Application Development

Microsoft DirectX is a collection of APIs for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially in game programming. In this video, we'll show you how to use DirectX to pick a 3D object and manipulate it in universal Windows game apps. Download sample:…

Have you ever wondered "How did that dev do that"? Listen to Bernardo Zamora, a Microsoft Director of Business Operations, tell the story of how he created over 40 apps for Windows and Windows Phone. He explains how to be successful promoting your app, how to recover from bad reviews, and…

Alma Obregón is an author and owner of retail cupcake stores in Spain. She built her app, AppCake Pefecto, using App Studio

Have you ever wondered "How did that dev do that"? Listen to Nikola Mihaylov, a Microsoft software engineer, tell the story of how he created his popular photo/painting app for Windows Phone. He explains his unique business model, how he collects user feedback, and the best way to do a…

This short 7-minute video describes how to add YouTube videos to a Windows App Studio app. You will learn how to: - Add a single video - Add a playlist of videos you choose - Add all the videos from an existing playlist - Add all the videos from one user - Add all the videos based on a search term…

Have you ever wondered "How did that dev do that"? Listen as Yenel Yildirim and Alsi Turgut (husband and wife) tell the story of how they created a number of popular apps for Windows Phone. What services do they use? How do they make money? How did they get started? Then read more…

You've created a Windows Phone app using Windows App Studio, why not publish that same app so that's available on every PC and Table running Windows 8.1? This 15 minute tutorial shows you how to format your phone app for PCs and tablets, how to immediately sideload and share your app using…

Windows Store Apps bring an exciting new user experience, optimized for touch devices, to the Enterprise – but that can sometimes mean leaving behind legacy code, or hitting security constraints. This video introduces two techniques which can be used by Enterprise developers to combine Windows Store…

Have you ever played Roman Empire and wondered "How did that dev do that"? Listen to Jacek Ciereszko, a Microsoft software engineer, tell the story of how he created his popular game for both Windows and Windows Phone. What services does he use? How does he make money? How did he get…

This is the extended cut of the interview with the developers behind Wordament and Snap Attack. The shorter version can be found here. Have you ever played Wordament (Windows or Windows Phone) or Snap Attack (Windows or Windows Phone) and wondered "How did those devs do that"? Listen to…