This week we are looking at another application by a local developer Galactic Jump. Take control of a ship in outer space that is about to enter a Galactic Jump across the universe! You will need to keep the ship within the "rainbow" of light...

Hi All just want to say thanks to everyone for presenting or attending Devs4Devs Johannesburg. Was a great event with 8 great sessions being presented. I took some snaps on the day. Next up Devs4Devs Cape Town on Saturday the 20th August. See you there...

One the nice case studies for the Visual Studio launch involved a South African company, Global Kinetic. Here are some snippets from the case study “ It builds confidence because with Team Foundation Server 2012 our client has a real-time view of our...

One of the core parts of my role is speaking to customers about application lifecycle management. Too often, customers think that this only applies in cases where you have “coding” scenarios – i.e where developers are using an IDE (e.g. Visual Studio...

This two-part series of blog posts will show you how to get the most out of IntelliTrace – a historical debugger that allows you to record (and replay) program execution. A third post on some advanced IntelliTrace tips is already posted here . In my previous...

So you spent your December/January break coding up an amazing Windows 8 app, right? Now you want to get paid into your bank account. You will need the SWIFT code and the South African National Clearing Number for your bank as well as your account number...

Ok so its now day two and I am just realizing that I will never reach inbox zero so its time to think about what I will make. Looking at Dave’s post and the type of apps that seem to be popular I am going to try my hand at a game. I have never written...

I work with many customers around their development and application lifecycle management requirements. That is a core part of my job. One of the other aspects is educating customers around leveraging the benefits when they purchase Visual Studio on MSDN...

An innovative tool that allows businesses to see what people are saying about them on social media platforms has won three University of Johannesburg computer science students and their supervisor a place in the final of a global technology competition...

And the games begin, I think the toughest things about building apps for any mobile platform is the initial idea. Most people want to make the next huge application that is going to make them MILLLIONSS!!!!!!! If it was that simple we could all retire...

Things got a little crazy around here. Promoting Windows 8, preparing for a little event called TechEd (shameless plug: I will be doing a game dev talk so register! Early Bird Registration still open ) and never ending emails causing me to slip behind...

So I have an idea of what I am going to build,  I know that I want it to run on both Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8. The next step is to ponder about the backend that ties it all together. Now when it comes to applications there are so many ways to...

The first in a series of videos on developing for the Windows Ecosystem. This is an introduction to the Windows Ecosystem which will lead us into the following episodes which will cover development in more detail.

The other day I (Dave) challenged Jarrod to a friendly Code Off to create a little bit of friendly competition. The idea is for us to create the best Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 applications. He happily accepted we decided to draw up the following rules...

The following events are aimed at targeting specific types of application development across the Windows Ecosystem, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and Azure. The following are the sessions to be run: Day1 Developing Applications for Windows Platform: This...

The following events are aimed at targeting specific types of application development across the Windows Ecosystem, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and Azure. The following are the sessions to be run: Day1 Developing Applications for Windows Platform: This...

The following events are aimed at targeting specific types of application development across the Windows Ecosystem, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and Azure. The following are the sessions to be run: Day1 Developing Applications for Windows Platform: This...