Canadian Developer Connection
The latest developer news and events in Canada!
Demystifying Azure Cloud Service: Cloud Services and Virtual Machines – Part 3
I have noticed that there is a general sense of mystery around Azure Cloud Service. Some equate it...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 06/25/2015
Getting fit with MSBand and an alien wins Sheridan College students first place for User Experience!
A team of students from Sheridan college took first place in the world wide innovation User...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 06/24/2015
How to build your own drone (part 2)
Last time we discussed the common parts which you need to buy in order to assemble your drone. This...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 06/19/2015
Demystifying Azure Cloud Services: Cloud Service or WebApps? – Part 2
I have noticed that there is a general sense of mystery around Azure Cloud Service. Some equate it...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 06/18/2015
Write Once, Publish Anywhere
Guest Post by Ken Cenerelli Developers love to write code and a great many also like to write blog...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 06/17/2015
How to build your own drone (part 1)
During the Maker Faire event I demonstrated my own drone based on Netduino. And I got lots of...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 06/16/2015
Learning Redis - Part 6: Redis Publish-Subscribe
Want to bring more performance, speed, and scalability to your website? Or scale your sites for...
Author: Rami Sayar Date: 06/15/2015
Microsoft Canada at Vancouver Mini Maker Faire
Last weekend I got a chance to participate in Vancouver Mini Maker Faire event. I still don’t...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 06/12/2015
Demystifying Azure Cloud Services – Part 1
I have noticed that there is a general sense of mystery around Azure Cloud Service. Some equate it...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 06/11/2015
Visual Studio Code & Unity on your Mac
Recently at the //Build conference Microsoft announced a cool new code editor called Visual Studio...
Author: Mickey MacDonald Date: 06/10/2015
How to build Universal Windows applications for EZ-B controller without coding at all
I already published two posts about my experience with EZ-B controller from EZ-Robot. I told about...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 06/08/2015
BREAKPOINT: A Discussion on DevOps
DevOps is a popular buzzword these days, but really, what is DevOps? It means a lot of different...
Author: Lachezar Arabadzhiev Date: 06/08/2015
How to use SoftwareBitmap to display video from EZ-B controller
SoftwareBitmap is a new class which is supported by Universal Windows platform. It’s part of...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 06/05/2015
Azure Power Shell: Azure Virtual Network for the Command Line Junkie – Part 4.2
Web UI looks good and pretty but if you really want to get work done at scale, manage, automate and...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 06/04/2015
Getting the most out of your next hackathon
One of the hardest things about any project is getting it started. At an event like a jam or...
Author: Mickey MacDonald Date: 06/03/2015
BREAKPOINT: Know Your App Inside and Out with Application Insights
Have you ever been on a software project where the requirements that were published did not quite...
Author: Lachezar Arabadzhiev Date: 06/03/2015
Raspberry PI 2 and analog input
Compare to Arduino, Raspberry PI 2 doesn’t have analog pins and even PWM pins. If you check IoT...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 06/01/2015
EZ-Robot controller and Universal Windows Platform
If you already have EZ-B micro controller from EZ-Robot, there is good news for you: Universal...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 05/29/2015
#GameDev w/ @ScruffyFurn: Code Management for the Game Developer
Do you struggle with managing all the complex components of your project? Do you find yourself...
Author: Lachezar Arabadzhiev Date: 05/28/2015
Azure Power Shell: Azure Virtual Network for the Command Line Junkie – Part 4.1
Web UI looks good and pretty but if you really want to get work done at scale, manage, automate and...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 05/28/2015
Visual Studio Time Saver – Presenting code in PowerPoint
Quick tips to make you more efficient in Visual Studio. Today’s tip: there is a great free add-in...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 05/27/2015
Evolving ASP.NET Apps–Load Testing
The Evolving ASP.NET Apps series + bonus content is being published as a book. Buy it here. In the...
Author: David Paquette (MVP) Date: 05/26/2015
Do You Know the Next Satya or Sheryl? Tell Them to Become a Microsoft Student Partner
Canada is recruiting Microsoft Student Partners for the 2015/2016 school year. If you know a student...
Author: Mansib Rahman Date: 05/25/2015
Universal Windows Platform: Speech recognition (part 2)
So, we already know how to transform text to speech and it’s time to talk about the opposite...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 05/25/2015
Windows 10 Hackathon in Vancouver: ideas, challenges and winners
In May 16-17th we made the first Windows 10 Hackathon in Canada. The event was around business...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 05/22/2015
Azure Power Shell: Azure Cloud Services for the Command Line Junkie -Part 3
Web UI looks good and pretty but if you really want to get work done at scale, manage, automate and...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 05/21/2015
Python and Data: SQL Database on Azure as a data source for Python applications
This post will show you how to use Python to connect to a SQL database on Azure in the cloud, as...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 05/21/2015
Big Changes Are Coming! Are You Ready For This?
If you haven’t had the chance to catch up on the recent announcements from Microsoft’s two major...
Author: Lori Lalonde (MVP) Date: 05/20/2015
Evolving ASP.NET Apps–Updating Complex Grids
The Evolving ASP.NET Apps series + bonus content is being published as a book. Buy it here. In the...
Author: David Paquette (MVP) Date: 05/19/2015
Windows 10: How to use IoT extension for Raspberry Pi 2 (part 2)
In the previous post we discussed how to add extensions to Universal projects and made a short...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 05/15/2015
Download Channel 9 Series
It’s learning season again, and I’m gearing up for lots of Azure this year. Between Build, Ignite,...
Author: Alexandre Brisebois (MSFT) Date: 05/12/2015
Evolving ASP.NET Apps–Updating Simple Grids
The Evolving ASP.NET Apps series + bonus content is being published as a book. Buy it here. Most...
Author: David Paquette (MVP) Date: 05/11/2015
Windows 10: How to use IoT extension for Raspberry Pi 2 (part 1)
If you have already installed Windows 10 on Raspberry it’s time to discuss how to use pins and...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 05/08/2015
How do you know your loved ones arrive safely? Meet the winners of the Canadian Imagine Cup 2015 Innovation Competition
Imagine Cup challenges students to do great things with technology. The innovation category...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 05/05/2015
Raspberry Pi 2 and Windows 10: My first experience
Finally, Microsoft published Windows 10 preview build for Raspberry Pi 2 (and not just for...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 05/04/2015
Imagine kids building instead of playing video games! and they can earn prizes doing it!
We have two great reasons for younger students aged 9-18 to explore building video games and the...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 05/02/2015
IoT: I2C and Galileo board
I spent last weekend finishing my first drone. It’s nothing special, I bought some standard...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 05/01/2015
Visual Studio Code
What is Visual Studio Code ? Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is the new addition to the Visual Studio...
Author: Laurent Duveau (MVP) Date: 04/30/2015
Azure Power Shell: Azure Virtual Machines for the command line junkie!
Web UI looks good and pretty but if you really want to get work done at scale, manage, automate and...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 04/30/2015
Evolving ASP.NET Apps–Application Style and Layout
The Evolving ASP.NET Apps series + bonus content is being published as a book. Buy it here. We have...
Author: David Paquette (MVP) Date: 04/29/2015
UAP: Speech Recognition (part 1)
Frankly speaking I am not sure if it’s a good idea to talk to your computer but it depends on...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 04/27/2015
IEEE Windows 10 Hackathons in Vancouver and Calgary
The IEEE Joint Computing Chapter (Vancouver and Calgary), SFU Faculty of Applied Sciences,...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 04/24/2015
Tons of statistics and metrics for Microsoft Azure websites (not only Asp.Net)
Your website is finally online. That great, good job. But now, you have a lot of questions: How much...
Author: François Boucher (MVP) Date: 04/23/2015
Azure Powershell: Azure Websites for the command line junkies! – Part 1
Web UI looks good and pretty but if you really want to get work done at scale, manage, automate and...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 04/23/2015