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APIMASH and Intro to Game Dev Raleigh

I’m really excited to be hosting a few events in the Microsoft Raleigh office focused on Windows 8 development.  The first on revolves around our...

0 replies - 117 views - 05/25/13 by Brian Hitney in Articles

Android to Windows 8: Working with a SQL Database

Learn how to write code in Windows Store apps for Windows 8 that works with structured data in SQLite—apopular database that’s familiar to Android app...

0 replies - 398 views - 05/18/13 by Adam Grocholski in Articles

Android to Windows 8: Working with Files

Learn how to write code in Windows Store apps for Windows 8 to save files, like photos or documents. You can store these files in app-specific file locations...

0 replies - 450 views - 05/15/13 by Adam Grocholski in Articles

Android to Windows 8: The Complete Guide

Over the past several weeks I’ve been posting about how to build your first Windows Store application if you’re an Android developer.I want to wrap this...

0 replies - 443 views - 04/04/13 by Adam Grocholski in Articles

Building an Image Browser for Windows 8

This is a very first app we are going to create for Windows 8, an image browser using a FlipView control. The FlipView control lets people flip...

0 replies - 2310 views - 01/24/13 by Shubham Saxena in Articles

Splash Screens in Windows 8

Introduction You may have noticed that after creating a new Windows Phone 8 application that the SplashScreenImage.jpg does not exist in the project as it...

0 replies - 2815 views - 01/09/13 by Michael Crump in Articles

Walkthrough: Implementing SnapView in Your Windows 8 App

There are four supported orientations in Windows 8. There is Full View, Snap View, Fill View and Portrait View. Each is important in the overall strategy of...

0 replies - 2107 views - 12/15/12 by Jerry Nixon in Articles

Responsiveness, China, and How I Made a Killer Mobile Blog Site

Three and a bit years on and it’s time for a change. Blogging has been good to me – very good – but I was starting to feel a bit like the plumber whose...

0 replies - 4354 views - 12/13/12 by Troy Hunt in Articles

Windows Store Apps: Uninentionally Open Source?

I saw this tweet and decided to respond. The technical answer is YES. You can access the source code for Windows Store apps written in...

0 replies - 2244 views - 12/13/12 by Jeremy Foster in Articles

31 Days of Windows 8 for HTML5 | Day #31: Design

This article is Day #31 in a series called 31 Days of Windows 8.  Each of the articles in this series will be published for both HTML5/JS and XAML/C#. You...

0 replies - 3104 views - 12/12/12 by Clark Sell in Articles

31 Days of Windows 8 for HTML5 | Day #30: Store

This article is Day #30 in a series called 31 Days of Windows 8.  Each of the articles in this series will be published for both HTML5/JS and XAML/C#. You...

0 replies - 2154 views - 12/11/12 by Clark Sell in Articles

How to Deal with WebView and Overlaying Elements in Windows 8

The WebView control is very useful to display HTML pages and elements into a Windows Store application. For example, I use in my blog’s application to...

0 replies - 2347 views - 12/11/12 by Matteo Pagani in Articles

31 Days of Windows 8 for HTML5 | Day #29: PLM

This article is Day #29 in a series called 31 Days of Windows 8.  Each of the articles in this series will be published for both HTML5/JS and XAML/C#. You...

0 replies - 1722 views - 12/10/12 by Clark Sell in Articles

31 Days of Windows 8 for HTML5 | Day #27: Inclinometer

This article is Day #27 in a series called 31 Days of Windows 8.  Each of the articles in this series will be published for both HTML5/JS and XAML/C#. You...

0 replies - 1991 views - 12/07/12 by Clark Sell in Articles

Walkthrough: Monetize Windows 8 with the Microsoft Advertising SDK

An interstitial advertisement is traditionally recognized as a full-page ad appearing between two pages. Interstitial, which means “gap” perceives a gap...

0 replies - 2285 views - 12/07/12 by Jerry Nixon in Articles