AthleTECH Summer 2015

By Shahed C on July 16, 2015

Back in 2014, I was fortunate enough to teach a group of talented students for Microsoft’s AthleTECH program, thanks to founder Anthony Egbuniwe, a Technical Account Manager at Microsoft. We covered visual game development with Construct 2.

Now in Summer 2015, AthelTECH is back at Microsoft’s Chevy Chase MD office and we’re sprinting ahead with Unity game development with C# to build 3D games that can run on any platform.

 

The students used the following tools:

We got through my C# Crash Course, followed by my Rollerball tutorial, a step-by-step version of the Roll-a-ball tutorial from Unity technologies.

The goal of this program is to train the students to create their own unique game, and publish to the Windows Store and other online stores.

You can follow IDEA Games and AthleTECH on Facebook and Twitter:

 https://twitter.com/IDEAGames_

 https://www.facebook.com/Athletech

Publishing on Windows 8 & 10 and Xbox One

By Shahed C on June 25, 2015

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This presentation “Publishing on Windows 8 & 10 and Xbox One” was delivered at my monthly meetup in Reston, during the 6/25 Dev Showcase event.

 

 

Azure 70-532 Study Guide: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions

By Shahed C on June 22, 2015

I recently passed the Microsoft certification exam for 70-532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions. To celebrate this achievement, I would like to share some information that will help you prepare for the exam.

1. Read the Official Exam Prep book.

Exam Ref 70-532 Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions
by Zoiner Tejada, Michele Leroux Bustamante, Ike Ellis

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You can purchase the book on Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

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BizSpark Plus Offer Doubles to $120k Azure Cloud Credits

By Shahed C on June 16, 2015

If you run a startup and haven’t heard of BizSpark yet, take a look at my BizSpark page for more info: http://WakeUpAndCode.com/bizspark

If you’ve been using BizSpark to get free Azure credits, you may heard of the BizSpark Plus program which has been giving out $60k of free Azure credits for a year’s worth of cloud goodness.

 

As of July 1, 2015, Microsoft will double that offer to $120k of free Azure credits!

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MVA Redesign June 2015

By Shahed C on June 15, 2015

Over the years, Microsoft Virtual Academy has grown to serve over 3 million registered users worldwide!

MS Virtual Academy

As of June 2015, the MVA website has undergone a new redesign, to include the following:

  • Simpler site navigation, for Developers, IT Pros, Data Pros
  • Response design for mobile devices, works with any screen size
  • New course player, remembers video position across devices
  • New friction-free MVA trial experience, includes unlimited viewing without logging in!

More info at: https://borntolearn.mslearn.net/b/mva/archive/2015/06/10/check-out-the-new-site-design

So far, I’ve co-hosted 2 MVA courses with my colleague James Quick, both on Construct 2 game development.

1. Developing Games with Construct 2
2. Construct 2 Advanced Game Development

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