Microsoft get on the HTML5 train for Visual Studio 11 and Windows 8.
All change for Microsoft developers. Again. The new Visual Studio developer preview demonstrates that Microsoft are serious about promoting HTML5 and JavaScript as a primary application development platform for Windows 8.
Posted on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
Neither neither “web” nor “mobile” but “multi-screen”…
Have we reached a tipping point where mobile devices will replace the web, or are we just moving into a “multi-screen” future of increasingly diverse devices and contexts?
Posted on Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Mobile myths: Development process and mobile apps
When it comes to development process, why should “mobile” development be treated any differently? After all, it’s all computer software.
Posted on Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Automating Adobe Air builds using Ant and Flex
The Flex SDK does contain some support for build scripting with Apache Ant. However, as with all automated build management, some script hacking is required to get a smooth automated build working for an AIR application.
Posted on Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Surface 2.0 – Microsoft have gone back to the drawing board.
Touch-based devices have gone truly mainstream in the few years since Surface first emerged. No wonder Microsoft have taken a totally different approach to Surface 2.0.
Posted on Thursday, January 6th, 2011
Using the WCF Authentication Service without cookies
How to use web services that are secured with the WCF Authentication Service in clients that don’t support cookies.
Posted on Monday, July 12th, 2010
How to add Flex MX controls to a NativeWindow for Adobe Air
Code sample for extending the NativeWindow class so you can safely add MX controls to it in a Flex-based Air application.
Posted on Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Reading and Geocoding Ordinance Survey’s open data in .NET
Ordinance Survey’s UK free OpenData products contain a wealth of UK location-based data – the only problem is how to extract something useful from them…
Posted on Tuesday, April 6th, 2010