Visual Studio Toolbox
- 65 Episodes
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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24 minutes, 47 secondsUsing Azure Mobile Services in a Windows 8 AppDec 19, 2012 at 8:26 AM| 386 views this month
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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… -
35 minutes, 6 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Visual Studio 2012 Release CandidateMay 31, 2012 at 11:55 AM| 351 views this month 49
In this episode, Jason Zander joins us to celebrate the availability of Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate. Jason shows off a number of features that have been added to Visual Studio since Beta, including IDE updates [02:55] Web site optimization (bundling/minification) [07:00] Web publishing… -
38 minutes, 5 secondsCollecting IntelliTrace Data in ProductionOct 03, 2012 at 11:47 AM| 350 views this month 6
IntelliTrace is a great tool. It records and traces your app's code execution and stores this information in a trace file. You can open up that trace file later on and figure out why your app isn't behaving as expected. This can save you huge amounts of time during development. But what happens… -
41 minutes, 45 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Web Essentials and CSSCopFeb 01, 2012 at 9:25 AM| 345 views this month 9
In this episode, Mads Kristensen returns to show extensions he wrote to make Web development easier. Mads shows us what's new in the Image Optimizer and how the Web Essentials extension provides a number of features that help you write Web apps faster. He also previews a new extension: CSSCop, which… -
20 minutes, 43 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Interview with Billy HollisJul 05, 2012 at 8:12 AM| 340 views this month 2
In this episode—taped at TechEd North America—Robert chats with Billy Hollis, a consultant and trainer who is a widely recognized expert on XAML and design. Robert and Billy have a freewheeling discussion that focuses mostly on the design of Windows 8 apps. -
19 minutes, 14 secondsWindows 8 and the .NET Micro FrameworkSep 05, 2012 at 8:56 AM| 316 views this month 21
In this episode, Pete Brown (Windows Developer Evangelist and XAML and Gadget Guy) shows us how to write Windows Store apps that use the .NET Micro Framework and advanced socket networking to talk to devices like robots. -
59 minutes, 5 secondsGetting Started with Windows AzureSep 19, 2012 at 7:07 AM| 308 views this month 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.… -
52 minutes, 15 secondsBuilding Office and SharePoint Apps with "Napa" and Visual StudioAug 29, 2012 at 8:01 AM| 267 views this month 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| 244 views this month 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… -
50 minutes, 58 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: What's New in the Windows Azure June 2012 ReleaseJun 20, 2012 at 8:25 AM| 237 views this month 2
In this episode, Nick Harris joins us to talk about what's new in Windows Azure tooling. On Cloud Cover, Nick and his co-hosts covered the Windows Azure June 2012 Release from a much broader perspective. Here, we take a different approach and look at the new release from the perspective of…
