Today is Friday and the start of my vacation. Be on the lookout for The Daily Six Pack each day during the rest of December, but excuse me if I miss a day or two. Who really knows Windows 8?, olivnie Poll of the Fortnight: Windows 8 Apps–What do you…
Being December, and the fact that I am almost on leave, you might receive a few posts slightly late. But I will try my best to keep posting on time throughout the month. Here is The Daily Six Pack. Comparing two techniques in .NET Asynchronous Coordination Primitives, Scott Hanselman Petzold’s…
The default behavior when clicking on the File Explorer shortcut in the Windows task bar is to open with the libraries view shown as default. If you are like me (in other words, fussy), I prefer to see My Computer when clicking on the shortcut. Luckily you can easily modify this behavior by following the quick steps as outlined below. As a side note to this article, be sure to see the comment left by Shawn Keene below in the update. Visit Shawn’s blog for more excellent content.
Your shortcut is located on your Windows task-bar as indicated by the screenshot below.
I must say that I am excited for the release of the new MCSD Certification designed for developers. See more in The Daily Six Pack! Learning Announcement: MCSD relaunched!, Sarah Lamb Promoting your app - AppSwitch, Sarah Lamb TFS 2012 Management Pack Available, Brian Harry Walkthrough: Implementing SnapView in your…
Here are a few nice Channel 9 videos on Windows Phone development. There are many more in this series on Channel 9. Enjoy! Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development Part 1 Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development Part 2 Designing Windows Phone 8 Apps Building Windows Phone 8 Apps Maps and Location…
With the release of Windows 7, many security features were introduced and it was to date the most secure OS released by Microsoft. Well Microsoft keeps on innovating in the area of security, and Windows 8 is no exception. Windows 8 will protect you from unauthorised programs that could modify the boot process of your machine, causing a malware based OS loader to start Windows normally. You will not realise that your system has been compromised because the malware was running before Windows was loaded. Your antivirus (and even Windows) knows nothing about the malware. (more…)
Hey, better late than never, here is The Daily Six Pack. Code Coverage in Microsoft Test Manager – Deep Dive, Mathew Aniyan How to execute tests locally using TCM.exe command-line?, Aseem Bansal Stupid Question 99: Should developers use refactoring tools?, Iris Classon Windows 8 Tip: Embrace Change, Paul Thurrott Updating…
The holidays are almost here. If you're planning a trip, have a safe one. Here is The Daily Six Pack! Windows Phone 8 Jump Start Training is here, Larry Lieberman 30 Days Windows Store App Development Tips, Tech Student Experience Now Available for Download: Building Apps for Windows Phone 8…
Being consistent with securing your digital life, be it at work or at play, will pay dividends sooner rather than later. If you don’t take your online security seriously, opportunists will take advantage of that fact and have their way with your data. How many of you create documents in Office and save them as PDF documents? Did you know that you can edit PDF documents in Office 2013? Well as part from being able to edit and create PDF documents in Word 2013, you can now also password protect the PDF documents you create.
Welcome to Friday. I hope that you all have a great weekend! How to publish your Windows 8 App to the Store, Ramez Debbas Windows Phone API QuickStart Poster (PDF) The Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) QuickStart Getting started developing apps for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 Free Windows Azure Poster To…