Developers

This video will show you how to add the ability to scan from your Windows Store app. For more information, see the scanning Quickstart as well as the Scan Sample.

Windows Store apps have access to a number of sensors. Learn about the types of sensors available to detect motion, orientation and changes in ambient light, and how to get started using them in your apps. For more details, check out Integrating devices, printers, and sensors in the Windows Dev…

Full post >> Windows 8 guru Thomas Lewis shares his list of top Windows 8 blogs to watch, tools to check out, designer resources, social connections, and developer resources.THOMAS LEWISThomas Lewis is a Principal Technical Evangelist who at 8 years old thought that there was a frog…

Read the full post >> Following his presentation at the East of Toronto .NET User Group (@easttorontoug), Gladstone Grant (@gladstonegrant) takes on Jonathan's questions as well as some from the viewers about the opportunities developers have working with the Microsoft platform. GLADSTONE…

Mike Lee is an exceptional developer and an even better person. His life's story is fascinating and the work he does benefits developers around the world, especially those who build mobile apps. Mike's a visionary guy and he has taken his vision of protecting and serving developers and built…

We've started a new Show on Channel 9 and it's the result of a conversation I had with Erik Meijer just after the Herb Sutter E2E before Christmas 2010. Erik told me that he wanted to go around the company and meet everyday devs—the folks who first and foremost spend their time at work designing…

In this episode, the one and only Windows Azure Tactical Strategist, Steve Marx, joins Dmitry and Peter to give us an update on the Windows Azure platform. Steve talks about common real world Windows Azure use patterns, including storage and compute instance configurations. Steve uses some…

In this episode, guests Ben Dewey & Kent Brown join Peter to discuss the latest release of the Apache Stonehenge project. Ben & Kent talk about the .NET, Java, and PHP interoperability project and how it now handles identity. (Interview starts at 26:21) Also, Dmitry & Peter rap about…

Did CNET just call IE’s future tantalizing? Hmm. The fourth preview of the upcoming IE9 web browser is now available, and developer interest remains high. The previews to date have been downloaded 2.5 million+ times and the IE Test Drive site has had over 20 million visitors, the IEBlog says. …

In this episode, guest host Andrew Brust is back again, joining Dmitry & Peter to talk about all of the tech news from Microsoft’s Wordwide Partner Conference in Washington, DC. The trio talks about WebMatrix and how it applies to both ASP.NET & PHP Developers. Also on tap, news and…