JavaScript has been part of the Microsoft technology stable since the 1990s, and its prominence in the next wave of Microsoft products is huge.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 08/31/2012
Aspect-oriented programming has the potential to help every developer write higher-quality code in less time. Here's how to declaratively apply custom methods implementing common functionality to your code.
Learn what's going on -- everywhere -- in your Silverlight app.
The Task Parallel Dataflow (TDF) library helps developers tackle complex parallel use cases.
Adding visual states and animation to your Listboxes can juice up your Windows Phone app.
- By Nick Randolph
- 08/27/2012
Part 1 in a series for learning how to use Microsoft's cloud-based version of Team Foundation Server.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 08/22/2012
Visual Basic and C# developers can eliminate repetition by customizing the project and item templates in Visual Studio.
As you navigate between one View and another using Prism's Navigation API, you'll need to pass data between your Views. Here are the tools you need.
Microsoft is making the Visual Studio 2012 tooling available to all developers on August 15. MSDN subscribers can also access Windows 8 for testing purposes, starting today.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 08/15/2012
The Android SDK provides the ability to use the built-in camera within your applications. Whether applying photo filters and creating the next Instagram, scanning QR codes, or simply allowing the user to share what they're seeing with friends, Android's camera API takes care of the hard work for you.
- By Greg Shackles
- 08/14/2012
In addition, kanban support has been added for workflow control.
From a purely object-oriented perspective, "copy semantics" is the right way to preserve control over object ownership. But in those scenarios where ownership becomes irrelevant, C++11 "move semantics" is an efficient complement.
Microsoft launched a developer contest on Wednesday with a top prize of $10,000 for the winning Office or SharePoint 2013 app.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 08/10/2012
MEC returns, and Build tickets go like hotcakes.
Eric Vogel covers some practical uses for the long awaited interfaces, IReadOnlyList and IReadOnlyDictionary in .NET Framework 4.5.
Prism's Navigation API makes it a lot easier to swap Views in and out of regions in your Window -- assuming you give Prism enough information to do the job right.
Secondary Live Tiles enable an application to utilize both sides of a tile, delivering twice the information.
How to use a template selector to dynamically select which item template to use for each list item.
- By Nick Randolph
- 08/06/2012
The official launch is coming Sept. 12
FlipView, ListView and GridView are new controls for Windows 8 Metro-style applications. They'll become key tools for building great-looking UIs.
- By Michael Crump
- 08/03/2012