Showing the Onscreen Keyboard in Silverlight OOB Applications
Update – 4/10/2014 Wow! Quite a lot has happened since I originally posted this. Certainly one of the biggest changes is the diminished role that Silverlight now plays in both […]
New in Visual Studio 2013–Windows Azure Mobile Services Integration
As part of the build-up to the official launch of Visual Studio 2013 on Wednesday 11/13, Microsoft has been running a series of guest blog posts, authored by members of […]
Adding Intelligence to the IntelliSense for Windows Azure Mobile Services
Some of the members of the Visual Studio Windows Azure Tools & Mobile Services teams recently published instructions for “Enabling IntelliSense for Mobile Services JavaScript in Visual Studio.” Since working […]
Managing Windows Azure Mobile Services (WAMS) Server Scripts with Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Git
Windows Azure Mobile Services (WAMS) has come a long way in a few short months. At the 2013 Build conference in San Francisco, Microsoft announced more than the service’s General […]
Proceed with Caution – Windows Phone 8 App Lifecycle Events vs Async Methods
“We are on the path to Windows and Windows Phone Convergence” (//Build 2012 – How to Leverage your Code Across WP8 and Win8, Slide 6) I often hear people saying […]
LIDNUG Webinar Presentation Materials
Many thanks to the participants, organizers, and sponsors of today’s LIDNUG webinar – “Putting the Cloud in Your Pocket Pt1 – Using Windows Azure to Build Cloud-Enabled WP7 Apps.” I […]
Boston Azure Bootcamp Presentation Materials
I had a tremendous time this weekend presenting alongside Bill Wilder, Michael Collier, John Zablocki, and Jim O’Neil at the Boston Azure Bootcamp event in Cambridge, MA. The topic once […]
CodeStock 2012 Presentation Content
I would like to thank the attendees of my “Putting the Cloud in Your Pocket – A Guide to Using Windows Azure to Build Cloud-Enabled Windows Phone Apps” talk at […]
Metro XAML Nugget: App Bar AutoMagic
You may have noticed that in many places of the Windows 8 Metro UI, as well as many Metro applications where list content can be selected, that making a selection […]