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JavaScript: Building and Using Controls in Windows Store Apps with JavaScript
When using JavaScript to build controls in a Windows Store app, you have access to HTML elements, WinRT controls and WinJS controls. See how you can mix and match these or even build your own.
31 Oct 2012, 18:00:00 Source: JavaScript: Building and Using Controls in Windows Store...
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Windows Azure Insider: Windows 8 and Windows Azure: Convergence in the Cloud
Windows 8 Special Issue 2012
The inaugural edition of our Windows Azure Insider column describes how to build a simple cloud-hosted service to support asynchronous clients, then shows you how easy it is to call into a Web service from a Windows Store application to retrieve data.
The inaugural edition of our Windows Azure Insider column describes how to build a simple cloud-hosted service to support asynchronous clients, then shows you how easy it is to call into a Web service from a Windows Store application to retrieve data.
JavaScript: Data Binding in a Windows Store App with JavaScript
Windows 8 Special Issue 2012
Learn how the JavaScript framework for building Windows Store apps and the underlying Windows Runtime allow you to build apps with client-side state, offline storage, controls, templates, binding and much more.
Learn how the JavaScript framework for building Windows Store apps and the underlying Windows Runtime allow you to build apps with client-side state, offline storage, controls, templates, binding and much more.
Silverlight and WPF: Writing Silverlight and WPF Apps with Windows Runtime XAML in Mind
Windows 8 Special Issue 2012
Business developers will continue to build new Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight applications in the years to come. This article shows you what you can do to make porting, reuse or dual targeting reasonable when considering Windows Store applications.
Business developers will continue to build new Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight applications in the years to come. This article shows you what you can do to make porting, reuse or dual targeting reasonable when considering Windows Store applications.
Modern Apps: The Windows Store App Lifecycle
Windows 8 Special Issue 2012
You’ll want to understand the nuances of the new WinRT application lifecycle so you can build apps that respond as they should at every point. Rachel Appel explains the different stages.
You’ll want to understand the nuances of the new WinRT application lifecycle so you can build apps that respond as they should at every point. Rachel Appel explains the different stages.
Using SQL Server Metadata and Statistics to Build a Table Explorer Application
Develops an analogy between database table and file directory information and argues that it could be very useful if it were possible to have a similar application to Windows Explorer for database tables. Demonstrates how to obtain the information from Sql Server system tables and dynamic management
1 Oct 2012, 10:52:00 Source: Using SQL Server Metadata and Statistics to Build a Table...
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Introduction to MSBuild - Part 1
A step by step walk through of MSBuild file and how to run a target
Cutting Edge: Mobile Site Development, Part 4: Managing Device Profiles
Dino Esposito shows how to classify mobile devices in order to build a Web site that serves different markup to different devices based on their capabilities.
Canvas Control Library and New Forms Based System for building Web Pages and Websites
Canvas Control Library provides highly customizable controls using the HTML5 Canvas element. Also includes a New Forms Based system which is a new way to build your web pages and websites.
Building Web APIs with Node.js and MongoDB
Node.js by itself is a blank canvas. However, the Express.js web framework for Node.js provides programmers with a clear, concise development platform to build high performance Web APIs.