WinRT

This module introduces you to the Windows 8 Platform, the user interface principles, and WinRT and language projections. See the changes in Windows 8 and how everything that runs on Windows 7 will run on Windows 8. [07:49] - Intro to Windows 8 platform [34:13] - Background tasks [44:38] - Windows 8…

This week on Channel 9, Brian and Rick discuss the week's top developer news, including; [1:01] Git Support Added to Visual Studio and TFS (Martin Woodward, Brian Keller) [3:14] Getting Started with Git in Visual Studio and Team Foundation Service (Matthew Mitrik (MS), Andy Lewis, and…

Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac is a hypervisor-based virtualization solution that makes it easy to run any number of operating systems inside separate windows on your Mac desktop. For developers, this means you can simultaneously run Xcode on Mac and Visual Studio on Windows 8. The Parallels window…

So you got a new Windows 8 PC or Surface RT this holiday season? And since you're reading this, you're likely someone who likes to code. So of course you want to code something up for your new Windows 8 PC/Surface! What's more fun than digging into a game? Today's project is an…

Today's Modern Monday post is from one of the great guys at Wintellect, Jeff Prosise. He's sharing a coverflow control with us, helping us build our own cool looking app's and also showing how a Silverlight control can be ported to WindowsRT A CoverFlow Control for Windows 8 and Your Surface RTA few…

Today's project shows off one means of connecting a WindowsRT app to a Kinect for Windows device (And shows off a bunch of other cool things like some DirectX goodness and more) The Byte Kitchen's Open Sources - Kinect Client Server SystemThe Kinect Client Server system consists of a desktop…

Brian Peek let me know that his project MJPEG Decoder has hit a cool milestone in that it now supports both Windows Phone 8 and WinRT (x86 & ARM). So if you're looking to build an app that decodes MJPEG for a Surface RT or WP8 device, say an app that provides cool touch based security camera…

Arun Kishan digs into the low level details of Windows 8's new application model. How has Process Lifetime Management (PLM) been reimagined in Windows 8? How does app suspension work, exactly, or, what happens when an app is no longer in the foreground and not closed? How much work…

For today's Modern UI Monday post it just felt right to highlight this series from Philip Schäfer, where he's helping us move from windows to tiles (I know, imagine that given the title of this post and series...) From windows to tiles: WinRT sensors – Overview and C# sampleSensors are one of the…

This week on Channel 9, Brian and Dan discuss the week's top developer news, including; [0:36] Windows AzureConf 2012 [1:15] Announcing the Latest Release of Office Developer Tools (Grace Kochavi) [2:46] Building quality Windows 8 apps: Important pre-submission checks for your Windows…