Visual Studio Toolbox
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With its focus on tooling both in and outside of Visual Studio, this show will help you become a more productive developer. Join your host Robert Green and see what tools you can put in your Visual Studio Toolbox.
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33 minutes, 55 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Interviews with Jay Schmelzer and John PapaJun 27, 2012 at 8:24 AM
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In this episode, taped at TechEd North America, Robert chats with Jay Schmelzer, a Principal Director of Program Management at Microsoft, and John Papa, an independent consultant, speaker, and trainer for Pluralsight. Jay's team owns the business application tooling in Visual Studio. He and Robert… -
24 minutes, 5 secondsProductivity Power Tools for Visual Studio 2012Dec 05, 2012 at 11:03 AM 2
The Productivity Power Tools is an extension pack that delivers powerful tools for improved productivity. With 1.5 million downloads, the Visual Studio 2010 version is the second most downloaded extension in the Visual Studio Gallery. The Visual Studio 2012 version was released… -
52 minutes, 15 secondsBuilding Office and SharePoint Apps with "Napa" and Visual StudioAug 29, 2012 at 8:01 AM 2
In this episode, Jim Nakashima and Saurabh Bhatia show us how to build Office and SharePoint apps using "Napa" Office 365 Development Tools and Visual Studio. If you have an Office 365 account, a browser, and "Napa" you can build apps for Office documents, mail items, and… -
26 minutes, 11 secondsWindows Azure Mobile ServicesSep 12, 2012 at 8:56 AM 2
In this episode, Josh Twist and Nick Harris introduce us to Windows Azure Mobile Services. This makes it incredibly easy to connect a scalable cloud backend to your client and mobile applications. It enables you to easily store structured data in the cloud that can span both devices and users and… -
59 minutes, 5 secondsGetting Started with Windows AzureSep 19, 2012 at 7:07 AM 0
There have been a lot of recent developments in the Windows Azure world and those developments are what we've lately been covering on this show. In this episode, however, Dennis Angeline joins us as we take a step back and focus on how Visual Studio developers can get started using Windows Azure.… -
26 minutes, 23 secondsDesigning Windows 8 Line of Business Apps RevisitedJan 10, 2013 at 7:00 AM 18
In this episode, Robert revisits the Windows 8 line of business app he wrote. This app provides the ability for employees to create and submit expense reports—and for managers to view and approve or reject them. Robert first reviews the app as you last saw it and then discusses what changes he made… -
22 minutes, 18 secondsTelerik Controls for XAML Developers1 day ago 0
In part 2 of a 4 part series on control vendors, Robert is joined at TechEd in New Orleans by Phil Japikse of Telerik. Phil shows us some of the many XAML controls Telerik provides for XAML development, both in WPF and Windows 8. -
20 minutes, 24 secondsNew Tools for Azure Storage and DiagnosticsMay 01, 2013 at 8:46 AM 0
In this show, Robert is joined by Boris Scholl and Merwan Hade, Program Managers on the Visual Studio Azure Tools team. They provide a high level overview of the just announced new tools in Visual Studio for working with Azure Storage and performing diagnostics. These tools are available as part of… -
38 minutes, 33 secondsSaving and Restoring State in Windows Store AppsJan 30, 2013 at 9:32 AM 3
In this show Robert discusses managing state in Windows Store apps. When a user switches away from an app in Windows 8, Windows suspends the app. When the user switches back to the app, it looks like it was running all along. Windows can terminate a suspended app if it needs to free up memory for… -
24 minutes, 47 secondsUsing Azure Mobile Services in a Windows 8 AppDec 19, 2012 at 8:26 AM 8
In this episode, learn how to use Azure Mobile Services in a Windows 8 app. Robert shows how to create a new mobile service and an accompanying database as well as how to connect a Windows Store app to the mobile service. He then demonstrates how to query, add, update, and delete items in the…
