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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)

Book review: Microsoft Silverlight 5 and Windows Azure Enterprise Integration

Community Blogs — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:23:02 GMT

As promised here , here is overview of the book I just finished to read. First of all – my congratulations to author of the book, David Burela, as the book written very clear and describes both, basics and advanced concepts, I very practical and professional...( read more )...(read more)

Radial gradients + Mini-path geometry sprites + infinite-scrolling inertial canvas = :)

Community Blogs — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:07:14 GMT

I’m slowly building up some very cool controls around XAML & SharpDx and I want to share 3 of them with you today.. Radial Gradients in XAML So I’ve said it a couple of times before, WinRT XAML does … Continue reading →...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for May 18, 2012 - #0085

Community Blogs — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:58:21 GMT

Windows Dev News for May 18, 2012 - #0085 [SC1261] In This Issue: Dave Isbitski , Senthil Kumar B , Sumit Dutta , Arturo Toledo , Kunal Chowdhury , Andrea Boschin , and Jeremy Likness . Above The Fold: Windows 8 Dev: "How to get the Windows 8 Camp...( read more )...(read more)

SilverlightShow Top 5 for May 7-13, 2012

Community Blogs — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:33:20 GMT

SilverlightShow Top 5 for May 7-13, 2012 Check out the Top Five most popular news at SilverlightShow for May 7-13, 2012. Security Update for Microsoft Silverlight (KB2636927) Ubuntu 12.04 vs. Windows 8: Five points of comparison Upcoming SilverlightShow...( read more )...(read more)

24 Weeks of Windows Phone Metro Design | #6 Information Architecture for a Windows Phone App

Microsoft Weblogs — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:25:21 GMT

24 Weeks of Windows Phone Design Index Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="http://forums.silverlight.net//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for May 17, 2012 - #0084

Community Blogs — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:28:21 GMT

Windows Dev News for May 17, 2012 - #0084 [SC1260] In This Issue: Michael Washington , Mark Monster , Sumit Dutta , Kunal Chowdhury , Oren Nachman , Andrea Boschin , and Dave Isbitski . Above The Fold: LightSwitch: "A LightSwitch Role Administration...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for May 16, 2012 - #0083

Community Blogs — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:24:45 GMT

Windows Dev News for May 16, 2012 - #0083 [SC1259] In This Issue: Sumit Dutta , Jalpesh P. Vadgama , Jeremy Likness ( -2- ), Kunal Chowdhury ( -2- ), Peter Kuhn , Mike Ormond , Loek van den Ouweland , Betim Drenica , Andrew Duthie , and Joe Mayo . Above...( read more )...(read more)

Google Analytics on your Windows Phone App in 1 minute

Community Blogs — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:33:49 GMT

Yes 1 minute. So let’s start immediately. 1 - Open the NuGet Package Manager Console and type: Install-Package MSAF.GoogleAnalytics 2 - Next, register a new application / web property inside Google Analytics. Then copy the Property ID that starts with...( read more )...(read more)

WP7 Launchers and Choosers - A WP7Dev should know

Community Blogs — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:30:00 GMT

Windows Phone 7 launchers and choosers enable users to perform common tasks in WP7 device by providing a consistent user experience throughout the Windows Phone application development platform. I already covered many of the Launchers and Choosers in...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for May 15, 2012 - #0082

Community Blogs — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:24:34 GMT

Windows Dev News for May 15, 2012 - #0082 [SC1258] In This Short Issue: Senthil Kumar B ( -2- ), and Jaime Rodriguez Above The Fold: Metro Dev Webcasts: "MSDN Webcast series on building Metro style apps" Jaime Rodriguez Shoutouts: Michael Palermo...( read more )...(read more)

Learn about RadDiagnostics for retrieving Exception Details using the Telerik Controls for WP7

Community Blogs — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:30:00 GMT

Telerik introduces a new component called “RadDiagnostics” in their Q1.2012 release. RadDiagnostics component enables an application developer to receive crash reports and other debugging information from the end user of the application. As a WP7Dev...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for May 14, 2012 - #0081

Community Blogs — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:09:07 GMT

Windows Dev News for May 14, 2012 - #0081 [SC1257] In This Issue: Dave Isbitski , Jalpesh P. Vadgama , Andrea Boschin , Pete Brown , Kunal Chowdhury , Timmy Kokke , Windows Phone Team , Sumit Dutta , Kirupa Chinnathambi , and Steven Hollidge . Above The...( read more )...(read more)

Creating the SilverlightShow Windows Phone App: part 4

Community Blogs — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:30:00 GMT

When you create an app like the SilverlightShow app, that accesses remote data frequently, thinking about a suitable strategy for local storage and caching is vital to provide a great user experience. In the previous parts of this series, we have already...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for May 10, 2012 - #0080

Community Blogs — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:25:36 GMT

Windows Dev News for May 10, 2012 - #0080 [SC1256] In This Issue: Jose Fajardo , Kirupa Chinnathambi , Jalpesh P. Vadgama , Angelina Gambo and Hamid Mahmood , Dave Isbitski , Shawn Wildermuth , Beth Massi , Joost van Schaik , Andrea Boschin , Oren Gal...( read more )...(read more)