Developer Tools

Brandon Watson, Director for Windows Phone 7, is making some announcements for developers today so we stopped by his office to get the highlights. Plus, we got the official word that on September 16th the final Windows Phone Developer Tools will be available. Here's an overview of what…

Erik Mork, Founder of Silver Bay Labs, shares his passion for Silverlight and development tools for the Microsoft platforms.About ErikErik is passionate about the future of applications on the Web and on mobile devices. He sees Silverlight as a way to make the apps he's dreamed of. In…

In this episode of geekSpeak, author and expert Bill Wagner introduces us to one of the coolest language features of Microsoft Visual C# 4.0, dynamic keyword. Bill explains how to use the dynamic keyword without ever leaving Visual C#, and he shares techniques to minimize reflection and provide…

This week on MSDN Radio we talk with Rocky Lhotka, a Regional Director, author, and keynote presenter on technologies and how to do things right. See what's new, what's old, and what to look for as we dive into patterns, practices, and practical insight and find out what you need to know about the…

PreEmptive Solutions produces the Dotfuscator and DashO instrumentation and obfuscation product families and the Runtime Intelligence application analytics service. With more than 3,000 corporate clients, 40,000 registered installations in 100+ countries and inclusion with Microsoft’s…

In this episode of geekSpeak, we'll hear about some of the exciting new features of Microsoft Silverlight 3 from Microsoft MVP Shawn Wildermuth. Your hosts for this geekSpeak are Glen Gordon and G. Andrew Duthie. The geekSpeak webcast series brings you industry experts in a…

This Week on Channel 9, Brian and Dan discuss: - Microsoft TechFest - TechFest Project: Dynamically combine video streams (think photostitch for video) - TechFest Project: Social Desktop - Make everything on your PC a URL like the Web - Engineering 7 Blog: 36 Changes from Beta to…

John Hrvatin, Program Manager on the IE Team, joins us (again) for a quick lap around IE8's almost golden (meaning RC quality/state) Developer Tools (aka Dev Tools). What's changed since we last talked to John (IE8 Beta 2 timeframe)? How are IE8 Dev Tools helping web developers in the real world?…

While Silverlight and XNA Framework enable developers to create new and innovative applications and games for the Windows Phone (WP), these are just sets of libraries. In order to complete the development experience, a set of powerful tools is required. Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for…

Microsoft Silverlight 4 is a powerful development platform for creating engaging, interactive user experiences for Web, desktop, and mobile applications when online or offline. First introduced in 2007, Silverlight has come a long way, with four major version releases in less than three years. By…