Canadian Developer Connection
The latest developer news and events in Canada!
Get Your Game On (with Unity, Windows 8, and Windows Phone)
Unity is a free game engine – software you can use to make your own games (and interactive apps)....
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 11/18/2013
Mentor a team of Canadian students to Imagine Cup World Finals
Microsoft Canada recently announced the 2014 Canadian Imagine Cup finals. The best teams typically...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 11/11/2013
Python and Git are Not Just for the Non-Visual Studio Developers
You have seen them sitting in Starbucks Café’s drinking six dollar lattés with...
Author: Rami Sayar Date: 11/08/2013
HTML5: The Parts You Care About (Part 3)
This is the last post in the blog series HTML5: The Parts You Care About. Read Part 1 and Part 2....
Author: David Wesst (MVP) Date: 11/07/2013
Publishing Your App – It’s Not The Last Thing You’ll Do
What an exciting journey the past few weeks have been. All of your hard work has culminated to this...
Author: Lori Lalonde (MVP) Date: 11/06/2013
5 great ways to learn about Visual Studio 2013
Want to get up to speed on the new features in Visual Studio 2013? From videos, to hands on labs,...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 11/01/2013
You Definitely Want to Beta Your App
The process of creating an application does not only revolve around its development. There is...
Author: Sébastien Lachance (MVP) Date: 10/30/2013
HTML5: The Parts You Care About (Part 2)
This is post 2 of 3 in a blog series previewing the upcoming presentation, HTML5: The Parts You Care...
Author: David Wesst (MVP) Date: 10/24/2013
Security Risks and Recommendations for Mobile Apps
For the purposes of the below, let’s set the context that mobile apps include both Windows 8 and...
Author: Sherif Koussa (Community Expert) Date: 10/23/2013
Data Everywhere, All the Time
For people visiting Data.gov for a little while there, this is what met them. From a developer...
Author: Mark MacDonnell (Community Expert) Date: 10/22/2013
Making Money From Your Windows Phone Apps
After reading my last few posts, and being inspired to develop your first Windows Phone app, now...
Author: Lori Lalonde (MVP) Date: 10/21/2013
Know Your 8.1 (Windows 8.1 that is)
With Windows 8.1 now generally available and starting to come down to Windows 8 machines worldwide,...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 10/18/2013
HTML5: The Parts You Care About (Part 1)
This is the first of 3 posts in a blog series previewing the upcoming presentation, HTML5: The Parts...
Author: David Wesst (MVP) Date: 10/17/2013
Easy Background Processing with WebAPI and Windows Azure
The Problem Assume, for example, that you are developing your own mobile app (or apps, in my case)...
Author: Erez Harari (Community Expert) Date: 10/10/2013
Time Saving Tips to Get Your Windows Phone App Started
Now that you have your development environment set up and ready to go (in case you’ve missed it,...
Author: Lori Lalonde (MVP) Date: 10/09/2013
10 Tips to Master the Mysterious Developer Interview
I know every time I had to go for a developer job interview, I had a heck of a time preparing...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 10/04/2013
Dev and Test in the Cloud: Explained
Most developers who have MSDN enjoy the benefits of having access to all the tools, software,...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 10/03/2013
Using Windows 8 WinRT APIs in .NET Desktop Applications
WinRT is a set of modern, object-oriented APIs introduced in Windows 8. WinRT is built on top of...
Author: Andrei Marukovich (MVP) Date: 10/02/2013
Setting Up Your Windows Phone Development Environment in 30 Minutes (or less)
Last week, I proved that you already have the skills to build Windows Phone apps. Well, in order to...
Author: Lori Lalonde (MVP) Date: 10/01/2013
The Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 – Seriously Productive, Yet Fun Tablets
Surface has evolved, with lots of feedback from many of you who have been using it in different...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 09/30/2013
Web Essentials for Visual Studio: Open Data Made Simple
Often one of the hardest parts of app development is coming up with the focus of your app....
Author: Mark MacDonnell (Community Expert) Date: 09/27/2013
Developers, There Are UI Updates for You in Windows 8.1
With the RTM bits now available for MSDN subscribers, as you would have read in Jonathan Rozenblit’s...
Author: Erez Harari (Community Expert) Date: 09/25/2013
You Have What It Takes To Be A Mobile App Developer… You Really Do!
Years ago, in the not too distant past, I envied mobile app developers. They had the power and...
Author: Lori Lalonde (MVP) Date: 09/23/2013
Reboot Complete
It’s ben quiet here on the Canadian Developer Connection over the past little while. That’s because...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 09/23/2013
Create a Dev & Test Environment in Minutes!
How many times do we have to scramble to assemble a decent Dev & Test environment? When I think...
Author: Alexandre Brisebois (MSFT) Date: 08/14/2013
Curing Your Developer Movement Summertime Blues
Hey, it’s July! Hope you’ve been enjoying your summer thus far. The team here is just...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 07/05/2013
Certification Jump Starts
You’ve seen many posts in the past about the value of certification, so I won’t get into it here....
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 05/14/2013
April Showers Lead to May Flowers…and an Updated Windows Store App
I don’t know about you, but I’m so excited that May is upon us… it’s about time! The winter was...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 05/01/2013
Visual Studio ‒ It Just Keeps Getting Better
With Visual Studio Update 2 the IDE of choice for many developers just keeps getting better and...
Author: Marc Gagné Date: 04/10/2013
Building Secure Windows Phone 8 Apps – APIs and Techniques
Security on the Brain Security is something we all know is important, but is it something that we...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 04/09/2013
Building Secure Windows Phone 8 Apps – The Platform
Security on the Brain Security is something we all know is important, but is it something that we...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 04/08/2013
Canada Does Windows Azure: Icicle
I believe that the best way to learn is to learn from each other, so I’m always on the search for...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 04/07/2013
Git’ing It On with Team Foundation Service
Guest post by Adam Gallant I’m meeting a lot of developers who are targeting multiple platforms,...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 04/05/2013
App Building Made Easier–Step 3
In the last few posts, hopefully I’ve been able to plant a seed in your head about training –...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 04/03/2013
Security Code Review Techniques–SQL Injection Edition
Security on the Brain Security is something we all know is important, but is it something that we...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 04/01/2013
Behind-the-DevCamp-Scenes
On a recent Developer Movement Virtual DevCamp, the online audience requested a behind the scenes...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 03/31/2013
Fortune and Glory, Kid. Fortune and Glory. (or Just Fun)
To continue the conversation that Bruce Johnson started earlier this week with his post, Taking It...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 03/28/2013
Taking It to the Next Level
In the last few posts, hopefully I’ve been able to plant a seed in your head about training –...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 03/25/2013
Building Secure Windows Store Apps
Security on the Brain Security is something we all know is important, but is it something that we...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 03/19/2013
App Building Made Easier: Step 2 - Choose Your Own Adventure
In the last few posts, hopefully I’ve been able to plant a seed in your head about training –...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 03/18/2013
App Building Made Easier: Step 1
In the last few posts, hopefully I’ve been able to plant a seed in your head about training –...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 03/15/2013
Technology Post Roundup–8th Edition
In Canada, we’re fortunate to have many community experts and MVPs. Throughout the month, they write...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 03/11/2013
Five Fast Facts About ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2
On Monday, the ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 update was released and with it, new extensions and...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/22/2013
A Simple and Practical Approach to Security
Security on the Brain In his guest blog post below, Neil McIsaac talks about the importance of...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/19/2013
Two for the Effort of One
Well, almost for the effort of one, but still a lot less effort than starting from scratch. If...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/15/2013