Windows 8 introduces an application programming model for building new kinds of user mode apps called Windows Store Apps. The name reflects the new way users discover, download, purchase, rate, and install applications on Windows 8: The Windows Store.On Windows 8, underneath this new…
We're back with the third installment of C9::GoingNative and it's a LONG one For good reason, of course -> there's SO much to talk about! We all learned at the BUILD conference that Microsoft is fully committed to native developers and C++ on Windows 8 (Please see the C9 Live…
We've not covered ATL before on Channel 9 and with all the talk going on these days about [the elephant in the room], we figured it would be useful to spend some time with ATL creator Jim Springfield to get a historical perspective (as well as a technical one) on Active Template Library.ATL is…
You recently learned about CLR 4's support for type equivalence in a
conversation right here on C9 with Raja Krishnaswamy and Jesse Kaplan. The idea of type equivalence and its potential usefulness beyond simplifying and de-bloating COM interop that employs Interop Assemblies (CLR 4's No-PIA…
Principal Architect Raja Krishnaswamy, Program Manager Jesse Kaplan and team have created a new way to streamline and simplfiy PIA-based COM Interop: rather than including an entire PIA (Primary Interop Assembly) in your application to utilize the functionality
of a few of its member…
In this session, we’ll explore Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA), which provides managed extensibility and a Visual Studio based scripting environment for both Component Object Model (COM) and Microsoft .NET applications. When integrated
into an application, VSTA can help…
ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle of Microsoft and
MVP Stuart Celarier explore the new languages features in C#. It's a Whirlwind Tour of the important language features of C# 4. Stuart describes each major feature and why it is useful. But doesn't get into best practices nor suggested…
Get your hands on
the IE9 developer platform preview!IE Performance PM Jason Weber and Performance Dev Lead Venkat Kudallur take us through the updated and improved performance pipeline in IE (hardware accelerated graphics rendering, new JavaScript engine (employing a dual execution pipeline),…