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James Montemagno: .NET Aspire with Azd - Episode 332
James Montemagno is a Principal Lead Program Manager for the Developer Community at Microsoft. He has been a .NET developer since 2005, working in a wide range of industries including game development, printer software, and web services. Prior to becoming a Principal Program Manager, James was a professional mobile developer and has been crafting apps since 2011 with Xamarin. In his spare time, he is most likely cycling around Seattle or guzzling gallons of coffee at a local coffee shop. He co-hosts the weekly development podcast Merge Conflict mergeconflict.fm. Topics of Discussion: [:36] Jeffrey introduces the concept of .NET Aspire and highlights its integration with Azure DevOps and .NET ecosystem tools. [2:51] The evolution of .NET mobile and desktop development since 2005. [4:45] An overview of .NET Aspire and its focus on simplifying app development and infrastructure orchestration. [11:45] How .NET Aspire supports both local development and cloud deployment. [16:24] Integrating DevOps automation for Azure deployments using bicep templates and Azure Developer CLI (azd). [25:30] Generating infrastructure manifests and deploying them with Azure Developer CLI. [32:51] Configuring Azure resources like Redis Cache for development and deployment scenarios. [35:11] Simplifying cloud deployment for developers using Azure Container Apps. [39:37] Polyglot support in .NET Aspire projects, allowing integration with Python, JavaScript, and more. [44:50] Plans to integrate development tunnels to streamline mobile app testing. Mentioned in this Episode: Clear Measure Way Architect Forum Software Engineer Forum Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected]. Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Ep 62 with James Montemagno James Montemagno James on YouTube James Montemagno GitHub James on DevOps James on X .NET Aspire Manifest plus + azd + Bicep == Mind Blown Aspire Dashboard Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.
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Brady Gaster: Upgrading .NET apps - Episode 331
Brady Gaster is a Principal Program Manager on the .NET and Visual Studio team at Microsoft where he works on Orleans, SignalR, microservices, APIs, and integration with Azure service teams in hopes of making it exciting for developers who work on .NET apps to party in the cloud! Topics of Discussion: [6:27] Collaboration with Azure Developer CLI. [8:08] The challenges of integrating ASP.NET Core with existing deployment methods like App Service. [11:45] The main questions they heard at the panel. [13:53] Deploying your dashboard to Azure Container apps. [24:31] Aspire builds on .NET and everything you can do with .NET, you can keep doing. [27:03] Tips for developing against Aspire resources. [27:50] The future focuses on security. [30:02] Optimizing your development environment around DevOps. [34:28] How much is Kubernetes an actual dependency, or can normal .NET applications just use App Service and not be tied to Kubernetes? [39:37] Brady’s thoughts on the benefits of containers and the potential for easier alternatives in the future. [44:06] AI doing a better job of suggesting the right code. Mentioned in this Episode: Clear Measure Way Architect Forum Software Engineer Forum Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected]. Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! “Building new (and retrofitting old) apps with .NET Aspire to streamline your development process” Ep 295 with Brady Gaster Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.
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Aaron Powell: .NET Aspire Community Toolkit - Episode 330
Aaron is a Developer Advocate at Microsoft. Having spent 15 years doing web development, he’s seen it all, from browser wars to the rise of AJAX and the fall of 20 JavaScript frameworks (and that was just yesterday!). Always tinkering with something new, he explores crazy ideas like writing your own implementation of numbers in .NET, creating IoC in JavaScript, or implementing tic-tac-toe using git commits. When not sitting at a computer, he can be found spending time with his wife and kids. Topics of Discussion: [4:38] Aaron shares his career journey, including his time in consulting and technical sales. [6:48] The importance of understanding both technical and business aspects of software development. [7:36] .NET Aspire and the community toolkit. [15:21] Having a centralized place for discovering and contributing integrations. [17:02] Running Ollama. [21:12] Diving in more to the integration. [24:27] Deployment options for .NET Aspire applications, including Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes. [29:08] Testing and Acceptance with .NET Aspire. [35:02] The process of attaching debuggers to applications and the challenges of debugging distributed applications. [41:23] The community toolkit provides clear guidelines and contributing guides to help developers get involved. [43:42] How people can get more involved and contribute. Mentioned in this Episode: Clear Measure Way Architect Forum Software Engineer Forum Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected]. Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! GitHub Community Toolkit Aaron Powell Aaron Powell Website Aaron Powell Microsoft Aaron on X Aaron on Mastodon Social Aaron on Twitch Aaron on LinkedIn Aaron on Bluesky Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.
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Sam Basu: Using AI for the User Interface - Episode 329
Sam Basu is a technologist, author, speaker, Microsoft MVP, and gadget-lover and is the Developer Advocacy Manager for Progress Software. With a long developer background, he now spends much of his time advocating modern development platforms & tools on Microsoft/Telerik technology stacks. His spare time calls for travel, fast cars, cricket, and culinary adventures. You can find him as @samidip on the internet. Topics of Discussion: [3:09] Sam shares his career journey and more about his background as a developer. [5:18] Meeting the users where they are and the importance of adaptability. [8:07] What kinds of use cases are available today for developers to use AI when it comes to UI? [9:15] The two-pronged approach to UI and UX. [13:33] Challenges and opportunities in AI integration. [16:21] Future of the user interface. [21:43] The AI models are exceptionally smart in understanding natural language. [25:41] How GitHub Copilot can help developers. [26:48] The limitations of GitHub Copilot. [30:46] The gap in training for developers for Copilot. [33:06] Use cases on Smart AI. [36:14] The importance of responsible AI development. Mentioned in this Episode: Clear Measure Way Architect Forum Software Engineer Forum Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected]. Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Sam on X Sam Basu Sam Basu Microsoft Smart UI Powered by AI ASP.NET Core Smart AI Components Sakura AI Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.
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Jeff Fritz: .NET 9 and Beyond - Episode 328
Jeff Fritz is an experienced developer, technical educator, and PM on the .NET team at Microsoft. He’s the producer of the .NET Conf online series of events, and regularly livestreams builds of websites and fun applications. You can follow Jeff for more .NET, .NET Core, and, Visual Studio content on Twitch and Twitter at @csharpfritz. Topics of Discussion: [2:40] Jeff’s background and the many roles he is involved in. [6:17] Key announcements from .NET Conf. [6:18] Starting with .NET Aspire, and getting it right with version 3. [11:24] Version 3 covers the unattended deployment process. [12:20] Benefits of the aspireify.net website. [18:23] AI extensions for .NET. [22:28] Recommendations for hardware for AI development. [25:35] The static assets features. [28:57] Using Github Copilot. [30:13] Remembering that AI is just a text calculator. [36:21] How people can catch up with the content from .NETConf. Mentioned in this Episode: Clear Measure Way Architect Forum Software Engineer Forum Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected]. Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Ep 278 with Jeff Fritz TagzApp Fritz on the Web AI extensions for .NET Unified AI Building Blocks for .NET using Microsoft.Extensions.AI Introducing Phi-3 Introducing Whisper dotnet on YouTube Microsoft Ignite aspireify.NET Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.
The Azure & DevOps Podcast is a show for developers and devops professionals shipping software using Microsoft technologies. Each show brings you hard-hitting interviews with industry experts innovating better methods and sharing success stories. Listen in to learn how to increase quality, ship quickly, and operate well. Hosted by Jeffrey Palermo and sponsored by Clear Measure, Inc.
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