Learn the basics of building a Windows Phone application that can access a user's calendar and appointments.
How to Build a Windows Phone App that Accesses Calendar and Appointments
Published 12/13/2013
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Building a Windows Phone Application that Accesses Contacts
Published 12/09/2013
Vipul Patel shares the basics of building a Windows Phone Application that can access user Contacts.
Bypassing the Registry in Windows Store Apps and VB
Published 10/03/2013
Learn how to use ApplicationDataContainer and ApplicationDataContainerSettings in your Windows 8.1 Store apps.
Serialization with Windows 8 Store Apps and VB
Published 10/01/2013
Serialization can be tricky in any circumstances. But if you have to serialize a Windows Store app, then you have double the trouble! Read on to learn how to properly serialize Windows Store apps.
Setting Wallpapers in a Windows 8 Store App with VB
Published 09/25/2013
Hannes du Preez shows you how to change the wallpaper of a Windows 8 Store app.
Async Programming with Visual Basic and Windows 8 / 8.1
Published 09/18/2013
Learn how easy it is to do Async programming with VB.NET 2012 and Windows 8 and 8.1
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Launching Files with Associated Programs in Windows 8.x and VB
Published 12/23/2013
The Windows 8 infrastructure is different than earlier versions, which can make doing ordinary tasks cumbersome. Not only do you have to learn an entirely different way of doing things but you have different classes in the Windows 8.x API. Read on to learn the various options involved.
Using AutoMapper in Your ASP.Net MVC Applications
Published 11/25/2013
AutoMapper is an external component that helps in creating a mapping between a source and destination model types. Read on to learn about the AutoMapper component and how to use it in an Asp.Net MVC application.
