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Community Blogs — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:15:03 GMT

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Our User eXperience (UX) Reading List

Community Blogs — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:05:46 GMT

UX is such a broad field that you never stop learning, and you're always on the hunt for fresh ideas Here's a selection of the books that have taught us the most, and we've enjoyed along the way....( read more )...(read more)

Windows 8 Release Preview and Visual Studio 2012 RC

Microsoft Weblogs — Thu, 31 May 2012 20:46:43 GMT

Today we released the Windows 8 Release Preview (RP)! I haven't been this excited about an operating system since Windows 95 first came out, when there was no such thing as downloading an OS, and we had to actually wait in line in a store to get our blue...( read more )...(read more)

Windows 8 Release Preview and Visual Studio 2012 RC

Community Blogs — Thu, 31 May 2012 20:46:43 GMT

Windows 8 Release Preview

Community Blogs — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:18:03 GMT

Windows 8 Release Preview (RP) was published and can be downloaded by anyone who want to try this great preview of upcoming OS! More info about it here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/release-preview Download the version to try from here...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for May 30, 2012 - #0091

Community Blogs — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:41:22 GMT

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Windows Dev News for May 29, 2012 - #0090

Community Blogs — Wed, 30 May 2012 06:39:53 GMT

Windows Dev News for May 29, 2012 - #0090 [SC1266] In This Issue: Senthil Kumar B ( -2- ), Sumit Dutta ( -2- ), Filip Skakun , Steven Hollidge , Jose Fajardo , Peter Torr , and Diederik Krols . Above The Fold: Metro/DirectX: "Creating DirectX Interop...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight 5 in Action printed book is now in

Microsoft Weblogs — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:48:22 GMT

It took forever to edit and print such a huge tome, but I'm happy to say that Silverlight 5 in Action is now in. You should see them available from Manning this week , and from Amazon next week . Here are my four boxes, just delivered today. The UPS man...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight 5 in Action printed book is now in

Community Blogs — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:48:22 GMT

Dynamic backgrounds

Community Blogs — Mon, 28 May 2012 10:40:00 GMT

Don’t be afraid to create crazy backgrounds for your managed metro apps. This is a quick post on how to do just that using some of the techniques I’ve been posting about. For this post ill stay simple BUT the … Continue reading →...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for May 24, 2012 - #0089

Community Blogs — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:08:47 GMT

Windows Dev News for May 24, 2012 - #0089 [SC1265] In This Issue: Andrew Duthie , Loek van den Ouweland , Jalpesh P. Vadgama ( -2- ), Dave Isbitski ( -2- ), Roy Dallal , Igor Ralic , Paul Sheriff , and Keith Patton . Above The Fold: VS2010: "Default...( read more )...(read more)

May 25, 2012 - Phoenix, AZ - A Day of "Dev Camps"

Community Blogs — Fri, 25 May 2012 04:53:44 GMT

May 25, 2012 - Phoenix, AZ - A Day of "Dev Camps" I don't know if this is filled or not, but I'll give the link in case there are some openings. If you're looking for me tomorrow, you're going to have to look here: There are 3 sessions taught concurrently...( read more )...(read more)

SilverlightShow Top 5 for May 14 - 20, 2012

Community Blogs — Fri, 25 May 2012 04:53:42 GMT

SilverlightShow Top 5 for May 14 - 20, 2012 Check out the Top Five most popular news at SilverlightShow for May 14 - 20, 2012. Using LINQ to Indexed DB Windows 8 Release Preview: Bundled Apps Update Create simple 3d game with physics in Windows Phone...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for May 23, 2012 - #0088

Community Blogs — Thu, 24 May 2012 05:30:02 GMT

Windows Dev News for May 23, 2012 - #0088 [SC1264] In This Issue: Michael Crump , David Catuhe , Pete Brown , Paul Sheriff , Jesse Liberty , and Mike Ormond . Above The Fold: Silverlight 5: "Using async and await in Silverlight 5 and .NET 4 in Visual...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for May 22, 2012 - #0087

Community Blogs — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:26:21 GMT

Windows Dev News for May 22, 2012 - #0087 [SC1263] In This Issue: Andrea Boschin , Senthil Kumar B , Sumit Dutta , Dan Wahlin , Pete Brown , and Justin Cooperman . Above The Fold: Windows 8: "Windows 8 Metro: Something about application life-cycle"...( read more )...(read more)

Using async and await in Silverlight 5 and .NET 4 in Visual Studio 11 with the async targeting pack

Microsoft Weblogs — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:13:39 GMT

Last September, I introduced the idea of Tasks in Silverlight . One of the things I really like about .NET 4.5, and the C# compiler that comes with it, is the ability to simplify asynchronous code by using the async modifier and await operator. Just yesterday...( read more )...(read more)

Using async and await in Silverlight 5 and .NET 4 in Visual Studio 11 with the async targeting pack

Community Blogs — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:13:39 GMT

My new role at Microsoft

Microsoft Weblogs — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:27:40 GMT

This past Monday (May 14th), I officially started a new role at Microsoft. I like to be as transparent as possible, so I thought I'd share with you all the details of this role as well as where I was before I moved to it. TL;DR: XAML. Windows. Developers...( read more )...(read more)

My new role at Microsoft

Community Blogs — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:27:40 GMT

The correct AdventureWorks database to use for Silverlight 5 in Action (and Silverlight 4 in Action) book examples

Microsoft Weblogs — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:33:45 GMT

A reader tipped me off that the AdventureWorks schema has changed since I (and my tech reviewers) last downloaded a copy. Some of the schema changes make the database unworkable with the in-book examples for Silverlight 4 in Action and Silverlight 5 in...( read more )...(read more)

The correct AdventureWorks database to use for Silverlight 5 in Action (and Silverlight 4 in Action) book examples

Community Blogs — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:33:45 GMT

Windows Dev News for May 19, 2012 - #0086

Community Blogs — Mon, 21 May 2012 02:28:25 GMT

Windows Dev News for May 19, 2012 - #0086 [SC1262] In This Issue: Jose Fajardo , Tim Heuer , and Dhananjay Kumar . Above The Fold: SQLight/Metro: "Using SQLite in a Metro style app" Tim Heuer Shoutouts: Michael Palermo 's latest Desert Mountain...( read more )...(read more)

Windows 8 Metro: Something about application life-cycle

Community Blogs — Mon, 21 May 2012 01:46:38 GMT

Also if currently you are probably running Windows 8 on a virtual machine or luckily on a computer, there is not any doubt that this new operating system and especially the metro-style interface is dedicated to touch enabled devices like tablets. The...( read more )...(read more)

Mimic the Game Hub Application Bar with a Behavior on the BindableApplicationBar

Community Blogs — Sun, 20 May 2012 12:40:29 GMT

A couple of days ago Sébastien Lachance wrote an excellent article about mimicking the application bar of the game hub . Really interesting for one of my applications which makes use of a minimal applicationbar that’s also transparant. However quite often...( read more )...(read more)