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Introducing NuGet Concierge
Twelve weeks ago, the Azure Applications Platform & Tools team welcomed us, three college sophomores, Jaspreet Bagga, Jeremiah Jekich, and Melissa McNeill, to Microsoft.As Explorer Interns, we were...
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The Magic of using Asynchronous Methods in ASP.NET 4.5 plus an important gotcha
First, I encourage you to listen to episode 327 of the Hanselminutes podcast. We called it "Everything .NET programmers know about Asynchronous Programming is wrong" and I learned a lot. I promise you...
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How to Use a Picker as a Filter in your LightSwitch apps
I’ve gotten more than a few questions over the last couple months on how to do this common pattern for filtering data based on a picker. For instance, I have a table of customers and I want to pick...
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New resources--using Office Open XML in apps for Word
The JavaScript API for Office (Office.js) provides a way for developers to manipulate rich content in a Microsoft Word document by using Office Open XML. This blog post highlights a recently published...
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Maximize code reuse when building for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8
You likely already know that Windows Phone 8 is built on the same shared core as Windows 8. You might also be aware of some of the benefits this shared core offers app developers who want to write apps...
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C++ REST SDK 1.2.0 is now available
C++ REST SDK 1.2.0 has been released on CodePlex. This version of the C++ REST SDK includes the following: Support for HTTPS for the Linux version of the libraryClient side features for Windows XP...
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Inside Windows Phone | From the Archive | The “Coding 4 Fun” Toolkit
Earlier this month there was an update release of the “Coding 4 Fun” Toolkit, an outstanding set of open source libraries for Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 8, and Windows Store apps. You can download...
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The Broken Windows Theory of App Stores
Imagine that the web itself had an app store, and your clicked "New Releases" to see the latest websites that the web just published. It would be 99% crap. And that's being generous. Having a section...
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Use Visual Studio 2012 to debug JavaScript code outside the running project
In this article, we will share a Visual Studio debugging tip for debugging JavaScript files that are outside apps for Office projects—for example, a JavaScript file built from multiple source files in...
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In-App Purchase: Success stories and Tips to test common in-app failure...
Every day there are more apps in the Windows Phone Store that offer in-app purchase: in the past 6 months alone, the sales of in-app purchase items in Windows Phone Store has grown by over 20x. Windows...
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You’ll be seeing some more posts from me here soon so wanted to quickly say hi. My name is Martin Woodward and I’ve just moved over to work on CodePlex team here in Microsoft as the PM. I’ve been part...
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NuGet 2.7 Package Restore Tips
Since the release of NuGet 2.7 with Automatic Package Restore and implicit consent, many developers have adopted the new approach and provided some great feedback on their experiences. Based on that...
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Run an app for Office consistently in different browsers
Apps for Office can run in different browsers, such as Internet Explorer 9 and 10, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. However, different browsers support web standards differently. In this article, we use...
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Using SharePoint Documents in LightSwitch HTML Client (Prem Ramanathan)
Visual Studio LightSwitch is a great development environment for writing line of business applications that provide a consistent mobile and desktop friendly user interface that talk to various data...
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Updated NuGet Support in Visual Studio 2012.4
As Brian Harry recently announced, there will be a Visual Studio 2012 Update 4. With RC2, we’ve updated the NuGet support. In this blog post, I’ll summarize those improvements.Updated NuGet ClientThe...
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What’s new for HTML Developers in Blend for Visual Studio 2013
At Windows’ Build conference in June, we introduced Visual Studio and Blend 2013 Preview to the world. With this release, we significantly expanded Visual Studio’s support for creating Window Store...
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Using SharePoint Documents in LightSwitch HTML Client (Prem Ramanathan)
Visual Studio LightSwitch is a great development environment for writing line of business applications that provide a consistent mobile and desktop friendly user interface that talk to various data...
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Using SharePoint Documents in LightSwitch HTML Client (Prem Ramanathan)
Visual Studio LightSwitch is a great development environment for writing line of business applications that provide a consistent mobile and desktop friendly user interface that talk to various data...
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Expanding Windows Azure MSDN Benefit
We are expanding the Windows Azure MSDN benefit to two additional subscription levels: MSDN Platforms and Visual Studio Test Professional with MSDN. MSDN Platforms subscribers will receive a $100...
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Feedback on Your C++ Development Activities
Hello. My name is Gabriel Ha and I am a program manager on the Visual C++ team.Do you have 10-20 minutes to take a survey on C++ developer activities?We want to get a better idea of what C++ developers...
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