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IDC: The Past, Present and Future of HTML5
The recently released IDC study, The Evolving State of HTML5 by Al Hilwa, Research Director for Application Development, attempts to evaluate the advances made so far, the current state and takes a look at the future of HTML5 as a unifying web platform.
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Changes to the Silverlight Runtime for Windows Phone
Until now we’ve been focusing on Common XAML, but now our attention turns to Silverlight for Windows Phone. Though Common XAML (i.e. Universal Apps) is meant to eventually replace it, the Silverlight framework is still a viable option for Windows Phone developers.
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A Q&A with the XAML Performance Leadership Team
This panel discussion mostly covers XAML, but there are still some thoughts on its relationship to WPF and the desktop in general.
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C# Compiler Released As Open Source
The destination of Microsoft's Roslyn project has been revealed: the rewrite of the C# and VB compilers has been released under an open source license by Microsoft. Not only will users benefit from the improved tooling Roslyn supports, they can also look under the hood to add features or analyze behavior.
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A WPF Q&A
A panel of 9 Microsoft desktop developers were available during a lunch time Q&A. This session was not filmed, but we were able to record some of the WPF questions and Microsoft’s answers.
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Highlights from Build 2014’s Second Keynote
Today felt like a day of housekeeping. Mostly it was about promoting products from preview/beta to production status. There were some big revelations around opening sourcing Roslyn the formation of the .NET Foundation, but even these were just doing what the community has been asking for all along.
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Spark Gets a Dedicated Big Data Platform
Spark users can now use a new Big Data platform provided by intelligence company Atigeo, which bundles most of the UC Berkeley stack into a unified framework optimized for low-latency data processing that can provide significant improvements over more traditional Hadoop-based platforms.
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Features of the New Windows Phone App Model
Windows Phone 8.1 has several features that developers can utilize to improve their apps and provide a better user experience.
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Microsoft Speeds Up Windows Store Apps with .NET Native
.NET Native is an attempt from Microsoft to reduce the start up times and memory footprint of Windows Store applications.
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Concerns about Measuring Velocity for Team Improvement
Agile teams measure the velocity of their sprints. It helps them to plan and track their progress and provides insight for product owners to plan product releases. Can teams also use velocity data when they want to improve themselves? Several authors have written about velocity and shared their concerns on measuring velocity to improve the productivity of teams.
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TypeScript 1.0 Released
Microsoft's TypeScript language has now reached official 1.0 status and is available for use on several platfroms, including VS2012/VS2013, Eclipse, and in source form.
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Future-Proofing Desktop Applications for Hardware Enhancements
Though CPUs aren’t getting any faster, other hardware capabilities are rapidly increasing. This is most evident in high DPI displays and the way they shrink legacy applications to the point of illegibility. So for perhaps the first time since the 90’s, future proofing for better monitors is becoming vital.
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Highlights from Microsoft's Build 2014 Opening Keynote
The opening keynote for Build 2014 kicked off with several big announcements. Today marked the formal announcement of Windows Phone 8.1 and the soon to be released Windows 8.1 Update.
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Introducing Common XAML UI
Based on the WinRT API, the Common XAML UI framework will allow the same UI code to be shared on phones, tablets, desktop computers, and eventually Xbox One.
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Microsoft Opens Windows to the Universal App: One App for All Platforms
Microsoft has formally introduced Windows universal apps, allowing developers to write a single app that will run on all Windows-based devices: phones, tablets, and PCs. This move unifies the platform in a significant way.