EgyGeeks Podcast 4 - Coding Standards

Emad, Ramy and Amr talk about Coding Standards, what they are, what to gain from it, and how to approach implementing it.

Some links from the show
.NET Coding Standards from DotNetSpider (Direct link to Word document)
All-In-One code framework coding guideline
Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries (2nd Edition)
FxCop
StyleCop

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EgyGeeks Podcast 3 - A Little Cloudy

Happy New Year

In this episode, Emad and Amr talks about Cloud Computing in a modest trial to find out what it is exactly. They talk about the different kinds of web hosting and how some people consider Cloud Computing to be an evolution of web hosting. They talk about IT outsourcing, and utility computing.

Some links from the show
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Bashes 'Cloud Computing' Hype
Amazon AWS
Windows Azure
Google App Engine
OpenStack
RackSpace
Salesforce.com
Cachefly

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EgyGeeks Podcast 2 - Joel's Test

In a new episode of EgyGeeks podcast, we discuss Joel Spolsky's famous 10-years-old blog post about a 12-questions test for your development environment.
Hosts: Amr Eldib, Mohamed Meligy, and Emad Mokhtar.

• Joel's Test
• FogCreek (Joel's company)
• Subversion (SVN)
• Mercurial
• CruiseControl and CruiseControl.NET
• TeamCity
• Team Foundation Server (TFS)
• FogBugz
• Bugzilla
  

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EgyGeeks Podcast 1 - Pilot

In this first episode of EgyGeeks podcast, we discuss the launch of Windows Phones with a quick comparison with iPhone, Android, and Blackberry. Also, we talk about developing applications for Social Networks like Facebook and Twitter using PHP and C#
Hosts: Amr Eldib, Ramy Mahrous, and Emad Mokhtar.

Twitter APIs:

• Twitterizer - the .NET library designed for quick and easy Twitter integration. http://www.twitterizer.net/
• Twitpic: http://dev.twitpic.com/docs/ OR TwiPLi - A TwitPic API .NET Wrapper http://twipli.codeplex.com/
• Yfrog API http://code.google.com/p/imageshackapi/
• Google Translation API .NET Wrapper http://code.google.com/p/google-api-for-dotnet/
  • Sample: http://www.emadmokhtar.com/GettingStartedWithGoogleTranslation.aspx
• Microsoft Translator API http://www.microsofttranslator.com/mix2010/
  • Sample: http://www.emadmokhtar.com/GettingStartedWithMicrosoftTranslatorV2.aspx
• Step-by-Step Tutorials on Facebook development http://www.takwing.idv.hk/tech/fb_dev/tutorial/index.php
  

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Welcome to EgyGeeks Blog

Happy Eid, Everybody.
We want to welcome you to our new home. We're happy to make some joyful announcements.
First, as you probably know, you find us at www.EgyGeeks.net. Wherever we go, you can always find us on this address.
Next, we have a new logo:
Thanks to the good work of our friend Mohammed Shehata who was very kind to donate some of his time to bring our ideas to life. You can find more of his work at his website (you'll really enjoy a visit).
Finally, we're starting a new activity in EgyGeeks. A Podcast. We're very happy to announce EgyGeeks Podcast. You can download the first episode from our podcast page, or directly from here.
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We're playing around with the content and style of the podcast, all your feedback would be most welcomed. You can post a comment here or tweet us at @EgyGeeks
Thanks and Happy Eid.