How to Create a Windows Store Leaderboard Application Powered by Windows Azure Mobile Services

Vipul Patel walks you through building a working Windows 8 application that is powered by the recently announced Windows Azure Mobile Services. This application demonstrates the ease of building a working application for mobile devices in a very short time, using the tools offered by Microsoft.

Get To Work! Multi-Threaded Magic With Web Workers

Web applications performing heavy processing in-browser typically either prompts a script warning or causes the user interface to become sluggish. Those days are behind you thanks to the heavy multi-threaded lifting in web workers!

Mastering Eclipse Content Assist for Android

Eclipse Content Assist for Android can significantly speed up Android app development -- if you understand how to use the function correctly.

Bring Location Services into Your Android App Development

Enable your Android app to tap into Android location services, pinpoint a user's location and then do something useful with it.

Don't Get Left Behind: Concepts Every Developer Should Know

It continues to get easier to build fancier and more robust applications. Unfortunately, it seems that the expectations from end-users are increasing too. There is more for developers to know. Topics that were just conceptual pipe dreams a few years ago are now making their way into every day applications. Here are a number of concepts that developers need to know about today, or they risk falling behind.