Canadian Developer Connection
The latest developer news and events in Canada!
A Helping Hand Through the Building An App Maze
In my post yesterday, Turn Your Future into a Hobby, I talked about getting into new technologies by...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/05/2013
Turn Your Future into a Hobby
For a large number of you, your daytime work doesn’t give you the opportunity to work with the...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/04/2013
Testing Browser Compatibility Made Easy
With various different versions of Internet Explorer out there and various devices that can display...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 01/31/2013
Developer Movement Windows Phone App Challenge
For those of you who are already members of the Developer Movement, the Windows Phone App Challenge...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 01/29/2013
Build Yourself a Windows 8 App Dev Lab
Through reading various discussions on the Canadian Developer Connection group on LinkedIn (have you...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 01/23/2013
VM Depot from Microsoft Open Technologies
If you are a fan of OSS and cloud computing then the recently launched preview of VM Depot from...
Author: Marc Gagné Date: 01/21/2013
Starting From Absolute Beginnings, Not Such a Bad Thing
Over the last few weeks, when things were relatively quiet around the office and in the developer...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 01/08/2013
2012 In Review, 2013 At a Glance
First and foremost, Happy New Year! May it be a year full of learning new things, developing skills,...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 01/02/2013
Technology Post Roundup–6th Edition
In Canada, we’re fortunate to have many community experts and MVPs. Throughout the month, they write...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 12/28/2012
Windows Azure for the Holidays
In the spirit of making sure that you have some good reading, viewing, and learning opportunities...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 12/24/2012
Building Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 Apps
As you may have heard, back in October, the new Office RTM'd and was named the most ambitious...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 12/21/2012
Windows Phone 8 for the Holidays
While I’d love to say that I’m giving you each a Windows Phone 8 device for the holidays, I can’t....
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 12/19/2012
Wait. How Many Languages Do You Speak?!?!
If I were asked the question “How many languages do you speak?”, today I would have to say 4 –...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 12/18/2012
Introducing Windows Store App Labs for App Builders
Did you know that if you are building a Windows 8 app and are located in Toronto or Vancouver that...
Author: Marc Gagné Date: 12/14/2012
LIVE from DevTeach Montreal - Beyond VMs: From Saving Money to Adding Value
For those of you who tuned in to this month’s D³: LIVE & INTERACTIVE, you heard me inviting you...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 12/08/2012
Building Apps for Office and SharePoint 2013 using Web Technologies
What if you could build Office and SharePoint solutions using standard web technologies and...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 12/07/2012
What’s Up: Developer–December Edition
Here’s the news as seen on this month’s episode of D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE:...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 12/05/2012
Building Beautiful, Interactive, and Fast Web Sites
In order to build beautiful, interactive, and fast web sites, there’s a recipe you can follow which...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 11/28/2012
On the Next D³: LIVE & Interactive – Sharing “Awesome”
Sharing Awesome | Wednesday, December 5, 2012 | 12:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM ET Add to Outlook >> -->...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 11/26/2012
Wavefront & Microsoft Present: What’s new with Windows Phone - WaveGuide Code Camp
Calling all developers and designers! Wavefront and Microsoft are back with hands-on coding...
Author: Frédéric Harper Date: 11/19/2012
Great Apps Are Inspired by Pure Imagination
As developers, we tend to be creative people. We use our imagination to think up solutions to solve...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 11/09/2012
What’s Up: Developer–November Edition
Here’s the news as seen on this month’s episode of D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE: Links Technology Post...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 11/08/2012
On the Next D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE: Pure Imagination
Pure Imagination | Wednesday, November 7, 2012 | 12:00 PM ET The buzz word is REIMAGINATION. The...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 11/02/2012
Windows Phone 8: Open for Business
Yesterday at the BUILD Conference, Microsoft’s premier conference for developers, we announced the...
Author: Date: 10/31/2012
The BUILD Conference: Watch LIVE now!
If you want to build apps for Windows 8/RT, Windows Phone and Windows Azure, the BUILD conference is...
Author: Date: 10/30/2012
The Developer Movement & Windows Azure
So you want to earn some extra points to get some sweet sweet cake? One easy way to do just that is...
Author: Marc Gagné Date: 10/30/2012
The Developer Movement is back!
Earlier this year we finished a highly successful campaign called the Developer Movement to help you...
Author: Date: 10/29/2012
C-E-L-E-B-R-A-T-E Good Times, C’mon!
The wait is over. It all starts here. Meet Windows 8. Meet Surface. If you’re watching the...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 10/25/2012
Get In on the Excitement: Windows 8 in NYC
As Paul mentioned in his post, welcome to Windows 8! New York City was the center of the excitement...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 10/25/2012
Welcome to Windows 8!
Today in New York City, Microsoft launched Windows 8, the next step in computing experiences and...
Author: Date: 10/25/2012
Get In on the Action: Give Your App Some Oomph
Now that you’ve started building your Windows Store app (if you haven’t, it’s time to get in on the...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 10/24/2012
Get In on the Action: Start Your App
Let’s recap where we are in our journey to “get in on the action.” We started off getting equipped...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 10/23/2012
Get In on the Action: Learn Windows 8 with Hands-on Labs
By now, hopefully you’ve had a chance to get your Windows Store Developer Account up and running. If...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 10/18/2012
Thursday: Canadians Working with Windows 8
When: Thursday October 25th from 2:00pm to 3:00pm EST Thursday November 1st from 2:00pm to 3:00pm...
Author: Marc Gagné Date: 10/16/2012
TOMORROW: .NET Rocks! Rocks Canadian Developers
Tomorrow, D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE is proud to bring you a LIVE special – the .NET Rocks! Visual...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 10/12/2012
Demystifying the Cloud on a Whiteboard
Some things are just better explained on a whiteboard. According to Windows Azure guru Cory Fowler,...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 10/06/2012
<What’s Up: Developers> October Edition
Here’s the news seen on this month’s episode of D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE: Links Technology Post...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 10/05/2012
The Windows Store is open for business. Is your app ready?
The Windows Store has been open for roughly a month and Windows Store apps utilizing Microsoft’s...
Author: Date: 10/05/2012
Startups, BizSpark & Windows Azure – Better Together!
I’m often asked “How do I sign up for BizSpark?” and more recently “How do I...
Author: Marc Gagné Date: 09/30/2012
The Cloud and The Whiteboard
October 3, 2012 | 12:00 PM ET | Add to Outlook >> Some things are just better explained on a...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 09/29/2012
.NET Rocks! Drops In on Canadian Developers
Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell, infamous hosts of the Internet radio show .NET Rocks! are...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 09/28/2012
Technology Post Roundup–4th Edition
In Canada, we’re fortunate to have many community experts and MVPs. Throughout the month, they...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 09/28/2012
Go The Extra “Cloud”- Windows Azure Virtual, LIVE, and Interactive
I love it when the team finishes up a tour (in this case the recent Windows Azure DevCamp) and come...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 09/25/2012