The Design Guidelines in Windows 8.1 are nearly identical to those in Windows 8.0. However, in practical and tactical guidance they are so different, idyllic Windows 8.1 apps might fail Windows 8.0 Store Certification. Jerry Nixon helps navigate the morass.
Learn how to extend the life of legacy user-mode applications without the need to dismantle and rewrite--in just a few easy steps.
Learn how to convert an app into a service without much of an effort using this simple, two-step, yet powerful Windows Service class called CSvcHandler.
Andrey Karpov shares some useful observations on error patterns, touching upon the subject of handling rare and emergency conditions in programs.
Microsoft looks to the future with Windows Phone 7, is it enough to catch up with the competition? Read along to learn how WP7 differs from past versions of Windows Mobile and how it matches up against its rivals.
If you're building Windows Mobile apps FakeGPS could be the answer to your troubleshooting worries. Learn how to test your GPS applications using FakeGPS.
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.
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...
The key to working with strings is to know what functions are available. Hannes du Preez shows you 25 of the most common string functions and manipulation techniques .
SignalR is an Asp.Net library that pushes data to a wide variety of clients. The burden of worrying about which server push transport to use and deciding on the fallbacks has been removed from developers. Read on to learn more.
