Update on blog maintenance
This past weekend I completed the blog maintenance as I mentioned earlier. I moved my domain registrar, migrated from a free wordpress.com blog to a hosted instance of wordpress by…
Upcoming Blog maintenance
I have been thinking of moving from a free wordpress blog, which is what my blog is currently, to a self hosted wordpress blog. I will be trying the move…
Announcement: Book on C++ /Cx and Metro style app development
Hi I am happy to announce an upcoming book on C++ /Cx and Metro style app development. This book is currently in the works and will be published by Microsoft…
Kinect for Windows v1.5 SDK and Runtime are now LIVE!!
Head over to the announcement here Enjoy!!
Hello World from XAML and C++ /CX
We have previously explored how to write a Hello World console application using C++ /CX. Today we will develop a Hello World Application using XAML. Our Hello World app will…
Implementing an IValueConverter in C++ /Cx for Data Binding
To create a value converter, we create a class that implements the IValueConverter interface and then implement the Convert and (optionally) the ConvertBack methods. Converters can change data from one…
Reflection in the native Windows Runtime
If the Windows Runtime has all sorts of metadata information on classes, types, interfaces etc, could a developer implement Reflection for native types? James McNellis has done just that. He…
C++ Uninterrupted streaming live on Channel 9
head over to http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Windows-Camp/Developing-Windows-8-Metro-style-apps-in-Cpp and have fun!!!
Programming Windows Sixth Edition is coming!!!
Charles Petzold is back with "Programming Windows Sixth Edition", updated for Windows 8. The book focuses on programming Windows 8 Apps using C# and XAML. Microsoft Press is offering an amazing…
[Updated URL]:Live Streaming of the Developing Windows 8 Metro apps on Channel 9
Live Streaming link at http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Windows-Camp/Developing-Windows-8-Metro-style-apps-in-Cpp I will be tuned in for the entire event. I would encourage all C++ developers to watch the event online, if you cannot make it…