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James Quick- Microsoft Technical Evangelist South Florida
Quick Dev Part 3 Now Available!
Technorati Tags: Azure,Azure Mobile Apps,Android,IOS,Visual Studio,Cloud Backend My series, Quick...
Author: James Quick Date: 02/20/2016
“Quick Dev” Live on Channel 9
You know, it’s amazing. You spend tons of time working on a certain problem, only to later on...
Author: James Quick Date: 01/29/2016
Quick Links of the Week 9/15/2015
Nfl Launches Official Windows 10 App I couldn’t be more excited that the NFL season...
Author: James Quick Date: 09/20/2015
Quick Links of the Week – 9/8/2015
Windows 10 on 81 Million Machines Just a week after the previous “Quick Links”, the number of...
Author: James Quick Date: 09/08/2015
Quick Links of the Week – 8/31/2015
Windows 10 on 75 Million Machines Windows 10 was released almost exactly a month ago with a...
Author: James Quick Date: 08/31/2015
Free Xamarin For Windows Phone Developers
Developing for Windows Phone (especially previous to universal apps and now the Windows 10 Universal...
Author: James Quick Date: 08/17/2015
Windows 10 Adaptive Triggers - Intro
Intro I have already done a couple of blog posts on some of the new XAML features for Windows 10...
Author: James Quick Date: 07/30/2015
Windows Live Writer Code Snippet Plugin
I have been blogging for about the past two years using Windows Live Writer to create and edit my...
Author: James Quick Date: 06/01/2015
Windows 10 SplitView – Build Your First Hamburger Menu
With all of the new and exciting features coming out with Windows 10 development, the SplitView...
Author: James Quick Date: 06/01/2015
Win 10 SplitView – Creating a Hamburger Button
**YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykFj582AoDY ** **GitHub sample -...
Author: James Quick Date: 05/22/2015
Win 10 SplitView – Intro
The SplitView control is a new addition to XAML for Windows 10 Applications. It’s basic use is...
Author: James Quick Date: 05/22/2015
Construct 2 – Global high Scores with Azure Mobile Services REST API
Ok, so I just finished a post on adding global high scores to a Windows 8.1 app using the...
Author: James Quick Date: 03/10/2015
Construct 2 - Global High Scores for Windows 8.1 with Windows Azure Plugin
One of the quintessential pieces of a good game is having global high scores. Users love to be able...
Author: James Quick Date: 03/10/2015
Construct 2 – Display High Scores
As I prepare for my 2nd Microsoft Virtual Academy course on Game Development with Construct 2, I am...
Author: James Quick Date: 02/22/2015
Azure Mobile Services REST API
Although Azure is a Microsoft product, it has made huge strides to be able to support whatever...
Author: James Quick Date: 02/16/2015
Azure Mobile Services – Adding a Leaderboard Table
One of the more common and tangible examples for leveraging Azure Mobile Services is for saving...
Author: James Quick Date: 01/27/2015
Azure Mobile Services – Adding a Table
In my post, Creating an Azure Mobile Service, you should have successfully created your first...
Author: James Quick Date: 01/27/2015
Creating an Azure Mobile Service
Let’s say that you are creating a mobile application, regardless of the platform (Windows, Android,...
Author: James Quick Date: 01/27/2015
FREE Microsoft WebCamp on 3/3/2015 in Miami
Want to push your coding even further? Join us for a live, FREE WebCamp on 3/3/2015 in Miami and...
Author: James Quick Date: 01/19/2015
FREE Microsoft Cloud DevCamp on 2/24/2015 in Miami
Roll up your sleeves and explore the latest Microsoft Azure development tools and technologies. Join...
Author: James Quick Date: 01/19/2015
Construct 2 Advanced Game Development – Microsoft Virtual Academy
FINALLY! I have finally finished all of my blog posts and samples to go along with my second...
Author: James Quick Date: 01/12/2015
Monetization with PubCenter Ads – Creating App ID and Ad Unit ID
In my mind, building mobile apps and games is just simply fun. I am extremely lucky to be in a...
Author: James Quick Date: 01/08/2015
Construct 2 Windows 8 Object – Open Windows Store
There’s so much to do with the Windows 8 object, where did we leave off last time? Oh...
Author: James Quick Date: 01/08/2015
Microsoft Student Game On Contest
Ready. Set. //GameOn. Win an all access pass and free trip to the 2015 Game Developer’s Conference!...
Author: James Quick Date: 01/08/2015
Reserving Your Universal Windows App Name
Reserving Your Universal Windows App Name in the store ensures that no one else can publish an app...
Author: James Quick Date: 12/24/2014
Reserving Your Windows Phone App Name
Reserving Your App Name in the store ensures that no one else can publish an app with the same...
Author: James Quick Date: 12/24/2014
Reserving Your Windows App Name
Reserving Your App Name in the store ensures that no one else can publish an app with the same...
Author: James Quick Date: 12/24/2014
Creating a Test Certificate with Windows Apps
If you create a Windows Universal App in Visual Studio 2013 +, your packaging is automatically taken...
Author: James Quick Date: 12/24/2014
Construct 2 Windows 8 Object – Charms Bar Part 2
In Part 1 of working with the Charms Bar via Windows 8 Object in Construct 2 we walked through...
Author: James Quick Date: 12/23/2014
Construct 2 Exporting to Windows
Construct 2 is such a fabulous tool because it allows users to create cross-platform games without...
Author: James Quick Date: 12/23/2014
Construct 2 Windows 8 Object- Intro
As I mentioned in my previous post, I will be learning and sharing more content for Construct 2 over...
Author: James Quick Date: 12/23/2014
Construct 2 on Microsoft Virtual Academy Part 2
After having success with recording my first ever Microsoft Virtual Academy Course on Construct 2, I...
Author: James Quick Date: 12/23/2014
Microsoft Innovation Center Grand Opening Miami
On December 9th in downtown Miami, Microsoft and the City of Miami celebrated the grand opening of...
Author: James Quick Date: 12/15/2014
Twitter Integration in App Studio
App Studio has been updated as of a few days ago to include Twitter as one of their Data...
Author: James Quick Date: 11/30/2014
App Studio in the Classroom
Over the summer, a Curriculum Supervisor, Brian King, from Broward County Public Schools reached out...
Author: James Quick Date: 11/14/2014
Visual Studio Community 2013 FREE
Update You must sign in with a Microsoft account within 30 days of downloading Visual Studio...
Author: James Quick Date: 11/12/2014
US Imagine Cup 2015
This year you can choose when you want to compete. The 2015 US Imagine Cup Competition offers two...
Author: James Quick Date: 10/16/2014
Git- Integration With Visual Studio 2013
In my previous post, I did an intro to Git, what it is, what the basic commands are in the Command...
Author: James Quick Date: 10/02/2014
Git- Introduction and Basic Commands
If you are a programmer of any type, you are probably either familiar with Git or at the very least...
Author: James Quick Date: 10/02/2014
Join us at the Dolphins Stadium October 25th-26th
Sponsored by Citrix and Microsoft, Grand Prizes will be awarded for the use of the Podio API,...
Author: James Quick Date: 09/29/2014