Looking at Windows Azure Mobile Services with Fiddler

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...

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Getting Started w/ Windows 8, MVVM Light and EventToCommand

Now that Windows 8 and Visual Studio are in RTM I wanted to put together a quick entry for those Windows Phone developers making the transition to Windows 8 development with their MVVM Light skills. Laurent Bugnion, is the creator of the MVVM Light toolkit and I, as well as many others, have been using this for Windows Phone development for a while now.  I am porting on of my applications to Windows 8 and wanted to take the knowledge of this toolkit to the new platform hoping that there were either some new enhancements and/or not many changes so that...

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I'm a nerd, but I might scare your kids

Revenge of the Nerds Remember these guys? This is what the stereotypical view was/is of what a "nerd" looks like. Developers today are a much different class of people for sure.  I have met some pretty cool people over the past year that certainly do not fit the bill. Fishing enthusiast, cigar afficianados, gear heads and others who love to grab a guitar and rock out. Of course, I do run into what I think nowadays some would say, web developers, fit into the category of "gamers". The plain has certainly changed from what your parents might...

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Upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8 RTM - Bootcamp

So I spent last night leaping into the upgrade process on my MacBook Pro from Windows 7 to Windows 8 Pro.  Now, some may call it leaping off, ridicule me for being a .NET guy and having a Mac, but that's a whole other conversation.  I wanted to just point out a few tidbits about the experience. Things to have on hand BootCamp CD find it, burn it whatever USB Mouse if you are using a wireless, Bluetooth mouse your drivers will or may get jacked up when you make the upgrade cause mine did. Time! Overall upgrade , depending...

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Develop Your First Windows Phone App - Get a Free Nokia Phone

This past Friday I attended a Windows Phone Developer event put on by Rich Dunbar, who is a Nokia Developer Ambassador, here in Orlando. I have exchanged some tweets and emails with Rich in the past and watched some feedback from some of the previous events he had put on in the past; and I'll tell you the reviews had been good. Rich is running a great program.  Develop your first application for Windows Phone and get a free App Hub token ($99 value) and once your application is available in the marketplace, he'll send you a Windows Phone 7 device....

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DarkSky Developer Contest - Dates & Prize Pool

So here we are, the good stuff. When do we have to be done and what the heck do we get if we win? Dates Start NOW, if you have not signed up please do so here. This is important, I need your valid email address so that I can get you the API developer key for Dark Sky. Next, apps must be submitted in completion no later than 10/1/2012.  This give us time to review them, get them loaded on or devices etc.  If you publish them to the Marketplace please send me the links so that we can get them downloaded.  If they are paid applications,...

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Getting started with Windows Phone and MVVM Light - Part 2 of 2

CodeProject In Part 1, we covered the following: Creating the application Connecting the View and the View-Model Adding an additional View or Page Part 2 we'll see how to add a button on the first page to navigate to the second page which will cover navigation and messaging to complete the application and although basic, will give a rather decent start to create and publish your first Rubber Ducky application. If you need the code, you can get it here. Let’s start by opening MainPage.xaml.  You should see the following image here: Add...

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