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Bugs. Make them caught, reported and fixed – in just a few clicks

Learn how developers saving time and turning users’ complains into valuable info without...

Author: Mostafa Nageeb Date: 05/15/2014

UX/UI Guidelines for Windows Phone 8

I have been envying the Windows 8 team for their exclusive UX index, that helps you to build great...

Author: Dina Helmy Date: 03/08/2014

Part 2: Creating a Composer enabled PHP website on Windows Azure with Git deployment

Introduction This is part 2 of a 2 part blog post. Read part 1 here. So in part 1, we’ve...

Author: Ahmed Sabbour Date: 01/28/2014

Part 1: Creating a Composer enabled PHP website on Windows Azure with Git deployment

Introduction There is no doubt that Composer is a really cool dependency manager for PHP, sort of...

Author: Ahmed Sabbour Date: 01/28/2014

Installing PHP and Zend Extensions on Windows Azure Websites

Introduction You are creating a PHP website on Windows Azure and need to install additional PHP...

Author: Ahmed Sabbour Date: 12/23/2013

Beta Version Apps doesn’t expire any more, new release of Dev Center app

According to Rushmi Malaviarachchi recent posts, there is some updates that I’d like to share...

Author: Dina Helmy Date: 12/22/2013

Migrate your old website to Windows Azure Websites using the Visual Studio Online “Monaco” console, cURL and unzip

Introduction Have you considered migration to a Windows Azure website? The thought of downloading...

Author: Ahmed Sabbour Date: 12/10/2013

What’s new in Visual Studio 2013 for Windows 8.1 developers?

Visual studio 2013 came with amazing changes to developers. Some could be counted for Windows 8.1...

Author: shehab fawzy Date: 12/02/2013

Windows 8.1 small changes huge difference

I borrowed the title from this Gizmodo article that was written before the windows 8.1 lunch and was...

Author: shehab fawzy Date: 12/01/2013

Activate your free store account using DreamSpark

So I always get asked on the steps you need to follow in order to activate your store account from...

Author: shehab fawzy Date: 11/27/2013

Activate your store account using BizSpark

As I travel around Africa, I got many inquires asking me about how the windows and windows phone...

Author: Dina Helmy Date: 11/25/2013

What’s new in VS2013 for Windows Phone Developers

It has always been great coding using Visual Studio, such a robust IDE that makes developer’s...

Author: Dina Helmy Date: 11/17/2013

Creating a LAMP Stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) using tasksel on Windows Azure

Introduction I’ve covered in my previous post how to create a LAMP stack on Windows Azure...

Author: Ahmed Sabbour Date: 11/13/2013

Creating a LAMP Stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) from BitNami on Windows Azure

Introduction In the previous post, I’ve shown you how to create a WIMP stack (Windows, IIS,...

Author: Ahmed Sabbour Date: 11/07/2013

Creating a WIMP Stack (Windows Server, IIS, MySQL, PHP) on Windows Azure

Introduction In this post, I’ll take you through how you can create a WIMP stack (regardless...

Author: Ahmed Sabbour Date: 11/05/2013

Rencontrez Chervine Bhiwoo

On a fait la connaissance de Chervine lors d'un atelier, quand il s'est mis en avant comme chef...

Author: FaridaSHERIF Date: 10/13/2013

Pitching ALM in the Cloud at Microsoft App Star Launch

4Afrika App Stars is a Microsoft reward program for developers. We are looking to equip a special...

Author: Stephen Ebichondo Date: 10/01/2013

AppStars Event Kenya

This was the Kick start of the Appstars Initiative where we met the MSPs, Champs and Community...

Author: shehab fawzy Date: 09/30/2013

Upcoming Windows Phone 8 Online Series

Starting from tomorrow, 25th of September 10 sessions covering all what you need to know about...

Author: Dina Helmy Date: 09/24/2013

Windows 8.1 online sessions

Starting from the 25th of September İbrahim KIVANÇ will be delivering a series of 10 online sessions...

Author: shehab fawzy Date: 09/23/2013

Windows Azure Notification Hubs: Getting Started

This is part 1 of a 3 part series where we will get to know how Notification Hubs work and why they...

Author: Ahmed Sabbour Date: 09/23/2013

Uganda .NET Usergroup : ALM using Visual Studio and Team Foundation Service

The .NET Usergroup members met here in Uganda at Outbox for the talk from James Makumbi. The meeting...

Author: Malisa Ncube Date: 09/20/2013

MIC Uganda Windows Phone 8 Bootcamp: Uganda Christian University

This is an exciting moment at Uganda Christian University (UCU) where we have a Windows Phone 8...

Author: Malisa Ncube Date: 09/19/2013

November Event: Uganda .NET Usergroup - Windows Azure

In November, our meeting topic will shift to Windows Azure. As you may know, Windows Azure is the...

Author: Malisa Ncube Date: 09/17/2013

October Event: Uganda .NET Usergroup - Windows 8 development

The Uganda .NET usergroup meetings are progressing naturally from ALM to specialised skills in...

Author: Malisa Ncube Date: 09/16/2013

Look Ma No Hands - Using Coded User Interface Tests

Finally in the third session of the Testing series in the .NET User Group meet ups we shall discuss...

Author: Stephen Ebichondo Date: 09/11/2013

Integration Testing on Steroids

The second session of .NET user Group Meet up we shall look at Integration testing which is a...

Author: Stephen Ebichondo Date: 09/11/2013

Taking Unit Testing to the Next Level

In this series of .NET User Groups we are going to talk about improving software quality using...

Author: Stephen Ebichondo Date: 09/11/2013

Uganda .NET Usergroup meeting September 2013 – ALM

In the September .NET user group meeting we will see how we can use Application Lifecycle Management...

Author: Malisa Ncube Date: 09/03/2013

August 2013 online training

The invitation is public, so feel free to distribute it. In Accordance to our effort to deliver deep...

Author: Ahmed Sabbour Date: 08/27/2013

Rencontrez l'héro d'Août : Fehizoro Andriamitandrina

Fehizoro Andriamitandrina est un étudiant en cinquième année de...

Author: FaridaSHERIF Date: 08/18/2013

Using WordPress on Windows Azure with SQL Server instead of MySQL

Introduction Creating a WordPress based site on Windows Azure is already pretty trivial, you can...

Author: Ahmed Sabbour Date: 07/30/2013

Rencontrez l'héro de Juillet: Holty SOW

À la sortie du Windows Phone, Holty SOW s’est offert un à lui-même, quand...

Author: FaridaSHERIF Date: 07/14/2013

Using Bing Maps in Windows Store Apps (JavaScript)

There are two distinct approaches to developing Windows Store Apps, using either VB/C#/C++ and XAML...

Author: John Kimani Date: 06/21/2013

Application Lifecycle Management Part 5 of 5

Agile Project Management This is the fifth blog on Application Lifecycle Management series. This...

Author: Stephen Ebichondo Date: 06/21/2013

The Microsoft surface/Kinect marketing solution (Part 4)

You will find (Part 1) && (Part 2) && (Part 3) Today we will be adding A picture for...

Author: Omar Mohamed Islam Date: 06/20/2013

Using SQL Server as a Service on Windows Azure

Having a database on the cloud has never been easier. In this post, I’ll show you how to...

Author: Ahmed Sabbour Date: 06/20/2013

Changing the default windows phone 8 colors (override the chosen theme)

A couple of days ago I was trying to build an app over windows phone 8, My Apps theme had green as...

Author: shehab fawzy Date: 06/17/2013

Adding Speech Functionality to your Windows Phone 8 App

The new speech API, is one of the add on features of windows phone 8. This feature when added to...

Author: Dina Helmy Date: 06/15/2013

Application Lifecycle Management Part 4 of 5

Application Lifecycle Management Implementation This is the fourth blog on Application Lifecycle...

Author: Stephen Ebichondo Date: 06/14/2013

Introduction to Maps for Windows Phone 8

Windows Phone 8 Maps Control Windows Phone 8 contains a new Maps API that is different from the Bing...

Author: John Kimani Date: 06/14/2013

The Microsoft surface/Kinect marketing solution (Part 3)

You will find (Part 1) && (Part 2) So today it will not be that long , we will work On the...

Author: Omar Mohamed Islam Date: 06/13/2013

Deploying Windows Azure Websites using Dropbox

Introduction If you want to keep track of your Website versions, easily switch between deployments...

Author: Ahmed Sabbour Date: 06/11/2013

Callisto toolkit a rich controls and helpers toolkit

So when I was developing my first app I needed to achieve a certain functionality that wasn’t...

Author: shehab fawzy Date: 06/11/2013

Bing Maps Routing using AJAX SDK

One of the most common tasks implemented by a mapping application is routing, which essentially...

Author: John Kimani Date: 06/11/2013

Using Team Foundation Server with Eclipse

Introduction Are you developing applications using Eclipse? Have you incorporated an ALM cycle in...

Author: Malisa Ncube Date: 06/11/2013

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