Windows Phone 8

In the world of Windows Phone development, the cornerstone app architecture is called MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel). In this video, I talk through some of the structure of an MVVM application to talk about how we build MVVM apps for the phone to take advantage of benefits like data binding, commanding…

Abstract:   David Chou welcomes Brian Satorius, founder and creator of the “Smart Shopping” app to the show as they discuss how Brian developed his app for Windows 8 and Windows Phone using Windows Azure as its back-end cloud service platform. Download “Smart Shopping”  from the…

Luis Perez (Neuralnet, LLC) discusses Windows Phone app development.  Luis's app Pro Football '13, was featured in a Windows Phone TV commercial in the Fall of 2012.  He discusses his app portfolio and what attracts him to developing apps for Windows Phone.

Today's Mobile Monday is a toolkit by Pedro Lamas that will help speed up your Windows Phone 7.x and 8 app development. Yeah, I know it feels like I've been doing allot frameworks recently, but in my weird world, playing with new frameworks and seeing how they work is "fun". Why? They let…

Out of more than 9,000 competing apps and 600,000 votes by sweepstakes participants around the world, the finals pitted Wikipedia by Rudy Huyn and ProShot by Eddie Kezeli.   The voting was so close, we also wanted to showcase our runner-up with this Channel 9 video.  Second place…

Writing your first app using DirectX can seem mysterious if you're new to graphics or game development. The Visual Studio 3D Starter Kit was created to help developers understand the basics of DirectX development with a complete Windows 8 application. In this episode, Roberto Sonnino, a software…

Jerry Nixon welcomes Niels Hilmar to the show as they discuss the Windows 8 app development opportunity that is open for anyone who has a great idea for an app. Tune in as they discuss the first-mover advantage, what free tools and resources are available as well as the upcoming App Builder Virtual…

YUI is a great framework for the web, but did you also know it can be used to build Windows 8 Store Apps?  The YUI team has certified their library for the Windows 8 App environment and this video is a walk though of just how easy it is to build that app.  As a bonus, we then take that…

This is a recording from an MSDN webcast on February 19, 2013. Abstract Near-Field-Communication is a technology that has been around for a while but only recently started finding its way onto mobile phones. Microsoft introduced NFC support in Windows Phone allowing developers to leverage…

Abstract: Reza Alizadeh welcomes Max Katz from Tiggzi as they discuss how Tiggzi can help developers create cloud-based cross platform apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone.  Tune in as Max shows us how you can use their App Builder to easily create apps for multiple platforms. Sign up Today!…