In this episode, I had a chance to sit down with Tim Heuer after the announcement at PDC 2009 of the Silverlight 4 Beta. Here we break down some of the many new features found in this next anticipated release of Silverlight.

Show Notes

Tim's post on Silverlight 4 Beta – A guide to the new features

Tim's Roundup of the Silverlight sessions at PDC09

PDC 2009 Session Videos

Silverlight 4 Training Courses on Channel9

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In this episode I had a chance to catch up with one of my colleagues, John Bristowe, a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft Canada. In this extended conversation, John and I discuss some of our favorite new features in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 with a Canadian geography lesson thrown in from John.

Show Notes

TechDays Canada

Cygwin – Your favorite Linux tools and utilities for the PC

NiNite – App Downloader and Installer

Thursday Night WAN Party hosted by Sara Chips

John on Twitter: @jbristowe

John's Top Tech Learning Podcasts:

• Hanselminutes
• .NET Rocks
• dnrTV!
• Windows Weekly

Canadian Developer Connection Blog

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http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD078.MP3 

In this episode, I sit down with Jordan, Angela, Moungi, and Wade from our local DPE Tools team to discuss what's new in Visual Studio 2010. We discuss the Sku changes, the migration path, MSDN benefits, as well as the some of the new features found in Visual Studio 2010 to make development teams successful.

Show Notes

Visual Studio 2010 Product Information

Application Life-Cycle Management Assessment

Brian Harry's Blog Post on TFS Basic

Brian Keller's Blog

10/4 Show on Channel9

Visual Studio 2010 Training Course on Channel9

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Training Kit

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http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD077.MP3