with Lou Carbone

rojacobs — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:35:20 GMT

If you been to Mix or perhaps Tech-Ed New Zealand then you had the privilege of listening to a really smart guy named Lou Carbone. Lou is not an architect or developer but he is someone who is thinking very hard about user experience and he is definitely somebody you ought to listen to.

ARCast.TV - Accountable Architecture with WebTrends

rojacobs — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:26:03 GMT

Do you like your job? Plan to keep it? Then you had better be accountable for results. At the end of the day the guys who cut the checks don't really care how "cool" your thing is if you can't proove that it is working. This is what the guys at WebTrends are all about.

ARCast.TV - Expression for Architects with Shane Morris

rojacobs — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:02:33 GMT

Designers... yes they are a strange breed but so are architects. Microsoft recently released a bunch of tools called Expression and while I was at Tech-Ed Australia I recorded a quick chat with designer Shane Morris to discuss what this tool set is all about.

ARCast.TV - Lightspeed from Mindscape

rojacobs — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:18:08 GMT

One of the cool things I get to see as host of ARCast.TV is how people change over time. When I first met Jeremy Boyd he was a consultant, Microsoft MVP and Regional Director. Now you can add Entrepenuer to that list as well. On this episode I talk with Jeremy and JD Trask about Domain Driven Design and the company (Mindscape) and framework (Lightspeed) they created.

ARCast.TV - SOA and Business Process Conference Recap - Day 3

rojacobs — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:49:59 GMT

It's the final day of the SOA and Business Process Conference and once again I caught up with Steve Martin, Director of Product Management in the Connected Services division to get a recap.

ARCast.TV - SOA and Business Process Conference Day 2 Recap

rojacobs — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:13:36 GMT

It's been another busy day at the SOA and Business Process Conference and once again I caught up with Steve Martin, Director of Product Management in the Connected Services division to get a recap of the day.

ARCast.TV - SOA Business Process Conference Day 1 Recap

rojacobs — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:11:31 GMT

We just completed a very exciting Day 1 of the SOA and Business Process Conference here in Redmond. At the end of a long day I caught up with Steve Martin, Director of Product Management in the Connected Services division to get a recap of the day.

ARCast.TV - App Of The Future: The Internet Service Bus (Part 2 of 2)

rojacobs — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:05:41 GMT

Ever wonder what apps will be like in 2010? Its not that far off really. I was thinking about this when I heard what the BizTalk Services team did and saw their previous C9 ARCast.TV - App Of The Future: The Internet Service Bus (Part 1 of 2)

ARCast.TV - Team Foundation Server Down Under

rojacobs — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:09:53 GMT

So I was in Australia at Tech-Ed when I bumped into some people like Steve Riley (who is an awesome speaker and security guru) and some other guys named Justin and Michael who work for some big organization that we won't name here

These guys started using Team Foundation server and made there Java and Cobol writing colleagues so jealous that they had to have it too. Why does this matter? Just listen to what they were able to do with this amazing product.

ARCast.TV - Rapid Response with Udi Dahan

rojacobs — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:04:44 GMT

Udi Dahan is a solution architect from Israel and just the other day Udi and I answered a couple of questions from the MSDN architecture forum about layering and business rules.

ARCast.TV - App Of The Future: The Internet Service Bus (Part 1 of 2)

rojacobs — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:02:12 GMT

ARCast.TV - Get A Clue with Lou Carbone

rojacobs — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:04:31 GMT