Developer Workshops Joe Healy (@devfish) and I have been hosting workshops at the Microsoft Store in Orlando at the Florida Mall over the past few Thursdays. The current series has been focusing on Windows Store Apps, including game application development.  Joe presented this past week on MonoGame for Windows 8 and another Florida Developer, Bill Reiss (@billreiss) is doing a blog series on that same topic here, and the turn out was great! Here are the next few topics on deck. XAML and C# for Windows 8 Store App https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032532761 Presented by: Shayne Boyer (@spboyer) Using Game Salad for No-Code Game Development on Windows 8 https://msevents.microsoft.com/...

 What's really "completely embarrassing" as he so states in his post is the lack of observation. Original post here... First, yes I was and do in fact use a MacBook Pro and run Windows 8 on it. However the the sneaky photo fails to capture the full picture. First, I'm a very cool dude.  So next time at least do it from the XBOX section so you get my good side, and the "I'm a PC" shirt that I was wearing.Secondly, do note in the photo that that is my desktop there on the screen, um I believe that's Windows 8 and NOT OSX. I also carry multiple phones at this point I had a Lumia 800...

I will be giving two talks this Saturday at Tampa Code Camp, being held at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fl.  For directions and more information visit http://www.tampacodecamp.com. Schedule for other sessions here.   My Sessions Introduction to ASP.NET Web API - Why you should be using it. 9:50 AM in Room 1102This is an introduction to ASP.NET WebAPI and how easy it is to get started and use it in your application development when building RESTful services. Building Windows 8 Apps w/ MVVM Light 2:20 PM in Room 1301 MVVM Light is a great toolkit for building Window Phone applications and has been updated for building...

What is TypeScript?  See http://www.typescriptlang.org TypeScript was recently released and has become the new hot topic.  One of the questions I have asked and heard is can we use this for developing Windows Store Applications with Javascript and have the cool features that have been shown in the videos and examples. One of the great features was the split window feature where you can code in TypeScript on the left and upon hitting save, it compiles to Javascript on the left. So I fired up a new Javascript Windows Store project in Visual Studio to give it a shot to see if it all works.  Before we get started make sure that you have...

I will be giving two talks this Saturday at Richmond Code Camp, being held at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Va.  For directions and more information visit http://richmondcodecamp.org/and/or follow @CodeCamp on Twitter. Schedule for other sessions here.   My Sessions Building Windows 8 Apps w/ MVVM Light 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM in Room 2 MVVM Light is a great toolkit for building Window Phone applications and has been updated for building Windows 8 Modern UI apps. In this session, you will learn how to get the package installed, what is different from Windows Phone development in MVVM Light and how to start your first app in Windows 8.  Introduction to...