C#

Today's Modern Monday project by Andrew Wilkinson is one of those kinds of projects that makes me love developers. Imagine this... Building Windows 8 MVVM app... Gaa, don't like the available templates, but good enough to start with. hack, hack, hack. Building second app. Ahh, templates again...…

This week on Channel 9, Mark and Dan discuss the week's top developer news, including; [01:07] Introducing a new Windows Dev Center experience, Windows Dev Center [02:25] Windows 8.1 at //build (Windows Keeps Getting Better) (Brandon LeBlanc) [03:25] Channel 9 Highlight: Programming Windows with…

As promised on Tuesday, here's this week's second project by David Renton, this time with him showing off (with code) how to do a "green screen" without a green screen... Kinect No Need 4 Green – The Green Screen without a Green ScreenThis little piece of software allows you to produce…

Friend of the Gallery, David Renton, is back, this week with two different updates and projects. Today... Kinect Magic Cursor version 1.7 with Gesture supportI am releasing a new version of Kinect Magic Cursor which works much like the last version except it now uses gestures to simulate the left…

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.…

A successful App requires the right data strategies, packaging and deployment. Learn more on how to best evaluate data access strategies using SQLite. [01:46] - Data strategies [06:46] - SQLite [09:57] - SQLite Demo [20:43] - App packages and deployment [35:38] - Windows Store App certification Full…

Learn how to search and share charms and contracts. In this module Jerry and Daren focus on charm setting, primary and secondary tiles and toast notifications. [01:05] - Search Charm and Contract [20:27] - Share Charm and Contract [28:20] - Playto Contract [33:15] - Settings Charm [38:41] - Primary…

To create the best possible App for Windows Store it is key to understand navigation and how the data hierarchy and top app bar work. Once you understand these, get ready for the semantic zoom. [01:37] - Understand navigation [11:52] - Data hierarchy [19:30] - Semantic Zoom [24:25] - Demo Full…

In this module you will find out what resources are. Combined with the various styles and templates provided to you in Windows 8 get ready to add some great tips and tricks to your toolbox. [01:14] - Resources [05:54] - Styles [11:14] - Templates [17:12] - Templates and GridView demo Full course…

This session provides an overview on file handling and process lifecycle management. Jerry and Daren provide visibility to state transitions, background tasks, and execution and triggers. [03:51] - File handling [15:15] - Process lifecycle management [26:10] - Activating Windows Store Apps [33:56] -…