Windows 8

John Sheehan and Tim Huckaby discuss the developer platform for Windows 8.  John covers his biggest challenges and proudest moments, and urges developers to stop watching videos and begin building apps.        Ready to Get Started? Visit the Windows Developer Center for a…

Containing with the Visual Studio 2012 Launch theme, in the keynotes (which you can see on-demand here), you saw a number of demo's of the "My Events" application. Think it was kind of cool and something you'd like to look see the source for? MY EVENTS - Sample Modern Application with…

Want to know what some of the best/smartest engineers in the Windows 8 team had to tell developers ?? This video is the 2 minute recap of some great/candid conversations with some of Windows 8 brightest and most passionate engineers. Watch the Bytes by MSDN Windows 8 Special Edition series here: Ted…

Abstract: How do you make the tile image for your Windows 8 app pretty?!?  Check out this quick demo from Michael Palermo on how to brand your app . Next Steps:Step #1 – Download the Tools for Windows 8 App DevelopmentStep #2 – Download Visual Studio Express for Windows 8Step #3 –…

The Multilingual App Toolkit can help you develop International apps that can reach a broader set of markets. Pseudo-localization will allow you to test the internationalization aspects of your app before you may incur costly translations. Through pseudo-localization, the Multilingual App…

A walkthrough getting an XNA game to run on Windows 8 – no long theory but concrete examples. Get insights on:      How to implement the settings charm How to implement the sharing charm How to deal with file reading and writing, threads, and any other topics which vary…

You all caught the official launch of Visual Studio 2012 and .Net Framework 4.5 this past week? If not you can catch the keynotes and a number of great sessions on-demand here. So I hear some of you asking, "What's new in .Net Framework 4.5?" Wouldn't it be kind of cool if there were an…

Host Jonathan Rozenblit goes through the monthly developer news: Technology Post Roundup - 3rd Edition Windows Azure Virtual DevCamp / Virtual Workshops Virtual DevCamp On-Demand Virtual DevCamp - Windows Azure in a Nutshell - October 3 (Register today) Virtual Workshop: Cloud Variations - October…

Abstract: When does an application start in a blank and navigation template and where can you start writing your code for your app? Tune in for this helpful how-to from Michael Palermo. Next Steps:Step #1 – Download the Tools for Windows 8 App DevelopmentStep #2 – Download Visual Studio Express for…

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…