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Microsoft DevRadio: Using Construct 2 to Build Amazing Games for Windows 8

Jennifer Marsman, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:00:59 GMT

Abstract:
Jennifer Marsman welcomes Ashley Gullen from Scirra as he demos for us Contruct 2, an easy to use HTML5 game engine that allows anyone to create gaming apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. Check out this quick demo as Ashley creates a simple gaming app and then submits it to the Windows Store for release. Download Construct 2 here!

Next Steps:
Step #1 – Download the Tools for Windows 8 App Development
Step #2 – Download Visual Studio Express for Windows 8
Step #3 – Start building your own Apps for Windows 8

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Getting Started Tutorials with Construct 2

Videos:

Virtual Labs:

Windows 8 Release Preview Virtual Labs

Microsoft DevRadio: Community Corner – How I Wrote and Deployed a Cloud Powered Windows 8 App in Six Days

Jennifer Marsman, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:00:40 GMT

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Abstract:
Jennifer Marsman welcomes Patrick Godwin to the show as they discuss how Patrick wrote and deployed a Windows 8 app in just six days with the help of Windows Azure Mobile Services. Tune in as he demos his “Would You Rather…” app and then shows us how he used Windows Azure Mobile Services to get it done.

After watching this video, follow these next steps:

Step #1 – Try Windows Azure: No cost. No obligation. 90-Day FREE trial.
Step #2 – Download the Tools for Windows 8 App Development
Step #3 – Start building your own Apps for Windows 8

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If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information:

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Videos:

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Microsoft DevRadio: Community Corner - Developing My App for Windows 8

Jennifer Marsman, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:00:27 GMT

Abstract:
Jennifer Marsman welcomes Technical Architect, Jason Follas to the show as they discuss how Jason developed his apps – Knave Defender and Knave 21 – for Windows 8. Tune in as they chat about his experience as well as some tips and tricks for getting your app in the Windows Store.

Next Steps:
Step #1 – Download the Tools for Windows 8 App Development
Step #2 – Download Visual Studio Express for Windows 8
Step #3 – Start building your own Apps for Windows 8

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If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information:

Websites:

Blogs & Articles:

Jennifer Marsman
Jason Follas’ Blog
Check out Knave Defender and Knave 21 in the Windows Store!

Videos:

Microsoft DevRadio: Reasons Why You Should Develop a Windows 8 App

Virtual Labs:

Windows 8 Release Preview Virtual Labs

Microsoft DevRadio: Reasons Why You Should Develop a Windows 8 App

G. Andrew Duthie, Jennifer Marsman, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:12:43 GMT

Abstract:
Andrew Duthie and Jennifer Marsman join us for today’s show as they discuss their top reasons for developing applications for Windows 8. From market potential and size, optimized discovery, flexible and money making opportunities, as well as free tools and guidance--- there’s no better time than right now to develop your Windows 8 app.

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If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information:

Websites:

Blogs & Articles:

Videos:

Virtual Labs:

Windows 8 Release Preview Virtual Labs

Introduction to Multitouch Development in Silverlight

Jennifer Marsman — Tue, 24 May 2011 02:19:42 GMT

In this short video, Jennifer Marsman gives a quick introduction to multitouch development in Silverlight. She briefly discusses the major differences between multitouch development in Silverlight and WPF, and then demonstrates a Silverlight multitouch code sample where an "Ouch" will appear wherever your finger touches the screen. The code sample can be downloaded from her blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jennifer/archive/2011/05/23/introduction-to-multitouch-development-in-silverlight-webcast-on-channel-9.aspx.

Integrating Sensor and Location Support

Jennifer Marsman — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:45:08 GMT

The Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform enables your applications to adapt to their current environment and change the way they look or behave. For example, imagine an application that uses a light sensor to detect the difference between indoor and outdoor light, and changes the brightness and contrast of its displayed content accordingly. In this session, we will dive into the SDK and walk through some code to demonstrate how to implement this scenario. In addition, we'll learn about how to utilize location to build better applications.

VSTO: How to Add a Button into the Office Ribbon

Jennifer Marsman — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:33:00 GMT

Jennifer Marsman demonstrates how to add a button into the Office Ribbon using the Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO).

NOTE: the VSTO Power Tools, which were shown briefly, can be downloaded from here.

How to use a delegate

Jennifer Marsman — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:36:00 GMT

Jennifer Marsman demonstrates how to utilize a delegate in your code, using a real example where a delegate produced cleaner code.

VSTO: The Basics

Jennifer Marsman — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:29:00 GMT

Jennifer Marsman gives an introduction to Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) with simple coding demos that illustrate how to utilize Windows Forms controls in Office documents, execute code when a value in a spreadsheet changes, read and write data to a spreadsheet, and create a document action pane.

Creating a Silverlight Blog Badge, Part 2: Countdown Calendar

Jennifer Marsman — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:54:00 GMT

Jennifer Marsman will walk you through creating a simple Silverlight blog badge which promotes a conference, using Expression Blend. In Part 2, she shows you how to create a flipping clock which counts down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds to the conference.

Note: this webcast assumes that you have seen Part 1 of this webcast series.

Creating a Silverlight Blog Badge, Part 1: Animation to Catch the Eye

Jennifer Marsman — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:24:00 GMT

Jennifer Marsman will walk you through creating a simple Silverlight blog badge which promotes a conference, using Expression Blend. In Part 1, she shows you how to create an animation to attract attention and create a button to take the user to the conference registration page.

Animation Using Expression Blend: How to make an animation follow a path

Jennifer Marsman — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:45:00 GMT

In Part 3 of the "Animation Using Expression Blend" series, Jennifer Marsman creates a spotlight animation that traverses in a slow circle using the Expression Blend tool.

Animation Using Expression Blend: How to start animations on events

Jennifer Marsman — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:45:00 GMT

In Part 2 of the "Animation Using Expression Blend" series, Jennifer Marsman walks through wiring up animations to start based on events using the Expression Blend tool.

Animation Using Expression Blend: How to create an animation

Jennifer Marsman — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:12:00 GMT

In Part 1 of the "Animation Using Expression Blend" series, Jennifer Marsman walks through creating DoubleAnimations and ColorAnimations using the Expression Blend tool.

C# 3.0 Part 2: The Power of LINQ

Jennifer Marsman — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:22:00 GMT

Jennifer Marsman completes the code refactoring by utilizing LINQ to retrieve data. She demonstrates using LINQ to query against objects, XML, typed datasets, and SQL.

C# 3.0 Part 1: New Language Features

Jennifer Marsman — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:51:00 GMT

Jennifer Marsman walks through refactoring C# 2.0 code to use some of the new features available in C# 3.0.

Long Running Work via Messaging in .NET 3.5

Jennifer Marsman — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:39:00 GMT

Jennifer Marsman highlights the different ways we can communicate with services using the Send activity in Windows Workflow. We'll walk through using the Send activity to call a Request-Reply MEP, a datagram (one-way) MEP, and by using a messaging approach to explicitly model sending and receiving.

Duplex Messaging in .NET 3.5

Jennifer Marsman — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:37:00 GMT

Jennifer Marsman walks through duplex messaging, where two workflows communicate with each other. This is accomplished by explicitly forwarding the callback context to the service and letting it use that to message back to the caller.

Context Exchange and Management in .NET 3.5

Jennifer Marsman — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:35:00 GMT

Jennifer Marsman demonstrates how context is exchanged between two parties in a conversation, and how we can obtain the context and explicitly manage it to enable additional clients to participate in the workflow.

Durable Services in .NET 3.5

Jennifer Marsman — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:33:00 GMT

Jennifer Marsman demonstrates using a WPF calculator to call a durable instance of a WCF service, which will store its state within a persistence database, similar to what happens with Workflow.

AMG Mercedes WPF Demo

Jennifer Marsman — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:35:00 GMT

Jennifer Marsman demonstrates the AMG Mercedes Prototype, which is a XAML browser application built using the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). This website gives a glimpse into the compelling user experience that WPF can create.

Code to Live Student Edition: University of Michigan students discuss the Workplace of the Future

Jennifer Marsman — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:36:27 GMT

Jennifer Marsman interviews a group of students from the University of Michigan on the Workplace of the Future, how mobile devices will play a role, and what they expect their employers to provide them.

XNA Development Part 4: Facing (or Aiming at) Your Opponent

Jennifer Marsman — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:24 GMT

Jennifer Marsman walks through sample code detailing how to make one sprite turn to face another in your Windows or XBOX 360 game using the XNA Framework.

XNA Development Part 1 Getting Started with the XNA Framework

Jennifer Marsman — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:11:00 GMT

Jennifer Marsman shows you the software needed to get started using the XNA Framework to develop games for Windows and the XBOX 360.

XNA Development Part 2: Differences Between Windows and XBOX Game Development

Jennifer Marsman — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:27:32 GMT

Jennifer Marsman discusses the differences between developing a Windows game and an XBOX 360 game using the XNA Framework.