Go end-to-end in building a rich, interactive application for Windows 8. You'll even get the details for tapping into XAML controls that can make your interface shine.
Light up Your Modern Apps with DXTREME
Published 12/06/2012
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Building the Developer.Com Windows 8 App
Published 10/26/2012
Join Chris Bennett as he walks you through building a Windows Store Application for the Developer.com Network. This reader app, which runs on Windows 8, has been submitted to the Windows 8 App Store and should be available within a few days. In the meantime, he's sharing with you, including the code!
Using the Windows 8 Metro Frame Control
Published 09/19/2012
Wish you had a way to embed a page within a page for your Windows 8 Metro App? This article provides a basic understanding of the Frame control and how to start using it within your app.
Using IndexedDB in your JavaScript/HTML5 Windows 8 Metro Apps
Published 08/24/2012
IndexedDB, an HTML5 technology, is a non-relational data store designed to store JSON objects in collections known as an Object Store within a Database. Join Chris Bennett to learn how to use IndexedDB in your JavaScript/HTML5 Windows 8 Metro Apps.
Building Background Tasks for Windows 8 Metro Applications
Published 08/06/2012
Chris Bennett shows you how to create a simple Background Task and put it into your Windows 8 Metro UI Apps.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
A Quick Way to Add AutoComplete to a VB.NET 2012 TextBox
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The question has been asked whether or not it was possible to have a textbox that can be automatically filled in with the previous URL history, similar to what can be found in any decent web browser. And the answer is...
ALM Tools for Developers in Visual Studio 2012
Published 03/18/2013
Although coding is the primary responsibility of a developer, there are many other application lifecycle management activities that need to be performed with the code. V. N. S. Arun takes a look at the list of features offered by Visual Studio 2012 for the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
