Video Q&A with Jay from Drop Dead Interactive, for Gear Gauntlet on Xbox One
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Xbox Q&A: Gear Gauntlet on Xbox One
By Shahed C on April 12, 2016
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Build 2016 Recap
By Shahed C on April 2, 2016
Need to catch up on Build announcements?
Start here:
- MS News: http://news.microsoft.com/build2016
- MSDN Channel 9: https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2016
- Build React videos: http://codefoster.com/build16react/
Here’s a quick recap:
Windows Facts and Features
- Windows 10 = Fastest Windows adoption ever (270M+)
- Anniversary Update, coming Summer 2016
- Edge browser to support Windows Hello (biometric login) for websites
- Improved Inking Features: virtual ruler support! Drawing routes in Maps!
- Bash Shell + Linux on Windows!
Windows for Developers
- Windows Store = 60% growth of new devs + Enterprise Apps
- Universal Apps coming from: Starbucks, Facebook, Instagram, Messenger
- Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 just released!
- Windows Anniversary SDK now in Preview
- Develop UWP for Windows
- Use Xamarin for iOS + Android
- Xamarin is free for Visual Studio devs, including free Community Edition!
- Android Emulator + iOS Emulator without devices!
- Desktop App Converter for WIn32 Apps -> Windows Store
Xbox + HoloLens
- Xbox One Dev Mode is now in preview
- Xbox One controller support for Continuum on Windows Phones
- Coming soon to Xbox One: Cortana, background music, etc
- DirectX 12: 13.4M draw calls per second vs 0.7M in DirectX 11
- HoloLens dev kits are shipping now!
- HoloLens in use by: Japan Airlines, Lowe’s, VW & Audi, NASA and JPL, Autodesk, etc
- Destination Mars @ Kennedy Space Center
- Galaxy Explorer open source on GitHub!
Cortana + Skype
- Cortana on the lock screen (coming soon)
- Cortana Intelligence Suite, Cognitive Services and more!
- Skype: groupme, kik, WeChat, Slack, SMS, etc
- Skype + Cortana integration and Skype bots
- Skype for HoloLens! with annotations too
Azure
- Azure IoT (Starter Kits, IoT Hub device mgmt, IoT Gateway SDK)
- Microservices (Azure Service Fabric & Azure Functions)
- Cortana Intelligence Suite (Bot Framework & Cognitive Services)
- Power BI Embedded
- DocumentDB protocol for MongoDB
- Azure Developer Tools, updated
- Virtual Machine Scale Sets
- Storage Service Encryption
Labs
- Build Labs on Github: https://github.com/Microsoft-Build-2016/
3rd Party References:
Entity Framework Core with ASP.NET Core Overview
By Shahed C on March 30, 2016
Here is the material for my Entity Framework Core presentation delivered at the BaltoMSDN on Wed March 30, 2016. (Video is coming soon!)
Slideshare: https://www.slideshare.net/shahedC3000/entity-framework-core-with-aspnet-core-overview
Download PPTX: https://wakeupandcode.com/public_downloads/AspDotNetCore-Intro-EF.pptx
Universal Apps for Windows 10
By Shahed C on March 24, 2016
Here is the material for “Universal Apps” delivered at the DC MS Devs meetup @ Reston VA on Thu March 24, 2016.
Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/shahedC3000/universal-apps-for-windows-10
Download PPTX: https://wakeupandcode.com/public_downloads/Win10-2016.pptx
GitHub Link: https://github.com/Windows-Readiness/WinDevHOLs
Why Slack?
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In this video, I talk to Sidney Andrews (MCT, Azure consultant) about why Slack may be the right tool for you.
Video: https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/raw-tech/Why-Slack
