IoT Tools for Learner, Hobbyist and Professional
Last week we highlighted a great IoT tools Visual Studio Magazine article by Terrence Dorsey in our IoT and Visual Studio post.Today we're highlighting a post from our IoT Developers blog by Zhidi...
View ArticleSmart Code Coloring with CoCo
Remember the days when we had the choice of one color, usually White or Green, for our code (cause we were using a DOS)? And that first time you saw syntax coloring and how your brain exploded?Yeah, I...
View ArticleIt's Here, UWP Community Toolkit v2.0!
The UWP Community Toolkit continues to rapidly, almost scary rapid, roll out updates, new features and capabilities. For example, last week Nikola Metulev talked about the new major version, v2.0!What,...
View ArticleASP.NET Core 2.0 Your Raspberry Pi GPIO Pins
Today's post from Carlos Mendible is just neat. It shows off cross platform ASP.NET 2.0 Core, writing an .NET app that controls a Raspberry Pi, but best of all detailed, step-by-step...
View ArticleVC Code on the Pi!
Today's project from HeadMelted (Jay Rodgers) is simply cool. It takes the new shiny that is Visual Studio Code, taking advantage of its open source'ness and cross platform capabilities, and ports it...
View ArticleScratch For The Pi
Guess we're having a little programing on the Pi theme week!Today's project includes two of our favorite things, MIT's Scratch and the Raspberry Pi...What, you've forgotten what Scratch it?About...
View ArticleNew dotnet new
It's Template week! All this week, we're highlighting templates in all their glory.Why?Why not!First off, we're talking the new templating engine in .NET Core.Jerrie Pelser has a great post on just...
View ArticleSuper UWP App's with the Super Windows Template Studio
We couldn't have a "Template Week" if we didn't cover the awesome that is the Windows Template Studio!What? You've never heard of it?Windows Template StudioWindows Template Studio is a Visual Studio...
View ArticleWindows 10 IoT Core Project Templates
The last post in our Template Week takes us to IoT and Windows 10 IoT Core (I know, funny that!)The best part of these Project templates is that they are NOT just C# templates, but VB, C++ and even...
View ArticleA Spot On Visual Studio Extension
Listening to music while coding is like, chocolate and [just about anything]. I don't know about you, but when I'm coding, I have to listen to music. And the type of music depends on the type of...
View ArticleAlexa Skill Learning Journey
With Cortana and Alexa becoming BFF's, today's project from Michael James seemed appropriate.The cool thing about Michael's post is its format. Michael takes you along on his journey on learning how to...
View ArticleCoding4Fun Third Quarter 2017 Round-Up
These Round-up's are for me, as much as they are for you... With four'ish posts a week, it's easy to forget what was covered and highlighted. As I look at this list, I find myself saying, "Wow, forgot...
View ArticlePlease ask it in the form of a question...
Did you know there's a huge archive of Jeopardy clues and answers, from the very first pilot to the current season and show? Over 300k clues and answers, it's all available at J! Archive! How crazy is...
View ArticleBOTR - The Book of the Runtime
One of those Dev's that like learning about the deep, dark depths of a runtime? Someone who likes to see JUST how something works?Last week, Scott Hanselman blogged about some .NET Documentation that...
View ArticleWindows 10 IoT Core Walkthrough
Are you trying to wrap your head around just what Windows IoT Core is? How to write apps for it? Integrate with third-party services? Deploy to it? Foreground and background apps?This is THE...
View ArticleChuck doesn't need Build Tasks...
This is a VSTS Build Task that every project needs, don't you think? :)Chuck Norris Build EnhancerAfter installing the Chuck Norris build enhancer you just have to add the Chuck Norris build task to...
View ArticleCan you see me now? PhotoLab UWP Sample App
While reading What's New in the Windows Developer Docs in September 2017 I saw that the PhotoLab sample app had been updated. Then I realized that I've never highlighted that sample app, which uses a...
View ArticleJoin the Journey from Device to Action at the IoT Virtual Bootcamp
IoT, IoT, IoT... Seems that's all we blog about here.Why? Because IoT is fun! It's cool! It's the new shiny! The best part is that it reaches from hobbyist to professional.Wait, what? You're still...
View ArticleIs It Inlined?
Today's Visual Studio Extension from Stephan Zehetner is of a kind that I don't think I've seen before, and while it's not open source, or even source available, its uniqueness and cool factor makes it...
View ArticleGet Fluent with the XAML Controls Gallery
You've heard of the new Fluent Design System for Windows 10?Wondering how you can start using it?Need a working example, one that lets you see all the controls and feature in action?One that includes...
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