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Building a Windows 8 Store App using JavaScript

Posted 6 months ago

by Jarrod Hermer
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Over the next couple of months I will be posting short articles covering the main components of a great Windows 8 store application and show how to implement the functionality using JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3. As devices (tablets, touch enabled all-in...
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Microsoft Flight is out and its Free

Posted over 1 year ago

by southafrica
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Microsoft Flight is the new versions of the Microsoft Flight Simulator series and its available now. The greatest thing is that its FREE!!! Video provided for your enjoyment! Get it here - http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight/ Dave
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Community Night - 12th September 2011

Posted over 2 years ago

by southafrica
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Hi All Community night is coming up again, although this month it will be on Monday the 12th September 2011 and will start at 5pm. Agenda: 5pm: - Information Worker - Sharepoint Business Workshop - BIDN - Programming Languages User group 7pm: - Javascript...
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Windows Azure Availability in SA Announced!

Posted over 1 year ago

by southafrica
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Microsoft today announced availability of Windows Azure in 48 new Countries - including South Africa! In addition to availability in these new Geographies, a number of exciting new services were announced, including: Windows Azure Virtual...
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Windows Phone Application Highlight–Pocket Meme

Posted over 1 year ago

by southafrica
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Pocket Meme was made to be the last and only app you will ever use to view internet memes. Your constant source of laughter, so to speak. It has pretty much every popular meme built right in, and if you want to find a more obscure one, just search. And...
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31 Days of Windows Phone 7

Posted over 3 years ago

by southafrica
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If you’re looking at Windows Phone 7 development, check out Jeff Blankenburg’s (a fellow Microsoftie in the US) blog post on “ 31 Days of Windows Phone 7 ” . The page will update as the series continues and end on the eve of Halloween (the 31st). Topics...
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Silverlight Event

Posted over 3 years ago

by southafrica
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We’re hosting a full-day Silverlight event at Microsoft in early May: Building Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight When: 4 May 2010, 8:30am-5pm Where: Microsoft Offices, Bryanston Costs: None, but first-come-first served Format: Typical presentation...
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Devs4Devs is coming Cape Town!

Posted over 2 years ago

by southafrica
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Hi All, due to popular demand we will be running the Devs4Devs event in Cape Town on the 7th May at the Microsoft offices. This is the event where developers get to present to developers and share exciting new topics with each other. If you are keen on...
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An afternoon with Bronwen and John – .Net Tools to visualise Natural Disasters

Posted over 2 years ago

by southafrica
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Come join us for an afternoon with data visualisation experts Bronwen Zande and John O’Brien who will be talking about using .Net Tools to visualise Natural Disasters. Having a look at various techniques of visualising information. Bronwen Zande is a...
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Photosynths of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

Posted over 3 years ago

by southafrica
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While the country and the rest of the world is gripped in World Cup fever I thought it would be cool to show off what some people have been doing with Photosynth to show off some unique views of World Cup Games and stadiums. First up, Gareth Jane sent...
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Windows 8 Hands On Labs – Johannesburg

Posted over 1 year ago

by southafrica
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Join us for a day building a Metro based application in either HTML/JavaScript or XAML/C# and get to learn first hand what it takes to build on the next platform from Microsoft. Each day will cover the same material. Date Time Venue Registration 22 May...
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Site Pinning, Jump Lists, Overlay Icons, and Button Colour in 16 lines of code

Posted over 2 years ago

by southafrica
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With IE 9 being released here is a code snippet which shows you how to implement Site Pinning, Jump Lists, and Overlay Icons. You place the following code with in the <head></head> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE...
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Another Round of Windows 8 Camps - Durban, Johannesburg & Cape Town

Posted 10 months ago

by southafrica
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We are running another set of Windows 8 Camps in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town. The agenda is: 8:30 – Registration 9:00 – The Windows 8 Platform for Metro-Style Apps and the Windows Store Windows 8 is Windows re-imagined....
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Free Training! Windows Phone 7 Jump Start

Posted over 3 years ago

by southafrica
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MVP, Rudi Grobler , will be delivering free training on development for Windows Phone 7 and has asked us to help get the word out. If you’re interested in developing for Windows Phone 7 and want to learn how, come along! When? 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM 5 February...
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Free ALM Training in September

Posted over 2 years ago

by southafrica
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FREE Live Workshops Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 ALM tools and Microsoft Project Server 2010 We would like to invite you to attend any of our upcoming FREE live workshops in September! These web workshops will provide you with in-depth exposure...
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DevDays 2011 only 1 and half weeks Away

Posted over 2 years ago

by southafrica
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Wow the time has flown past and honestly I have no idea where it has gone. We are flying towards DevDays at the speed of light and its going to be an awesome event. If you haven’t registered yet register now here . Here is what’s happening on the Day...
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Developer and Platform Insights Event with Jason Zander, Corp VP, Visual Studio–Johannesburg

Posted over 2 years ago

by southafrica
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Who is Jason Zander? Check out his blog . From his simpler bio there “I'm the corporate vice president for the Visual Studio team in the Developer Division at Microsoft, including Visual Studio Pro, Premium, and Ultimate. I've been in the Developer...
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Upcoming Windows 8 Events

Posted 11 months ago

by southafrica
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Webinars Event Date Time Registration Link Getting Started with Windows 8 10 July 2012 3pm – 5pm Click to Register Getting Started with Windows 8 17 July 2012 3pm – 5pm Click to Register Design for Windows 8: Metro 18 July 2012 3pm – 5pm Click to Register...
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DigiGirlz Day – Coding with Kodu

Posted over 3 years ago

by southafrica
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Recently, Tina Erwee, one of my colleagues in Microsoft Consulting Services ran a session for Women in Technology aimed at getting young women interested in a career in IT. I thought this would be a great story to share because it highlights the impact...
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Windows 8 – Leave no Key Behind

Posted 11 months ago

by southafrica
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As much as Windows 8 Metro is a touch first UI we have not forgotten about the keyboard ninjas out there. Here are some handy shortcuts you can download a PDF of all the shortcuts here . Charms Win + C : All charms Win + Q : Search charm Win + H : Share...
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Community Night–Cape Town

Posted over 2 years ago

by southafrica
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Greetings We are currently investigating holding our community night down in Cape Town at the Microsoft offices. So here is what we are thinking; What : Free venue for Developer related Communities we also provide snacks and drinks. When : 4:30 – 9:00pm...
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Community Night 14th June 2011

Posted over 2 years ago

by southafrica
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Hi All We have another exciting community night happening on Tuesday the 14th of June. Starting at 4pm and ending at 9pm. There are a number of communities meeting on the evening: Information Worker Game Dev Languages SQL User Groups Web/UX group JS UG...
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Want to win a Joshua Davis skateboard or $500 voucher?

Posted over 3 years ago

by southafrica
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(South Africans are NOT excluded from this one – bonus!) Making the web beautiful with HTML5 The MIX Online team worked with Joshua Davis Studios , to create the Endless Mural for the Microsoft IE9 launch. We’re now launching Okapi, an open-source framework...
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DevDays 2011 Community Slots

Posted over 2 years ago

by southafrica
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Hi All Come and join us at DevDays 2011 in Cape Town and Johannesburg for the community slots that are happen at the end of the event here are the sessions that are being held: Mark Pearl (Jhb) -Pimpin WPF & Silvelright Apps William Brander (Jhb)...
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Free stuff from Microsoft– eBooks

Posted over 2 years ago

by southafrica
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Every now and then Microsoft Press has given away some of its content for the huge saving of 100%. We have once again done it with the following titles: Charles Petzold’s Programming Windows Phone 7 is available here as EPUB and here as MOBI . To get...