The developers out there are publishing some really great Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps. I’m very lucky in that I get to see many of the great products that devs produce. So what’s holding you back? Need some incentive? Until the end of June we’ve...

The updated Windows Phone 8 Training Kit is live! http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38782 This kit contains 20 Hands-On Labs and a set of 6 presentations that can be used to drive code camps or for general training purposes. HANDS...

CodeProject is running a Windows Azure Developer Challenge.  From April 15 to June 24 there are five programming challenges that can earn you a spot for prizes and such.  There are over $16k in prizes up for grabs, with 65 changes.  The...

Links and apps and Florida flavor I’ve found interesting since the last time I posted this! GENERAL Construct2 GitHub Repository for C2 templates by Jim O'Neil - https://github.com/jimoneil/Construct-2 Functional Programming in Csharp - free ebook - by...

If it takes more than 5 minutes to write up and wasn’t easy to “bing” then its something that should be blogged for SEO purposes later in my life, as my memory fades, and I need to find things again! Recently I was asked how to super...

Lots of goodness at GDC last week.  Here’s a couple high level links to get you going….  Remember, if you’re got writing #windowsphone apps, you can get $100 per via Keep the Cash - http://dfwiki.devfish.net/dotneterati.Contests.ashx?HL=contests...

EVENTS Legal Hackathon Miami - May 10-11 - http://mobileappjdmia.eventbrite.com/# - Native code (aka Win8 or Winphone ) counts as "other" WEB ASP.NET and Web 2012.2 Update - from da gu - http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2013/02/18/announcing...

  As promised here’s the various notes and questions from the Atlanta Windows Phone Jumpstart on Friday, March 8.  I really appreciate everyone being there and asking such great questions.  Since 80% of ya’ll were Android and iOS devs,...

I’m lining up a series of events at the Orlando Windows Store [ http://www.meetup.com/MicrosoftStore-Orlando ] as both time and scheduling allow me and the store to come together. I’m going to partner up with the Orlando Windows Phone Dev...

When working with the Maps control for Windows Phone OS 7.1, calling “SetMode()” on the map will result in a loss of the pan and zoom functionality.  If you want to try it yourself, I’ll put code snippets at the end of this post.  A summary...

WINDOWS 8 Making it easier for your tester - http://michaelstark.azurewebsites.net/?p=1511%3Ftitle%3DMaking+it+easy+on+your+tester Surface Pro - note the pen and usb 3.0 usage - take that evil fruitco - http://www.wpcentral.com/surface-pro-struts-its...

Interesting query I responded to recently regarding WinJS apps and the base JavaScript / Grid template. The person wanted to preload some data in the load method before running the page. Makes sense…. Basically the coder simply created a new...

Essential Apps for Windows Phone - http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/collections/essential-apps/2ac293c6-7765-4118-9c1a-8d92f714c62e Essential Games for Windows Phone - http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/collections/essential-games/1b72dde0...

MonoGame with Windows 8 Multipart Series - http://www.billreiss.com/monogame-for-windows-8-step-0/ Creating Windows 8 Games with JavaScript - http://www.sitepoint.com/series/create-a-windows-8-game-with-javascript Getting Started with Direct3d ...

I’m loving this offer. Get a free promo code for MCP Exam 70-480 “Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 ” . Note this exam is about HTML5 dev, not Windows 8 dev (thanks @armen). All you have to do is complete the online course...

As I noted in an earlier post [  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/devfish/archive/2012/11/06/are-you-slat-compatible-wp8-sdk-tip-01.aspx ], the Windows Phone 8 emulator requires Hyper-V if you wish to work against the emulator.  So what’s going on under...

Perhaps my favorite Windows Phone book ( after SAMS Windows Phone 7.5 Development in 24 Hours , of course ) was Andrew Whitechapel’s Windows Phone 7 Development Internals .  The book offered a great inside look at almost all the phone internals. ...

Windows Phone 8 SDK has some new requirements you might not be aware of. Firstly, it requires Windows 8 64-bit version. I’ve already run into a few folks who had the 32-bit version of Windows 8 installed and were unable to run the phone tools...

Right after the release of the Windows Phone SDK 8.0, the Windows Phone Developer team has released the Windows Phone Toolkit for Windows Phone 8.0.  The toolkit is available from PhoneGap as NuGet package or as source code .  To download head...

Many people were quite annoyed by the decision to not ship XNA as part of the Windows Metro Development space for Windows 8. The MonoGame project has stepped in and is building a cross-platform game solutions for XNA. Note that MonoGame is still under...

If you're working on Windows 8 apps, hopefully you've found the 30 days worth of Windows 8 lessons for developers at GenerationApp . But once you've developed an app and are thinking about publishing it, what are some resources Microsoft provides to...

Migrating your developer project from Windows 8 Release Preview to Windows 8 RTM ? If so, then download and read the linked document below. I counted 140+ tips in the document. Areas include General Porting Guidance, Windows Runtime Type System Validations...

Recently I came across the question: "I want to change the cursor in my Windows 8 Metro style application to a custom cursor I've designed. So, how can I use the custom cursor in metro app ? The Windows.UI.Core.CoreCursorType.Custom parameter for the...

DEVFISH'S DEVELOPER CHECKLIST FOR HACKATHON ATTENDEES Bring your own PowerStrip . I love squids cause the fit all the funky power supplies we all have. Yeah, sure, the organizers will have enough, power strips, right. But you'll have two laptops...

The Windows Phone programming book a bunch of us Florida folks started on a while ago finally released. Sams Teach Yourself Windows Phone 7 Application Development in 24 Hours shipped this month. Its nice to have my name on a book cover, you know? Also...