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Surface RT upgrade to Windows 8.1 preview: How to be extremely impressed!
Wow, Windows 8.1 on the Surface RT is AMAZING and you get Outlook in the Office mix, so who cares if...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/29/2013
C++/XAML: It's final test time at the UC's, CPP, CP SLO, CSULA! And let's talk about Unit Testing
Yep it's that finals time that the Teaching Assistances get the revenge for you not showing up at...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/05/2013
XAML/C++: String Conversion from textboxes
Well this is a continuing series of rambling blogs about string conversion from textboxes in...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/05/2013
Free: Software Design Kits for Windows 8 and Visual Studio
Blend for Visual Studio + SketchFlow...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/03/2013
Game Design, ALM, C++, XAML and DirectX: Getting started
ALM? What's that? Alarm Latitudes Metric? No. Application Lifecycle...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/29/2013
XAML/C++: Does anyone really know what time it is? Timers
Why is it so hard to find a working example on how to use the timer in your C++ app? So...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/23/2013
XBOX, XAML/C++, Direct2, Direct3, scalable, repeatable and immersive art form game engines
Cool stuff about the Xbox launch. You will need to stick with my blog as I show you how to...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/21/2013
Xbox game Design: Mission Impossible and Nuremberg UFO battle of 1561
I have been watching the old Mission Impossible from Television, keeping an eye out for the judo...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/21/2013
C++: Clone Code detection, is this some kind of Star Wars thing?
Clones, they exist everywhere in today's world right? No… Oh. Well, in Star Wars all of...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/20/2013
Async coding in C++ means never having to say you are sorry
Maybe. That is a paraphrase quote from an old movie called "Love Story", that is...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/15/2013
Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8
This is a quick and cheap way to get into Windows 8 store development. Windows 8 is awesome. I...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/15/2013
TouchDevelop: Build Windows Store apps easily and quickly
I just completed a simple app and got it in the store in about 24 hours. Students that I work...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/15/2013
XAML/C++: Why learn C++ and not Python?
Important links: Starting to learn about XAML can be found at:...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/10/2013
XAML/C++: Why is it so hard to use XAML and DirectX
It isn’t. Seriously. Ok, it’s harder than say building an Ohm’s Law app using...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/06/2013
Khan: Super fun discussion with someone’s brilliant future student
Sometimes in my job you meet a student, in this case a high school student I will refer to as...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/12/2013
C++: Working with Direct2D in XAML, today the Viewbox
XAML and Direct2 or Direct2D In this case we will use the template provided with Visual Studio, this...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/10/2013
C++: DirectX and 3-D editing in Visual Studio
Weird. This has been a hidden story since VS 2012 came out. Not sure why. Did you know...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/09/2013
C++: Hey yo, why haven’t you got an app in the store? Students at CSULA did, with C++
Yep. Over the next few days, I will be highlighting some apps that students from Cal State Los...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/08/2013
XAML/C++: Jedi OutCast and Jedi Academy Open Source?
OMG, which stands for Oh my gosh, I am going to church in a few minutes, but just discovered this...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/07/2013
Wallet: Quit your whining, there is an API
And here it is: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/windowsphone/develop/jj207032(v=vs.105).aspx...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 02/13/2013
XAML And C++: In case you are stuck in the “Walkthrough: Creating and Using a Static Library (C++)”
I noticed that some students in my C++ class had difficulty with this Walkthrough: Walkthrough:...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 02/11/2013
C++: Using Text in the XAML Textboxes
This is to push my blog post from Dec. up to the class at CSULA....
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/14/2013
A statement: Statements in C++
What is a statement? In the simple code in the previous blog about C++ we entered the following...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/14/2013
Java vulnerability
Oracle appears to have fixed the vulnerability on Saturday. To be fair Oracle got this fixed...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/14/2013
More links on C++
Here are more links from the excellent video series by Stephan T. Lavavej (STL, ironic initials?),...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/09/2013
Writing your first C++ Program using Visual Studio 2012
In previous blogs I have shown you how to set up Visual Studio 2012 so that it will function on...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/08/2013
Using your free Azure VM to host Visual Studio 2012
In case you don’t want to put Windows 8 on your system right now, you can generate apps using the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/08/2013
Syllabus for the CSULA C++ for Java Programmers Class
This is not the final syllabus, if you are a student taking this class, please feel free to give...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/08/2013
C++ Links
Here are links to the //Build 2012 that are related to C++. I am starting to blog...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/08/2013
Include Ads in your Windows 8 Apps: XAML Based Windows 8 Apps
To include advertisement in your Windows 8 Apps (including the phone apps) see the article at:...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/22/2012
Preparing your Windows 8 Applications for the store
If you are a student in the US, you have the ability to get access to the Windows 8 store for no...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/22/2012
Include Ads in your Windows 8 Apps: JavaScript Based Windows 8 Apps
To include advertisement in your Windows 8 Apps (including the phone apps) see the article at:...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/22/2012
Free Online Training: C++ from PluralSight, wow!
Hey if you are a student, of any sort, you can get free software from Micro$oft and Pluralsight,...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/11/2012
A clear and simple way to convert a string to integer in C++/CX
Oh my. No one really cares about this, but it has just annoyed the heck out of me that there is...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/09/2012
Converting an int to a string in XAML C++/CX
Boring. Ok, if it’s boring, then find a clearly written piece of documentation that shows you...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/08/2012
Welcome to the world of blogging!
One of my students allowed me to show off his blog in class today, you can see it at:...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/27/2012
Designing your Java Script Win 8 Store game from scratch: Adding Music
Revision 1.1: Oops, posted the wrong blog entry. Don’t you hate it when you work for a Vice...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/25/2012
Using the Visibility property enumeration Collapsed or Visible
Wow. This took a bit to figure out, hope this helps you out. As usual you will need to...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/24/2012
Free: Using Visual Studio 2012 to make a Million bucks, get started video
Sounds too good to be true, and if I asked you for money it would be, but I am not. Oh sure if...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/20/2012
Designing your JavaScript game from scratch sort of: CSS
When you start your design, after you put your thoughts on paper or in a software package that can...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/17/2012
Super Simple Asynchronous FilePicker Operation in C++
This is my personal lab on figuring out how to do Asynchronous operations with a File Picker. ...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/12/2012
Windows 8 Tile Live Notification using C++
In my blog entry: https://aka.ms/tilenotification I wrote a super simple code to demonstrate that...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/12/2012
Free Windows 8 help and software tools
Please click on the links and check out these offers, they cost you nothing and might help you make...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/12/2012
What is your app great at? How do you get started?
What kind of process do you use to learn what your app is great at? Let’s work through the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/12/2012
Working with Live Tiles locally using XAML and C++ / CX using Images
In parallel to Daniel Egan’s excellent post on working with Live Tile Locally, I decided to...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/11/2012
Windows Store now open to all developers
Use https://www.scirra.com construct2 to build a game and get it into the Store. Use Game Salad...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/11/2012