Visual Studio Toolbox
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With its focus on tooling both in and outside of Visual Studio, this show will help you become a more productive developer. Join your host Robert Green and see what tools you can put in your Visual Studio Toolbox.
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22 minutes, 18 secondsTelerik Controls for XAML DevelopersJun 17, 2013 at 11:39 AM
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In part 2 of a 4 part series on control vendors, Robert is joined at TechEd in New Orleans by Phil Japikse of Telerik. Phil shows us some of the many XAML controls Telerik provides for XAML development, both in WPF and Windows 8. -
25 minutes, 37 secondsInfragistics Controls for XAML DevelopersJun 12, 2013 at 8:29 AM 2
In part 1 of a 4 part series on control vendors, Robert is joined at TechEd in New Orleans by Jason Beres and Brian Lagunas of Infragistics. They show us some of the many XAML controls Infragistics provides for XAML development, both in WPF and Windows 8. -
59 minutes, 20 secondsPrism for Windows Store AppsMay 08, 2013 at 8:54 AM 5
Robert is joined this week by Francis Cheung and Blaine Wastell of the Microsoft Patterns and Practices team. They show us Prism for Windows Store Apps. This project provides guidance to developers who want to create a Windows Store business app using C#, XAML, the Windows Runtime, and modern… -
20 minutes, 24 secondsNew Tools for Azure Storage and DiagnosticsMay 01, 2013 at 8:46 AM 0
In this show, Robert is joined by Boris Scholl and Merwan Hade, Program Managers on the Visual Studio Azure Tools team. They provide a high level overview of the just announced new tools in Visual Studio for working with Azure Storage and performing diagnostics. These tools are available as part of… -
46 minutes, 36 secondsVisual Studio 2012 Update 2Apr 04, 2013 at 10:00 AM 11
Starting with Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft has moved to providing updates to Visual Studio on a regular cadence of shorter intervals. The second such update, Visual Studio 2012 Update 2, is now available. In addition to bug fixes, Update 2 contains new features in four areas: agile… -
1 hour, 3 minutes, 7 secondsVirtualization for DevelopersMar 20, 2013 at 8:13 AM 4
There's always new stuff to play with, whether a preview version of Windows, a CTP of Visual Studio, or a prerelease of an upcoming version of ASP.NET or Entity Framework. Getting ahead of the curve and learning early sounds great, but how do you do it? You don't want to install these early bits on… -
40 minutes, 41 secondsBuilding Great Windows 8 AppsMar 06, 2013 at 8:06 AM 7
In this show, John Papa and Pete Brown join Robert for a freewheeling discussion about building great apps. They cover a range of topics including your icon and tile, how you app looks in the Windows Store, how you display information in an app layout, gestures, design, and more. -
55 minutes, 5 secondsEntity Framework Tips and TricksFeb 27, 2013 at 10:22 AM 13
In this show, Robert is joined by Julie Lerman, the author of several highly acclaimed Entity Framework books. Julie shares a number of Entity Framework tips and tricks including: Overriding the DBContext SaveChanges method [02:00] EntityFramework Power Tools [19:00] Configuring 1:1… -
38 minutes, 33 secondsSaving and Restoring State in Windows Store AppsJan 30, 2013 at 9:32 AM 3
In this show Robert discusses managing state in Windows Store apps. When a user switches away from an app in Windows 8, Windows suspends the app. When the user switches back to the app, it looks like it was running all along. Windows can terminate a suspended app if it needs to free up memory for… -
15 minutes, 38 secondsVisual Studio Achievements For Windows Store AppsJan 23, 2013 at 8:33 AM 3
In this episode, Karsten Januszewski joins us to talk about the latest version of the Visual Studio Achievements extension. Once you install this extension, you can unlock achievements based on things you do in Visual Studio. The latest version adds nineteen new achievements oriented toward…
