Developing for Microsoft Band with WinRT – Band Tiles
In this post, I’m going to cover the basics of getting a new 3rd-party tile for your application onto the Microsoft Band with WinRT using the SDK. If you’d like to see how to get started with Band...
View ArticleDemonstrating enterprise Windows 10 development at Microsoft BUILD 2015
In the past week, I’ve been fortunate enough to meet some fantastic attendees at the Microsoft BUILD conference as a member of staff. The company I work for, Black Marble Ltd., attend the BUILD...
View ArticleWindows 10 to be the ‘last version of Windows’
At the Microsoft Ignite conference, I visited one of the talks that Jerry Nixon and Christine Matheney, Microsoft Developer Evangelists, were giving on Live Tiles and Notifications in Windows 10....
View ArticleMaking IoT real with the Internet of ‘Your’ Things
Microsoft UK just wrapped up their Data Culture event series which provided full days worth of content covering the Microsoft Data Platform, Business Intelligence and Analytics features through a...
View ArticleMake Microsoft Band development easier with Band Studio
Towards the end of April, Microsoft updated the Microsoft Band SDK to allow developers more access to the platform so they can customise their users’ experiences both in their mobile app and the Band...
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Students, get involved with Windows 10 now!
Microsoft Imagine is the hub for everything student related in technology and as well as their famous Microsoft Imagine Cup competition, they are pulling out all the stops to get students involved with...
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Developing for Microsoft Band with WinRT – Background Execution
In this post, I’m going to cover the basics of getting your Band connected using a Background Task in a Windows Phone application. If you’ve not yet discovered the basics of working with the Band SDK,...
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Developing for Windows 10 – SplitView navigation menus
With the release of Windows 10 and the SDK which followed, I thought I’d share some helpful tips for developers new and old to get themselves up and running with the new platform. In this topic, I’m...
View ArticleDeveloping for Microsoft Band with WinRT – Indefinite Background Execution
In this post, I’m going to cover a more advanced version of the background execution code that I discussed in my previous Microsoft Band development post which looked at setting up a background task...
View ArticleSession – Creating unique, responsive experiences with Windows 10
The new universal Windows app platform brings with it some much deserved UI overhauls which allow developers to create one app that works with any device running Windows 10 ranging from the smallest of...
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Introducing Croft.Core for universal Windows apps
Croft.Core.UWP is new library for universal Windows apps that I’ve designed to be a core component when developing for the platform to make it quicker and easier to get going with the things that I’ll...
View ArticleDeveloping for Windows 10 – Implementing jump lists
Jump lists have been a part of classic Windows apps for years giving you the ability to jump back into areas of those apps where you left off or perform quick tasks, for example, opening a recent file...
View Article4 – Coding at work, coding at home
Something I struggle with on a day-to-day basis is switching off from work when I leave the office. It’s not due to not finishing a piece of work or thinking I’m over-running while I’m in my work...
View Article5 – Be a forward thinking development team member
Every developer is different and this is what I’d like to discuss today. When you start properly working in a team environment, you start to notice traits in other developers that may come across as...
View Article7 – Coding on personal projects
Towards the end of last year at work, I was starting to get burned out as we were coming up to Christmas and everything was winding down. I made an early new years resolution to try and stop working on...
View Article10 – Explore, share and contribute code online
One thing that I do when I create tutorials for my blog or answer questions on StackOverflow is back them up with code, usually in the form of a sample application that other developers can learn from....
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Playing with scrolling parallax effects on UI elements in Windows 10 UWP apps
I mentioned recently in my ‘Daily Life of a Developer’ series that I’ve been working on some old project ideas that have been stuck on my backlog of things to do for a while now. As part of the...
View Article18 – Why are we never ready to work on Monday
Monday is one of those days where you wake up after having a relaxing weekend and don’t want to do any work. Don’t worry, everyone feels this way and some will say that it’s because you don’t enjoy...
View ArticleHelping UWP developers with sample apps
Over the last few years, I’ve been developing Windows applications for public and private consumption providing unique app experience throughout. This sparked an idea to provide a collection of sample...
View Article33 – Blog for yourself, not someone else
Are you a blogger? No matter what you’re blogging about, whether it be development like my own or something that you’re passionate about, always blog for yourself. A fair few years ago when I was still...
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