On November 28-29th 2012, Microsoft has hosted the Windows Phone 8 Jump Start training, a fast-paced and demo-packed learning ‘experience’ tailored to show developers how to build responsive, appealing, and effective applications quickly. If you missed this outstanding event, you’re in luck. All 20 modules are now available online for your on-demand viewing, (or download)… Continue reading
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WCF Data Services 5.2 RTM Tools for Visual Studio 2010/2012
Microsoft has released an update to WCF Data Services tools – v5.2, this will update the NuGet packages referenced by the WCF Data Services item templates to 5.2.0. This installer also fixes a bug where generating a service reference against a large model would cause Visual Studio to crash. This release contains the following noteworthy… Continue reading
Windows Phone store expands to 37 new countries, adds universal search, and supports installing apps via SD card
Microsoft Windows Phone team announced the availability of Windows Phone web store to new 37 countries. It is pretty fast that Microsoft is expanding its reachability, now consumers from most of the countries from all over the world have the accessibility to Windows Phone store. The new markets are: Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso,… Continue reading
Microsoft ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 RC(Release Candidate)
This release updates Visual Studio 2012 with a pre-release update to ASP.NET. Features and updates: Enhanced Website publishing New ASP.NET MVC Templates for Facebook applications and Single Page Application using knockout.js and ASP.NET Web API ASP.NET Web API enhanced with new features: ASP.NET Web API OData gives you the flexibility you need to build OData… Continue reading
TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012 v0.8.1.1
v0.8.1.1 is the latest release of TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012, contains debugging fixes for v0.8.1. TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript. TypeScript adds optional types, classes, and modules to JavaScript. TypeScript supports tools for large-scale JavaScript applications for any browser, for any host, on any OS. TypeScript compiles to clean, readable, standards-based JavaScript.… Continue reading
Free eBooks from Microsoft Press on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
Introducing Windows 8: An Overview for IT Professionals (Final Edition) You can download the eBook in: Introducing Windows 8- An Overview for IT Professionals – PDF ebook Introducing Windows 8-An Overview for IT Professionals – Mobi format for Kindle Introducing Windows 8-An Overview for IT Professionals – ePub format If you prefer a hard copy… Continue reading
Free HTML5 Certification and Training Offer from Microsoft–Prove your HTML5 Programming Skills for free
Microsoft few month back launched a free HTML5 Certification program for exam – 070-480 – Programming in HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. To prepare for this exam you have set of nice Training materials also available through http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com. Lets go through in detail How you can utilize this exam. When you pass Exam 70-480: Programming in… Continue reading
An early update on Windows Phone 7.8 release–coming in Q1-2013
Yesterday Microsoft Windows Phone Team announced the availability of Windows Phone 7.8 to existing Windows Phone 7.x family of devices by early 2013. Some of the interesting features announced are: New Customizable start screen with resizable Live Tiles. It doubles the number of theme and accent colors—to 20—so you can make your phone even more… Continue reading
Download – Windows Phone 8 Training Kit
Hands on Labs for the Windows Phone 8 Developer Platform. The hands on labs in this package immerse you in Windows Phone 8 development, by walking you building a set of applications that demonstrate many of the most compelling new features for developers in Windows Phone 8 DOWNLOAD: Windows Phone 8 Training Kit
Visual Studio 2012 Update 1–Available Now
Microsoft has released the Update 1 for Visual studio 2012 RTM. The key features available with this update include: SharePoint development: additional ALM capabilities in SharePoint – such as Load Testing and Coded UI testing support – improving quality, scalability and agility. Agile team support: easier agile planning with Web Access and new Kanban support,… Continue reading