Kevin Gallo gives the developer perspective on today’s Windows 10 Event
Did you see the Microsoft Windows 10 Event this morning? Satya, Terry, and Panos talked about some of the exciting new features coming in the Windows 10 Creators Update and announced some amazing new...
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Going social: Project Rome, Maps & social network integration (App Dev on...
The Universal Windows Platform is filled with powerful and unique capabilities that allow the creation of some remarkable experiences on any device form factor. This week we are looking at an...
View ArticleBringing 3D to everyone through open standards
Earlier this week, at the Microsoft Windows 10 Event, we shared our vision (read more about it from Terry Myerson and Megan Saunders) around 3D for everyone in New York. As part of achieving that...
View ArticleJust released – Windows developer evaluation virtual machines – October 2016...
We’re releasing the October 2016 edition of our evaluation Windows developer virtual machines (VM) on Windows Dev Center. The VMs come in Hyper-V, Parallels, VirtualBox and VMWare flavors and will...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It – This Week in Windows Developer
This week in the world of Windows – announcements and tutorials big and small ushered in next-level capabilities for all developers, from mixed reality support with the new Windows 10 Creators Update...
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The “Internet of Stranger Things” Wall, Part 1 – Introduction and Remote Wiring
Overview I am a child of the 80s. Raiders of the Lost Ark was the first movie I saw by myself in the movie theater. The original Star Wars trilogy was an obsession. And WarGames is one thing that...
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The “Internet of Stranger Things” Wall, Part 2 – Wall Construction and Music
Overview I do a lot of woodworking and carpentry at home. Much to my family’s chagrin, our house is in a constant state of flux. I tend to subscribe to the Norm Abram school of woodworking, where there...
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Getting personal – speech and inking (App Dev on Xbox series)
The way users interact with apps on different devices has gotten much more personal lately, thanks to a variety of new Natural User Interface features in the Universal Windows Platform. These UWP...
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The “Internet of Stranger Things” Wall, Part 3 – Voice Recognition and...
Overview I called this project the “Internet of Stranger Things,” but so far, there hasn’t been an internet piece. In addition, there really hasn’t been anything that couldn’t be easily accomplished on...
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Kinect demo code and new driver for UWP now available
Here’s a little memory test: Do you recall this blog, which posted back in May and promised to soon begin integrating Kinect for Windows into the Universal Windows Platform? Of course you do! Now we...
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In Case You Missed it – This Week in Windows Developer
Happy (belated) Halloween, Windows Devs! This past week gave 80s kids, pop culture fans and Windows Devs alike all a chance to celebrate the internet of things. Our very own IoT master, Pete Brown,...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It – This Week in Windows Developer
While most of the world froze in place to follow the endless stream of U.S. presidential election coverage, we continued to push forward in the world of Windows Developer. And by push forward, we...
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Windows Application Driver for PC integrates with Appium
The most time consuming and expensive part of developing an app is often the testing phase. Manually testing an app on hundreds of different devices is impractical, and existing automation solutions...
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Announcing UWP Community Toolkit 1.2
Following our commitment to ship new versions at a fast pace, I’m thrilled to announce the availability of UWP Community Toolkit 1.2. If you want to get a first glance, you can install the UWP...
View ArticleICYMI – Microsoft Connect, Linux, WIP and a new Insider Preview Build
Just when you thought you’d seen it all at the MVP Summit, we come back with a few exciting announcements from Connect. We want to thank you again for joining us, and if you couldn’t make it this time,...
View ArticleWindows 10 SDK Preview Build 14965 Released
Today, we released a new Windows 10 Anniversary SDK Preview to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 14965 or greater). The Preview SDK is a pre-release and cannot be used in a...
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Windows Ink 1: Introduction to Ink and Pen
Using a pen and computer has an interesting history that goes farther back than you’d think. In 1888, the first patent for a “electric stylus device for capturing handwriting” was issued to Elisha Gray...
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Windows Ink 2: Digging Deeper with Ink and Pen
In the last post, we explored a brief history of pen computing and introduced you to how easy it is to get started with Windows Ink in your Universal Windows Platform app. You saw that you can enable...
View ArticleWindows at Microsoft Connect(); // 2016
During the Connect(); // 2016, the Windows team talked about the Universal Windows Platform and about some of the great tooling improvements that have happened in recent months. Kevin Gallo, VP and...
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Windows Ink 3: Beyond Doodling
In the first post in this series, we took a quick look at Windows Ink using the InkCanvas and saw that it can be as simple as one line of code to add inking support to your application. In the second...
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