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Visual Studio Tips and Tricks – Checking code dependencies visually
Ever had to make changes to someone else’s code or figure out what might be impacted by a change to...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 09/30/2013
New toys! The Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 – seriously productive and fun tablets!
The next evolution of the Surface tablets, see what’s new and improved! To pre-order or find...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 09/27/2013
A bulletproof phone? Windows Phone 8 protects your data!
Windows Phone 8 is now FIPS 140-2 certified. FIPS 140-2 is a government security standard used to...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 09/24/2013
Visual Studio Tips: Starting to code your class project in TFS
Once you have your requirements and tasks assigned, your developers can start coding the tasks for...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 09/23/2013
Visual Studio Tips: for JavaScript Coders try CoffeeScript
For those new to JavaScript (or those of us who are just lazy) CoffeeScript allows you to forget all...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 09/17/2013
Free Space Art Assets to help you build your game
Want to build a game but don’t have the time (or for some of us, the talent) to create the art...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 09/12/2013
Building a mobile app? Need to know who logged in? Check out User Authentication in Azure Mobile Services
Whether it’s Android, iOS, or Windows Phone, many apps need users to log in. Azure Mobile Services...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 09/11/2013
Build an app for that awesome Windows Phone Camera
The Nokia line of Windows Phones has really taken cameras in phones to the next level. Build a Lens...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 09/10/2013
Visual Studio Tips: Copy & paste tricks
Here’s a few hidden tricks in Visual Studio for those who love <CTRL><C>. I once...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 09/09/2013
Get your laptop ready for school with over $1000 of free software!
Why use Express versions of software when students like you can get professional tools for free...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 08/28/2013
How to deliver a successful, persuasive pitch!
You have a great business idea, app idea, project idea. You need to convince others of its...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 08/02/2013
Windows Phone Tips and Gotchas: Grumpy Tree
This series features interviews with student Windows Phone app developers who share what they...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 07/29/2013
Bring your Unity game to the Windows Store for free
How do the Unity announcements change the price to publish your Unity app or game? Let’s take...
Author: Mickey MacDonald Date: 07/22/2013
Free Fantasy Art Assets to help you build your games
Want to build a game but don’t have the time (or for some of us, the talent) to create the art...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 07/22/2013
Can I blog about you? I want to learn from your app building experience!
Are you a Canadian student who built a Windows or Windows Phone app? Help other students by sharing...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 07/19/2013
Visual Studio Tips for HTML web or windows developers: ZenCoding
Whether its for HTML websites or Windows 8 apps, there are some nice features hidden in Visual...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 07/18/2013
Visual Studio Tips: Using TFS for requirements
Visual Studio with TFS is more than just for coding, you can use it for the whole lifecycle of a...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 07/15/2013
Imagine Cup World Finals – Day Two – presentations & recovery time
Today Canada’s Team Sano presented to the judges, then had time to recover before they meet the...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 07/09/2013
Free Azure for your courses! No credit cards required!
Windows Azure education grants allow you to use Windows Azure in your courses and the students do...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 07/04/2013
Visual Studio Tips: Manage Your Class Project with TFS Service
One of the reasons your instructors keep making you work in teams is because that’s what...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 07/02/2013
Your last chance to get awesome prizes for your app!
Would you like a chance to win $500? $2500? a new Nokia 820 phone? Time is running out to publish an...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 05/28/2013
Step-by-Step creating an app to find the nearest…
Can you really just take a template, change the data source and have a useful app? If you find the...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 05/16/2013
How Blend made creating a Windows 8 app in 24 hours easy.
Having never used Blend before I was amazed how fast and easy it was to create my simple app. ...
Author: Mickey MacDonald Date: 05/13/2013
How to update your app in the Windows 8 store
How do you submit a new version of an app to the Windows store after you have made updates to the...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 05/10/2013
Video of the week: Favourite Windows 8 promotions
There have been a few really creative videos out there for Windows 8, when you want a smile and...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 05/09/2013
Imagine Cup Canada 2013 – We have a winner!
The Imagine Cup is about giving students with great ideas a chance to shine! Meet the winner of the...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 05/09/2013
Tips and gotchas for Windows 8 apps: Day of the Living Dead
A team of students from Vancouver talks about the experience of bringing a Unity game to...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 05/08/2013
ZipApp – Can a non-coder use it to create an app with great content?
ZipApp is a tool that claims to allow non-programmers to build Windows 8 apps quickly. Their claim...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 05/03/2013
Template of the week: Platformer HTML5 Game
Woot Studio , MC Funkypants and Plexi Pixel have just released a Platformer Game Starter Kit for...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 04/25/2013
Game developers unite in Edmonton, Ottawa, and Vancouver (or just online!)
Games are some of the most popular downloaded apps on mobile platforms and they are just plain fun...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 04/24/2013
How does a student get a DreamSpark account for free software and store accounts?
DreamSpark gives students access to free software, free Azure cloud services, and free store...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 04/23/2013
Turn your WordPress site into a Windows 8 app without any coding. Really?
IdeaPress claims you can create a Windows 8 app from your WordPress.com or WordPress.org site...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 04/19/2013
Double Points for Developer Movement until May 10th!
Developer Movement is offering Double points for every Windows 8 app you publish until May 10th and...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 04/15/2013
Template of the week: Game starter kit with high score table
This game starter kit contains everything you need to get started game programming for Windows 8...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 04/05/2013
The best discussion forums for Windows 8 and Windows Phone developers
Started coding or publishing and got stuck? Which discussion forum should you turn to? Forums are a...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 04/04/2013
Meet the Canadian Imagine Cup 2013 Finalists!
Meet the teams who will compete at the Canadian Imagine Cup Finals April 13th, 2013. The winning...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 04/03/2013
Check out the HTC 8X, a great Windows 8 Phone from our Imagine Cup Sponsor
HTC is sponsoring the Canadian Imagine Cup and is providing some beautiful phones for the winners....
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 04/03/2013
Two more months to get great rewards for your apps!
Canada’s Developer Movement promotion that allows you to earn rewards for your apps has been...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 04/02/2013
Building a great app: Options for making money
If you are building a great app, you may want to make money doing it. You have a couple of options,...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 03/28/2013
Win a Nokia Lumia 920 just by voting for the Next App Star
Support your fellow Windows Phone developers and you could win a Nokia Lumia 920 in the process!...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 03/25/2013
Template of the week: Windows 8 Find a nearby…
This template will help you build apps for Windows 8 that find nearby points of interest. This blog...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 03/22/2013
SXSW 2013 names ChronoZoom top educational resource
ChronoZoom is a digital tool built with HTML5 and Azure for exploring the history of everything and...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 03/21/2013