This week we talk about REST (Representational state transfer) style web services with Dan Rigsby, a Microsoft MVP specializing in connected systems (WCF and related technologies).

Show Notes

Original Definition of REST (from Roy Fielding’s dissertation)
REST Starter Kit – Preview 2 (Just released!)
JSON Definition (Wikipedia)

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http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD055.mp3

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This week we have an interview with Steven Murawski (@stevenmurawski) an IT Specialist (or IT Pro) who is a PowerShell Enthusiast.  He is also the co-host of the Mind Of Root podcast.

Show Notes

PowerShell Home Page - http://www.microsoft.com/powershell
Polymon - http://www.codeplex.com/polymon
PowerShell Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell/
PowerGUI - http://www.powergui.org/index.jspa
Admin Script Editor - http://www.adminscripteditor.com/ 
PrimalScript - http://www.primaltools.com/index.asp?p=PrimalScript
Professional Windows PowerShell Programming by Wrox

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http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD054.mp3

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George Huey

This week we have an interview with George Huey, an Architect Evangelist with Microsoft Corporation.  George has been helping customer migrate their application databases from SQL Server 2000 and 2005 to Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

Show Notes:

SQL Server Upgrade Assistant
SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Technical Reference Guide

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http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD053.mp3