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Containerize Your Startup: Image Management–Part 3
In the recent past how many times have you heard the buzz around DevOps and Docker? Ever wondered...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 09/10/2015
Visual Studio Time Saver–Working with tabs
When we code in Visual Studio we open and close endless tabs. Make sure you have your tab settings...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 09/09/2015
Converting .NET 4.6 Projects to the VS 2015 Project System
To take advantage of multi-targeted outputs from our project – allowing our assemblies to be...
Author: James Chambers (MVP) Date: 09/08/2015
State triggers and Blend
At last, Windows 10 is released and today developers have access to Visual Studio 2015 and Windows...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 09/04/2015
Where will the Microsoft Student partner program take you?
A Microsoft Student Partner from Brock University talks about his experience in Seattle for the...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 09/03/2015
On a Cloud: CDN & Queue Sharding
Content Delivery Network (CDN) I run through at a high level what a CDN is and how it enables lower...
Author: Jef King Date: 09/03/2015
Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Online
Visual Studio Code has lots of different advantages like: It’s very fast and doesn’t...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 09/02/2015
Getting Your Build Server Ready for VS 2015
If you’re modernizing your project, one of the things you’ll surely want to do is to...
Author: James Chambers (MVP) Date: 09/01/2015
On a Cloud: Capacity
In these two videos I cover some ways to think about server resources or capacity which enable to...
Author: Jef King Date: 08/31/2015
UWP: New features of Launcher class
In this post I want to discuss how to establish communications between Universal Windows Platform...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 08/31/2015
UWP: Clipboard
Starting with Windows 10 you can implement clipboard operations not just for desktop but also for...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 08/28/2015
Docker: Containerize your Startup–Part 2
In the recent past how many times have you heard the buzz around DevOps and Docker? Ever wondered...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 08/27/2015
On a Cloud: Queues
In my first two videos I have presented a couple quick overviews of Queues and a very typical...
Author: Jef King Date: 08/26/2015
Moving to VS 2015 from VS 2013
The folks on the Visual Studio team have been making it increasingly easier to move from...
Author: James Chambers (MVP) Date: 08/25/2015
Why does a business student care about Azure?
Cloud isn’t just for geeks! Business students and entrepreneurs need to understand it’s potential...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 08/25/2015
UWP: How to implement Drag and Drop functionality
One more new feature, which is available for Windows 10 developers, is Drag and Drop support....
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 08/24/2015
XAML tools in Visual Studio 2015
Visual Studio is the best editor forever. So, it’s very hard to implement something new that...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 08/21/2015
Upgrading Projects to .NET 4.6
The updates in the .NET Framework provide many improvements, including support for new language...
Author: James Chambers (MVP) Date: 08/20/2015
Future of JavaScript – A Look at ECMAScript 6
This tutorial series will take a look at the future of JavaScript. It will take an in-depth look at...
Author: Rami Sayar Date: 08/18/2015
Tailored views or one more way to create Universal interfaces (part 2)
In the previous post I showed how to create tailored views for known families of devices. But if you...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 08/17/2015
UWP: Back button is everywhere
One more thing which was not available for universal interfaces is the back button. You know that...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 08/14/2015
Setting up an IIS Site Using PowerShell
The cloud has been such an omnipresent force in my development life that I'd kind of forgotten that...
Author: Simon Timms (MVP) Date: 08/13/2015
Docker: Containerize your startup!
In the recent past how many times have you heard the buzz around DevOps and Docker? Ever wondered...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 08/13/2015
New features of C# 6
Visual Studio 2015 is released and it’s time to talk about Visual Studio 2015 features and...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 08/10/2015
Live Visual Tree in Visual Studio
In this post I am going to talk about a cool tool in Visual Studio – Live Visual Tree. This...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 08/07/2015
A Complete Guide to the MVC 6 Tag Helpers
Tag Helpers are a new feature in MVC that you can use for generating HTML. The syntax looks like...
Author: David Paquette (MVP) Date: 08/06/2015
Hello Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise
On July 20, 2015, the next step in the evolution of Visual Studio was released to the public. This...
Author: Lachezar Arabadzhiev Date: 08/05/2015
Win2D: How to use graphics without knowledge in DirectX
Direct2D is a very good technology but using of it requires some knowledge in DirectX. Yes, DirectX...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 08/03/2015
UWP: New Controls (part 5 – Media)
Of course, the existing Media controls are not new but I cannot overlook them due to number of new...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 07/31/2015
UWP: Extensions and ApiInformation
Universal Windows Platform allows to build universal applications for all devices which run Windows...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 07/27/2015
UWP: New Controls (part 4 – Inking)
One more powerful control in Universal Windows Platform is InkCanvas. Thanks to this control you can...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 07/24/2015
UWP: New Controls (part 3 – Maps)
In this post I am going to talk about maps in Universal Windows Platform applications. And...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 07/20/2015
How to Activate Your Free Azure DreamSpark Subscription
This blog post will show you how to activate your free Azure DreamSpark account. Azure DreamSpark is...
Author: Mansib Rahman Date: 07/18/2015
UWP: 3D Transformation
If you develop applications for Windows Phone 8.1 or Windows 8.1 you can use PlaneProjection class...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 07/17/2015
Tailored views or one more way to create Universal interfaces
If you visit what's new for developers in Windows 10 page you can see the following sentence there:...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 07/13/2015
How does a student get a DreamSpark account for free software and Azure?
DreamSpark gives students access to free software, free Azure cloud services, and free store...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 07/10/2015
UWP: New Controls (part 2 – SplitView)
Another control which allows to create adaptive interfaces is SplitView. Usually you will use this...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 07/10/2015
Demystifying Azure Cloud Services: Azure Cloud Services and Azure Virtual Networks – Part 4
I have noticed that there is a general sense of mystery around Azure Cloud Service. Some equate it...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 07/09/2015
Visual Studio Time Saver–Enhanced Scroll bar, everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask!
The enhanced scroll bar makes it easier to navigate your code, but what do all those different...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 07/08/2015
UWP: New Controls (part 1 – RelativePanel)
In the next posts I am going to discuss new controls which are available for Windows 10 developers....
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 07/06/2015
UWP: How to handle changes of DependencyProperty
Last time we discussed how to create our own state trigger. In order to do it we made some...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 07/03/2015
BREAKPOINT: Release Management and PaaS Deployments
Deploying software across environments can be a problematic at times. Some deployment...
Author: Lachezar Arabadzhiev Date: 06/30/2015
UWP: New features of Visual State Manager (part 2)
In the previous post I told about two new features of Visual State Manager like setters and adaptive...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 06/29/2015
Who is representing Canada at Imagine Cup World Finals?
We have selected a team to represent Canada at the Imagine Cup World Wide Finals in Seattle,...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 06/26/2015
UWP: New features of Visual State Manager (part 1)
If you are going to develop Universal Windows applications for Windows 10 you should think about...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 06/26/2015