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Working with Class Diagrams? Let Visual Studio 2013 do the work
Designing a new feature? Trying to figure out someone else’s code? Got a class diagram completed and...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 08/11/2014
Using the cloud to create a cloud! IdeaCloud visualizes social media in real-time with distributed workloads in Azure
IdeaCloud is a tool to visualize tweets and instagram by creating an animated mosaic on an HTML5...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 08/07/2014
Don't Launch Your Universal Windows Store App Before Reading This
Your Universal Windows Store App is ready to go to the Windows Phone and Windows 8 markets and I am...
Author: Rami Sayar Date: 07/21/2014
5 Must Read Resources for Building Universal Windows Store Apps
With the release of Windows Phone 8.1, you can use the Windows Runtime to build apps for both...
Author: Rami Sayar Date: 07/14/2014
Shiny New Toys (in Visual Studio)
If you are an avid user of Visual Studio, you may already know that the VS product team is now...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 06/29/2014
On the Next Breakpoint: Shiny Toys, Spring 2014
Shiny Toys Edition, Spring 2014 If you are an avid user of Visual Studio, you may already know that...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 06/20/2014
30 Days of Bootstrap with the MVC Framework–Week 2
Last week I shared here on the Developer Connection that I've started on this adventure of blogging...
Author: James Chambers (MVP) Date: 06/18/2014
Using Portable Class Libraries
Continuation of Windows First- A New Strategy for Mobile Development and Beyond With a working...
Author: Lori Lalonde (MVP) Date: 06/17/2014
Windows First: A New Strategy for Mobile Development and Beyond
Mobile app development has really exploded over the past few years. And with that, so have the...
Author: Lori Lalonde (MVP) Date: 06/13/2014
SharePoint: Your Fastest, Out-of-the-Box Application Development Environment
May 8th, the Scotia Bank Theatre in Toronto was the scene of ObjectSharp’s annual “At the Movies”...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 06/09/2014
Code, Manage, Test, and Deploy Directly From the Cloud
Code, manage, test and deploy your applications directly from the cloud. On this episode of...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 06/06/2014
Save Time, Money, and Your Sanity: Coded UI Testing for the Windows Phone–Test Methods
This post is the continuation of my Save Time, Money, and Your Sanity: Coded UI Testing for Windows...
Author: Lori Lalonde (MVP) Date: 06/05/2014
Something for Everyone in Visual Studio 2013
May 8th, the Scotia Bank Theatre in Toronto was the scene of ObjectSharp’s annual “At the Movies”...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 05/30/2014
CSS Validation with Visual Studio Web Essentials
I like when my IDE tells me I’m doing something wrong. I find it mush less embarrassing than when a...
Author: David Paquette (MVP) Date: 05/22/2014
Save Time, Money, and Your Sanity: Coded UI Testing for the Windows Phone–Adding Assertions
This post is the continuation of my Save Time, Money, and Your Sanity: Coded UI Testing for Windows...
Author: Lori Lalonde (MVP) Date: 05/20/2014
From Requirements to Deployment: The Modern SW Developer using TFS
May 8th, the Scotia Bank Theatre in Toronto was the scene of ObjectSharp’s annual “At the Movies”...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 05/16/2014
Save Time, Money, and Your Sanity: Coded UI Testing for the Windows Phone - Part 2
This post is the continuation from Save Time, Money, and Your Sanity: Coded UI Testing for Windows...
Author: Lori Lalonde (MVP) Date: 05/15/2014
In App Purchases Really Work for Developers and Users
In the Beginning I started out developing for Windows Phone way back when Windows Phone 7 was the...
Author: Mark B Schramm (MVP) Date: 05/13/2014
DevOps: The Abbreviation That Will Change How You View ALM
It seems that the term DevOps is gaining steam in IT circles these days. There are good reasons for...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 05/09/2014
What should I be looking for during Code Reviews?
For the longest time, I was wary of Code Reviews. I used to spend most of my time implementing...
Author: Alexandre Brisebois (MSFT) Date: 05/07/2014
Jump Start ALM in Your Organization
In order to jump start the process of streamlining your development pipeline and creating a culture...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 05/06/2014
Save Time, Money, and Your Sanity: Coded UI Testing for the Windows Phone - Part 1
Developing apps for Windows Phone is increasing in popularity. With the announcements made at...
Author: Lori Lalonde (MVP) Date: 05/05/2014
Build Some Ears on Your App and then Listen!
Recently I have had taken some time to look at my existing apps instead of constantly pushing out...
Author: Mark B Schramm (MVP) Date: 04/30/2014
Refactoring your CSS with LESS in Visual Studio Web Essentials
I recently took on the somewhat daunting task of giving a legacy ASP.NET application a major...
Author: David Paquette (MVP) Date: 04/29/2014
The Full Story of Featured and Spotlighted Apps on Windows Phone
One of the biggest wishes of a developer is to release a popular application. We work hard to create...
Author: Sébastien Lachance (MVP) Date: 04/28/2014
Escape from Windows XP, Now a Game
Last Tuesday marked the end of life of Windows XP! For some, it has been an easy transition to...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 04/12/2014
Improve your JavaScript with Web Essentials and JSHint
Visual Studio has some great features to help you write better JavaScript. JavaScript is a first...
Author: David Paquette (MVP) Date: 04/09/2014
The Thinking Around Cross-Platform Development and Xamarin
On the last episode of Breakpoint (check out yesterday’s post), Jonathan, Paul, and I looked at...
Author: Mark Arteaga (MVP) Date: 04/08/2014
Building Cross-Platform Code in Visual Studio with Xamarin
As you already know, Visual Studio (especially Visual Studio 2013) provides amazing tools for you to...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 04/07/2014
Day 2 of //build/ in a Nutshell
Yesterday, I shared with you my recap of day 1. To no surprise, day 2 was just as exciting with...
Author: Laurent Duveau (MVP) Date: 04/04/2014
Top Security Improvements Found in Windows 8.1
Since we’re already on the topic of Security (see previous post Windows Azure = Security +...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 03/27/2014
Rockin’ Windows Azure with Visual Studio
In this episode of Breakpoint, Jonathan and Paul thought they'd take their own spin on talking about...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 03/21/2014
Ready, Set, //Build
Whoa! Less than a month to go before //Build. I know that some of you are already gearing up to go...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 03/18/2014
Rethinking Visual Studio as a Web Editor
I have to admit, at one time I thought Visual Studio was overkill for those building front-end...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 03/17/2014
Supporting Cross-Platform Development with Visual Studio 2013
Developers come in all shapes and sizes. You have preferences as to what environment and...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 03/11/2014
What is Windows Azure?
I know, I know. You are probably thinking that this question has been answered so many time. It has,...
Author: Alexandre Brisebois (MSFT) Date: 03/06/2014
When Something New Is Released, Is It Really Completely New?
Here’s a philosophical question for you - when something new is released, a new technology or...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 03/03/2014
Empowering the next generation of developers with DreamSpark
DreamSpark is a program that provides students and educators with access to free software and store...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 02/27/2014
C# async and await: A Deeper Dive
In my previous post, I introduced C#’s async and await keywords, described the need for asynchronous...
Author: Andrei Marukovich (MVP) Date: 12/23/2013
C# async and await: Why Do We Need Them?
Unresponsiveness of an application’s user interface is an issue every computer user has to...
Author: Andrei Marukovich (MVP) Date: 12/18/2013
DevOps in 60 seconds
Everyone is talking about DevOps these days, so I thought I would look into it and see what the hype...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 12/13/2013
Browser Link–Tracking Unused CSS
As mentioned in my previous blog post, Browser Link is a new feature in Visual Studio 2013 that...
Author: David Paquette (MVP) Date: 12/09/2013
Be a productive coder with Productivity Power Tools 2013
It's hard to imagine with the latest Visual Studio 2013 release with Code Lens, Code Peek, Roaming...
Author: Tom Walker (Community Expert) Date: 12/06/2013
Browser Link–A Web Developer’s New Best Friend
At a conference a few months ago, I was demonstrating the F12 developer tools in Internet Explorer...
Author: David Paquette (MVP) Date: 12/03/2013
Windows Azure Websites vs Cloud Services
The question of the week is. When do you use Windows Azure Websites as your web platform and when do...
Author: Tyler Doerksen (MVP) Date: 11/21/2013