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Update on ReSharper 7 EAP
I opted out of the ReSharper 7 EAP beta for a little while just because it was throwing a lot of...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Using WinJS.xhr to Fetch This and That
You know the story. A call to a website used to be little more than a single request with its single...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
UW Seattle Student Appathon
If you're a student at UW, then I've got a cool opportunity to throw your way. Come to the...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
The Place for Styles in HTML and XAML
I got a question from the community. When working on a Windows app, how do you get a complete list...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
The Why and How of DreamSpark
Microsoft enjoys giving software away to students. It's obviously in everyone's best...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Things a Web Developer Should Have Memorized
Web development involves the use of a lot of technologies and languages implemented according to a...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Thirty Nine Fourteen
That's how many lines of CSS code make up the ui-light.css file that you get with WinJS. What...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
The Book to Buy for Learning WinJS
I’ve learned a lot from Stephen Walther, so I’m excited that his book on Windows 8 Apps...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
The Design of Rustic Citrus - Interview with an Indie Game Dev
I love writing code, but I also love the developer community and talking to other developers that...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
The Escalator Ride
You want your app to be successful and to be successful, you must think about the user. Windows 8...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
The Flexbox CSS Standard
Question: what is Microsoft's position on Flexbox and fallbacks for IE10 and legacy? While...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
The Intel Edison
I am playing with the Intel Edison a lot these days. I'm a big promoponent of it, because...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
The Ocho
There’s nothing better for learning a new platform, framework, or language than getting...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Student Resources
If you're a student and you want to get involved in developing apps for Microsoft, then this...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Super Simple Swipe Sections
Yesteryear we used tabs in UI. The problem with tabs and similar navigation aides is that they...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Taking Twitter by Stream
I found a number of examples of how to hook in to Twitter's Streaming API using JavaScript (via...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Test Delay Post
Please disregard
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
That Was Good... This is Better
You'll likely notice that codefoster.com looks a bit different. I put a shine on it, but I also...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
The All New codefoster.com
Woohoo! Welcome to the all new codefoster.com website. I changed a lot about codefoster.com in this...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Snap to Your Tiles
Let’s say you have a bunch of tiles in your Windows 8 app. And the user grabs this list with...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
So Many Ways to Search in Visual Studio 11
There’s more than one way to skin a cat and more than one way to do a search in Visual Studio....
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Stayin’ Alive
Of course now that you've seen my post title, you're going to have the Bee Gees stuck in...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Storage in a Windows 8 App
Apps generate data. Some of them generate a ton of data and others just a few little bits and...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Recursion Plain and Simple
I'm not setting out to explain recursion in full detail right now. I just want to do my best to...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Reduced Discoverability in Windows 8
I just finished reading Jakob Nielsen's article Windows 8 - Disappointing Usability for Both...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Referring to Package Files
When you’re working with a Windows 8 project in VS2012, you have some number of project files...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
ReSharper 7 is Released
I got a note in my inbox a few days ago saying that ReSharper 7 had been released. I was pretty...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Seattle Give Camp just around the corner
In less than two months, a number of charities will gather in the Commons on the Microsoft campus...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Page Navigation in Windows 8 JavaScript Apps
I’d like to talk a bit about navigating in Metro apps using HTML/JavaScript. There are a few...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Print the Screen in Windows 8
Here’s a nifty trick. When you hold the Windows key and hit Print Screen, you get a screen shot, but...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Prometric Exam Giveaway
I have three coupons for Prometric exams for Microsoft certification that I'd like to give away....
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Push Notifications for Specific Users
I received a question that I'd like to turn into a blog post for the benefit of the masses....
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Random Tile Colors
This tip is quite short and simple, but worth a post I think. If you want to colorize some tiles...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
Ready to start developing for Windows 8?
First of all, if you need any help getting your system configured to start developing Windows 8,...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014
msMatchMedia: programmatic access to media queries
If you throw down with a media query like this… @media screen and (-ms-view-state:...
Author: codefoster Date: 12/04/2014