Month: November 2012
Windows 8 Application Certification Kit (WACK) updated
AspNetWebApi.SelfHost
Windows Phone 8 Sensors Overview Plus Code | Matthias Shapiro
Lots of interesting stuff:
- Create a Map UI
- Find a location using the Location API (and display it on a map)
- Update that location
- Collect location information through map interactions
- Create a Route with a list of geocoordinates
- Download maps for offline use
- Simple Speech-to-Text implementation
- Simple Text-to-Speech implementation
- Find all the Speech Voices and Speech Recognizers available on your phone (multiple language support)
Windows Phone 8 Sensors Overview Plus Code | Matthias Shapiro.
HttpDownloadClient.cs
Interesting download implementation using HttpWebRequest and AddRange to provide progression:
Hide Main Menu extension to Visual Studio 2010/2012
Google traceur-compiler – Googles vehicle for Javascript Language Design Experimentation
Traceur compiler is a compiler for javascript with expension. It’s a way to experiment around some interesting ECMAscript Harmony proposals. This proposals are not going to disturb C# programers at all (class, yield, await, block scoped bindings, default parameters, params).
Remark: yield syntax should be taken into account by C# when dealing with yielding Iterators (yield*). This have already been exercice by Matthieu Mezil with Roselyn in C# compiler improvements.
Reactive Extensions (Rx) is now Open Source
Good news: Reactive Extensions (Rx) is now Open Source – Scott Hanselman.
We’re now waiting for WPF to becomes Open Source.
iOS Augmented Reality API
Improvements in .NET Framework Setup for Developers, IT Pros, and Users – .NET Blog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs
Include installed Framework detection and installation samples for ClickOnce, InstalShiled and Wix.
