Microsoft has released a Visual Studio 3D Starter kit sample project which would essentially help the developers to create 3D Games or apps using Visual Studio 2012 and Windows Phone 8.0 SDK or Windows SDK. [Image Courtesy: Microsoft] [Quoting from Visual Studio Code gallery and official blog] This sample contains the starting point for a… Continue reading
Category: VS2012
TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012–v0.8.3.1
Microsoft has released an Incremental update to TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012 – the version 0.8.3.1, which is the first update to the v0.8.3 released in Feb 2013. You can download the latest bits from here: Download TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012 – v0.8.3.1
Getting Started to become MCSD–Web Application Solutions Developer
In this article I will introduce you to the necessary requirements for preparing and earning MCSD – Web Apps Solutions Developer certification. In my previous article Permanent Link to Getting Started to become an MCSD in Windows Store Apps, I have introduced you to the MCSD – Windows Store Apps Developer certification exams and requirements.… Continue reading
Getting Started to become an MCSD in Windows Store Apps
Last few years Microsoft Developer Certification Exams progressed forward through two certification tracks or titles MCTS(Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) and MCPD(Microsoft Certified Professional Developer). Earlier Microsoft certification titles been called as MCAD(Microsoft Certified Application Developer) and MCSD(Microsoft Certified Solution Developer), and Since .NET Framework 2.0 to 4.0 certifications – Microsoft renamed the titles as MCTS… Continue reading
Coding4Fun Toolkit v2.0.3 for Windows Phone and Windows 8 apps
Coding4Fun team has released a new updates for their Windows Phone and Windows 8 controls. There are some interesting controls available for free through codeplex.com. Coding4Fun team are major contributors to .NET community including Channel9 video series etc. They always brings up innovation in whatever they do, including set of Kinect based tutorials and sample… Continue reading
Microsoft ASP.NET and Frameworks 2012.2 – a.ka.–ASP.NET Web Tools – final Released
Microsoft has released ASP.NET and Frameworks Update 2012.2, also known as ASP.NET Web Tools 2012.2. This will provide updates to the web frameworks that shipped with Visual Studio 2012. For more information see instructions in the release notes at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=275132. Download: AspNetWebTools2012Setup.exe
Kinect for Windows SDK v1.7 released
Microsoft has released the latest version of Kinect for Windows SDK – v1.7 with cool features for developers. The key features introduced are: Kinect Interactions – Kinect Interactions are designed to let users intuitively do things like press their hand forward a few inches to push a button, or close their hands to “grip and… Continue reading
Multilingual App Toolkit for Visual Studio 2012–for Windows Phone and Windows 8 apps
Multilingual App toolkit for Visual Studio 2012 helps the windows Phone and Windows store app developers to integrate Multi lingual/localization capability in your applications. This extension for Visual Studio 2012 helps you localize your Windows Store and Windows Phone apps with translation support, translation file management, and editor tools. Download Multilingual App Toolkit for Visual… Continue reading
Microsoft Media Platform – Player Framework for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 updated to version 1.1
Microsoft Media platform team has recently updated the “Media Player Framework” for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 to version 1.1, which includes few enhancements and fixes. “Media Player Framework” helps you in building media applications for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. The player framework contains an open source framework available for Silverlight, HTML5… Continue reading
Windows 8 Client Hyper-V and Windows Phone 7.x emulator slowdown
Hyper-V is a great platform for virtualization and luckily Windows 8 have inbuilt/integrated support for hyper-v technologies. Windows Phone 8 SDK uses hyper-v for emulator virtualization and it works pretty good with Visual Studio 2012. Hyper-V integrated to the Windows 8 is been called ‘Client Hyper-V’. Client Hyper-V is the same virtualization technology previously available… Continue reading