XAML

You've all see the recent Coding4Fun articles on the Fall Fury project, right? What? No? (Well of course I know YOU have, but maybe there's a few other haven't...) What is Fall Fury anyway? FallFury is a 2D platformer in which the player controls a falling bear, trying to avoid obstacles, dodge…

Fresh Paint is an excellent Windows Store App (for Windows 8). It's fun to use, realistic and beautiful ( yes, we really like this app ). In this episode we will meet the developers behind Fresh Paint, Subha Bhattacharyay, Adam Szofran, and  Kaushik Barat. Being native developers,…

This is the first of five videos that walks you through building your first Windows Store app with C#. In this video, we'll build a simple Hello world using XAML and C#. Step-by-Step tutorial from dev.windows.com Part 1 complete code   [01:44] Before you start[02:24] Step 1: Create a new…

Lots of developers are building XAML-based applications today.  Be it WPF, Silverlight or Windows Phone 7, I have seen a lot of people struggle with certain tasks in Visual Studio that would be much easier if undertaken in Expression Blend.  Blend seems to be somewhat intimidating to…

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…

This week on Channel 9, Brian and Nisha discuss the week's top developer news, including; [0:56] CTP for Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 (VS 2012.2) is available (Brian Harry), February CTP for Visual Studio Update 2 (Charles Sterling) [1:47] Embracing Semantic Logging, Introducing Semantic…

Abstract: Bart De Smet from the Reactive Extensions team joins Jerry Nixon for today’s episode as they discuss the importance of using Rx and LINQ in their Windows 8 apps. Tune in as they share some background info as well as best practices for .NET developers who want to streamline their code and…

Legendary and renowned author Charles Petzold together with Principal Technical Evangelist Jaime Rodriguez led this fast-paced live Q&A session on Microsoft Windows programing.  They fielded one question after the other from the audience on how to use C# and XAML to build Windows 8 apps.…

Both of us freshly back from MIX09, Mike Swanson stops in to show us a plug in that he wrote which allows users of Adobe Illustrator to export their designs as XAML for either WPF or Silverlight. Working Smarter means taking advantage of both the tools and the training that you already know. By…

Abstract: We're kicking off a new series today and in this inaugural episode we're talking all things Windows 8. Tune in as we cover the basics from what's new in this latest installment as well as what you need to know to build, publish and profit from developing your first application. Be the…