Developing for Microsoft Band with WinRT – Band Tiles
In this post, I’m going to cover the basics of getting a new 3rd-party tile for your application onto the Microsoft Band with WinRT using the SDK. If you’d like to see how to get started with Band...
View ArticleDemonstrating enterprise Windows 10 development at Microsoft BUILD 2015
In the past week, I’ve been fortunate enough to meet some fantastic attendees at the Microsoft BUILD conference as a member of staff. The company I work for, Black Marble Ltd., attend the BUILD...
View ArticleWindows 10 to be the ‘last version of Windows’
At the Microsoft Ignite conference, I visited one of the talks that Jerry Nixon and Christine Matheney, Microsoft Developer Evangelists, were giving on Live Tiles and Notifications in Windows 10....
View ArticleMaking IoT real with the Internet of ‘Your’ Things
Microsoft UK just wrapped up their Data Culture event series which provided full days worth of content covering the Microsoft Data Platform, Business Intelligence and Analytics features through a...
View ArticleMake Microsoft Band development easier with Band Studio
Towards the end of April, Microsoft updated the Microsoft Band SDK to allow developers more access to the platform so they can customise their users’ experiences both in their mobile app and the Band...
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Students, get involved with Windows 10 now!
Microsoft Imagine is the hub for everything student related in technology and as well as their famous Microsoft Imagine Cup competition, they are pulling out all the stops to get students involved with...
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Developing for Microsoft Band with WinRT – Background Execution
In this post, I’m going to cover the basics of getting your Band connected using a Background Task in a Windows Phone application. If you’ve not yet discovered the basics of working with the Band SDK,...
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Developing for Windows 10 – SplitView navigation menus
With the release of Windows 10 and the SDK which followed, I thought I’d share some helpful tips for developers new and old to get themselves up and running with the new platform. In this topic, I’m...
View ArticleDeveloping for Microsoft Band with WinRT – Indefinite Background Execution
In this post, I’m going to cover a more advanced version of the background execution code that I discussed in my previous Microsoft Band development post which looked at setting up a background task...
View ArticleSession – Creating unique, responsive experiences with Windows 10
The new universal Windows app platform brings with it some much deserved UI overhauls which allow developers to create one app that works with any device running Windows 10 ranging from the smallest of...
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Introducing Croft.Core for universal Windows apps
Croft.Core.UWP is new library for universal Windows apps that I’ve designed to be a core component when developing for the platform to make it quicker and easier to get going with the things that I’ll...
View ArticleDeveloping for Windows 10 – Implementing jump lists
Jump lists have been a part of classic Windows apps for years giving you the ability to jump back into areas of those apps where you left off or perform quick tasks, for example, opening a recent file...
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A new Windows experience with the Lumia 950 XL and Microsoft Band 2
I’ve been rather lucky over the past months to get my hands on some of Microsoft’s latest tech courtesy of the company I work for, Black Marble, including one of the first devices to launch with...
View ArticleImplementing file drag & drop in your Windows 10 UWP application
Drag & drop is a common feature in the Windows OS, mainly when you’re moving a file from one place to another. Did you know that you can drag files into your app though? Well it’s possible and it’s...
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Playing with scrolling parallax effects on UI elements in Windows 10 UWP apps
I mentioned recently in my ‘Daily Life of a Developer’ series that I’ve been working on some old project ideas that have been stuck on my backlog of things to do for a while now. As part of the...
View ArticleHelping UWP developers with sample apps
Over the last few years, I’ve been developing Windows applications for public and private consumption providing unique app experience throughout. This sparked an idea to provide a collection of sample...
View ArticleDemonstrating enterprise Windows 10 development at Microsoft BUILD 2015
In the past week, I’ve been fortunate enough to meet some fantastic attendees at the Microsoft BUILD conference as a member of staff. The company I work for, Black Marble...
View ArticleWindows 10 to be the ‘last version of Windows’
At the Microsoft Ignite conference, I visited one of the talks that Jerry Nixon and Christine Matheney, Microsoft Developer Evangelists, were giving on Live Tiles and Notifications in Windows 10....
View ArticleMaking IoT real with the Internet of ‘Your’ Things
Microsoft UK just wrapped up their Data Culture event series which provided full days worth of content covering the Microsoft Data Platform, Business Intelligence and Analytics features through a...
View ArticleMake Microsoft Band development easier with Band Studio
Towards the end of April, Microsoft updated the Microsoft Band SDK to allow developers more access to the platform so they can customise their users’ experiences both in their mobile...
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