Session – 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...
View ArticleIntroducing Croft.Core for the Universal Windows Platform
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...
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...
View ArticleA new Windows experience with the Lumia 950 XL and Microsoft Band 2
I’ve been rather lucky over the past months to get my hands on some of Microsoft’s latest tech courtesy of the company I work for, Black Marble, including one of...
View Article1 – Hello, World!
Let’s start with a hello from me and what this is all about. Hello readers and a happy new year to you! For those of you who don’t know me...
View ArticleImplementing file drag & drop in your Windows 10 UWP application
Drag & drop is a common feature in the Windows OS, mainly when you’re moving a file from one place to another. Did you know that you can drag files...
View Article3 – Share your coding knowledge with the world
As I mentioned the other day, I’ve been blogging since 2011 and since then have written a variety of helpful blog posts that give developers an insight into developing for...
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...
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...
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...
View ArticleHow to: Hide your Windows 8.1 app from the Windows 10 Store
This is a question that has come up on numerous occasions when developers have found issues with their Windows 8.1 apps when they run them on a Windows 10 PC and was recently solved for a project we at...
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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Gotchas in porting Windows 8.1 apps to the Universal Windows Platform
As the Windows 10 OS has matured over the last year, businesses are looking to finally bring their applications over from Windows 8.1 to the new Universal Windows Platform and while the process is...
View ArticleStoring a UWP InkCanvas drawing as an image in a StorageFile
I’ve been tackling with an issue this morning to store the drawing on an InkCanvas as an image in a StorageFile. After hunting online for possible resolutions, I came across Mike Taulty’s blog post...
View ArticleCroft Core UWP becomes WinUX Toolkit
Last year in October, I announced a new project code-named Croft.Core.UWP, a library containing core, common functionality that most developers will look to use in their UWP applications from value...
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