Blogs|Jul 10, 2015

Turn off the Attach Security Warning Dialog in Visual Studio

How many clicks has this dialog eaten out of your life? The idea for the warning is good because, you know, SECURITY. However, if you’re developing web apps or anything running in IIS, this gets old by the thousandth time you click the Attach button. It’s easy to turn off with an undocumented registry key.…
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How To|Jul 9, 2015

5 Tips for Migrating Web Sites to Azure Web Apps

Moving an existing web site to Microsoft’s Azure Web Apps has never been easier.  But if you want to leverage the cloud scalability of Azure, there are a few things to consider before you make the move. Don’t Use In-Proc Session Management Azure web apps are designed to be scaled out, meaning you will often…
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News|Jul 7, 2015

Team Foundation Server 2015 Delayed, and It’s A Good Thing

As Microsoft pushes toward a major release cycle of not only their flagship OS but also developer tools, things inevitably go wrong.  Today, Brian Harry has announced that he is delaying the release of Team Foundation Server 2015 due to defects found during the upgrade process. I’ve been watching the bugs that have been coming…
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Xamarin Development|Jul 3, 2015

From Zero to Hero in Xamarin Forms in 53 Minutes

Looking for a fast way to get up to speed on Xamarin Forms? There are tons of learning resources out there, including a series of articles I published this spring, the first of which can be found here. But while some developers prefer learning by reading, others find video training the best learning medium. Which…
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How To|Jul 2, 2015

3 Microsoft Surface Pro Tips

Microsoft Surface may be the tablet that can replace your laptop, but it’s still a tablet.  As a result, there are some new buttons and interactions to work with to provide you with quick access to features of Windows 8.1+.  Here are three tips that you can use with your Surface that you might not…
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Blogs|Jun 30, 2015

Handling the Back Button in Windows 10 UWP Apps

The cool thing about Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps is that they run on an assortment of devices, from PCs, tablets, and phones to (soon) Xboxes and HoloLens, among others. Personally, I can’t wait to see some of the apps I’ve written light up on my kids’ Xbox. They’ll think I’m a hero (“my dad…
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How To|Jun 29, 2015

Building an Office Add-in for Outlook with Twilio

Office is a platform that many people and enterprises, use every day.  Building on that platform gives developers immediate access to millions of potential customers.  In recent years Microsoft has made great strides to unify the programming model between their online products and their Windows based tools.  This post will show you how to leverage the Office…
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Blogs|Jun 25, 2015

Angular2 Databinding is Fast!

I’ve been working with the Angular2 alpha ever since ng-conf 2015, and it has been pretty awesome to see how the framework is shaping up. I’ll be the first to admit that the bleeding edge tax is high, but it has been worth it to see just how powerful the next version of Angular is…
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Blogs|Jun 16, 2015

Azure Bits #3 – Adding a Message to an Azure Queue

In Azure Bits #2 – Saving the Image to Azure Blob Storage, we were able to save our image to Azure Blob Storage and verify that this all went according to plan after re-publishing our site to Azure. In this Azure Bit, we will take a look at the Azure Queue service and we will…
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