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CodeProjectOver the weekend I was able to release the first of many Windows 8 applications (Download and Rate here) into the store that I have been working on. This first one is just a RSS type application for DZone.com, but it just the first version and the next installment will add more content.  If you have ever planned a good, cross platform application before you may or may not understand that picking the right tools for job are important, and yes even what you're using for the front end language matters sometimes as it did in my case here. Here is a run down of the application architecture components: Node.js REST API on Azure Express : MVC...

Find Amber Available for Windows Phone Find Amber has finally been approved and is now available in the Windows Phone Store! This project is close to me, and not in a "I have lost a child" way thank God. But I do have children and if something were to happen to any of them I can't imagine what it would be like. There are ways to get this information but generally it is slow to deliver. Television, Radio, etc. but these delivery mechanisms are allow but allow for detail. In contrast, there is a text message service and/or the road signs that are available which solves the speed of delivery but the content is lacking. My solution was to...

CodeProject As usual throughout the day I have MetroTwit open and toast are constantly popping up here and there and I glance over to see what’s what.  Then I see. from @WindowsAzure this: And all work stopped for me to check this out.  Other than Windows Phone and Windows 8; I really love the new ASP.NET WebAPI and REST Services capabilities it has made so easy (watch for my next post on that), and seeing this I was thinking – awesome but only for Windows 8???  So…I immediately responded and got a response: Spending the last day or so checking into the walk through for Windows 8, check them out here. I went through the...