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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)

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)

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

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)

My new role at Microsoft

Community Blogs — 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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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...(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)

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)

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)

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)

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)