Canadian Developer Connection
The latest developer news and events in Canada!
Reach a bigger audience with your Unity game
Now of days most game developers have started to realize how important it is to release on multiple...
Author: Mickey MacDonald Date: 10/24/2014
Kinect With Me Part 1 - Setting Up Your Machine
This Kinect for Windows v2 tutorial series will help you build an interactive Kinect app using...
Author: peaceloveharmony@live.ca Date: 10/23/2014
The Power of Speech in Your Windows Phone 8.1 Apps
I had the opportunity to present a session on Speech Recognition for Windows Phone while at That...
Author: Lori Lalonde (MVP) Date: 10/22/2014
Delivering a great pitch to get what you want!
Whether you have an idea to pitch for the Imagine Cup pitch challenge, an idea to pitch to an...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 10/21/2014
Using Visual Studio 2013 for analyzing memory issues in WPF applications
The concept of memory leakage in .NET applications is slightly different from native application...
Author: Andrei Marukovich (MVP) Date: 10/20/2014
Creating a Classic 2D RPG Using HTML5
Our 2 day series on Developing 2D Games with HTML5 is a wrap! We had a lot of fun and covered some...
Author: Mickey MacDonald Date: 10/17/2014
The Do's and Don'ts of Designing Gender-Neutral Games and Apps
As designers and developers, we decide who uses our creations. Defining and developing for your...
Author: peaceloveharmony@live.ca Date: 10/17/2014
Part 5: Get started with Python: Debugging in PTVS
This is a tutorial series which will teach you how to code in Python. We will start with the...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 10/16/2014
Evolving ASP.NET Apps–Updating Search
This post is a continuation of the Evolving ASP.NET series: Evolving ASP.NET Apps - Introduction...
Author: David Paquette (MVP) Date: 10/15/2014
BREAKPOINT: Get Your Data On with SQL Server and Visual Studio
When data is transformed into information it becomes a powerful and actionable tool for...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 10/15/2014
TIP: Where Does the Open Brace Go?
Want to start a fight between two coders? Ask them if the open brace goes on a new line or at the...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 10/13/2014
A chatroom for all! Part 6 – The Finale and Debugging Remote Node Apps
This node.js tutorial series will help you build a node.js powered real-time chatroom web app fully...
Author: Rami Sayar Date: 10/10/2014
Free ebook Creating Mobile apps with Xamarin
Download the free ebook: Creating Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms, Preview Edition: Cross-platform C#...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 10/08/2014
Programming Arduino in Visual Studio with Visual Micro
Instead of using the out-of-the-box Arduino IDE, why not use Visual Studio to program your boards?...
Author: peaceloveharmony@live.ca Date: 10/07/2014
Part 4: Get started with Python: Object Oriented Approach
This is a tutorial series which will teach you how to code in Python. We will start with the...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 10/07/2014
Learn How to Create a Classic 2D RPG Using HTML5
Well Day 1 of the Developing 2D Games with HTML5 is in the bag! What a blast! We covered some really...
Author: Mickey MacDonald Date: 10/03/2014
Evolving ASP.NET Apps - Dealing with Dependencies
This post is a continuation of the Evolving ASP.NET series: Evolving ASP.NET Apps - Introduction...
Author: David Paquette (MVP) Date: 10/03/2014
A chatroom for all! Part 5 - Connecting the Chatroom with WebSockets
This node.js tutorial series will help you build a node.js powered real-time chatroom web app fully...
Author: Rami Sayar Date: 10/03/2014
Celebrating Women in Computing
Let us celebrate the contribution of women in computing by hosting and participating in this...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 09/30/2014
Microsoft's Dance Cube Proves Kinect for Windows v2 is Not to be Ignored
What happens when you mix developers, designers, and dancers? This time, it's a virtual reality...
Author: peaceloveharmony@live.ca Date: 09/30/2014
COMING UP ON MVA: How to Create a Cross-Platform HTML5 RPG
Every wonder how to create a classic role-playing game? In my upcoming MVA (Microsoft Virtual...
Author: Mickey MacDonald Date: 09/26/2014
Evolving ASP.NET Apps – Moving to a Web Application
This post is a continuation of the Evolving ASP.NET series: Evolving ASP.NET Apps - Introduction...
Author: David Paquette (MVP) Date: 09/26/2014
Visual Studio Tools for the Unity Developer (#GameDev w/ @ScruffyFurn)
Tips and tricks to help game developers find success in the Gaming industry. In this series...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 09/25/2014
A chatroom for all! Part 4 – Building a Chatroom UI with Bootstrap
This node.js tutorial series will help you build a node.js powered real-time chatroom web app fully...
Author: Rami Sayar Date: 09/25/2014
Wanna be a cowboy? or maybe a Professional (Windows Platform) Developer?
On Being a Professional Ok, I really am asking if you want to be a professional developer for the...
Author: Mark B Schramm (MVP) Date: 09/23/2014
Evolving ASP.NET Apps – Evaluating the Code
In the previous blog post, in this series we blindly imported the entire project into git and pushed...
Author: Simon Timms (MVP) Date: 09/19/2014
A chatroom for all! Part 3 - Building a Backend with Node, Mongo and Socket.IO
This node.js tutorial series will help you build a node.js powered real-time chatroom web app fully...
Author: Rami Sayar Date: 09/19/2014
Whoops! I deleted the data! My DevOps disaster and how you can avoid your own
When you migrate your code or data from one environment to another, things can go wrong, with...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 09/18/2014
Part 2: Get Started with Python
This is a tutorial series which will teach you how to code in Python. We will start with the...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 09/16/2014
TIP: Lazy Code Snippets in Visual Studio
You’ve probably discovered code snippets and you may even know you can create your own code...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 09/15/2014
A chatroom for all! Part 2 – Welcome to Express with Node.js and Azure
This node.js tutorial series will help you build a node.js powered real-time chatroom web app fully...
Author: Rami Sayar Date: 09/11/2014
Part 1: Get Started with Python
This is a tutorial series which will teach you how to code in Python. We will start with the...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 09/10/2014
A webcast for those afraid of code !
If you know anyone who wants to learn how to code but isn’t sure how to start, or tried in the...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 09/09/2014
What’s new with Unity
There has been a lot of announcements around Unity lately, and a lot of them have been about some...
Author: Mickey MacDonald Date: 09/04/2014
A chatroom for all! Part 1 - Introduction to Node.js
This node.js tutorial series will help you build a node.js powered real-time chatroom web app fully...
Author: Rami Sayar Date: 09/04/2014
Real-time web functionality using ASP.NET SignalR
We all know how to push information from the client to the server, but getting the server to push...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 09/03/2014
What does Back to School mean for coders?
If you are a student, or you know a student, do let them know about the programs we have in Canada...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 09/02/2014
Can a selfie detect anaemia?
At this year’s Microsoft Imagine Cup, team Eyenaemia used a Windows Phone and Azure to detect...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 08/28/2014
In Pursuit of the Connected World
This post discusses IoT, Intel Galileo, Windows Developer Program for IoT and related Azure Cloud...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 08/26/2014
Forget Login Screens! How to Add Single Sign On for Universal Windows Store Apps
Ever wonder how you can get rid of the ugly login screen and have the user jump straight into your...
Author: Rami Sayar Date: 08/21/2014
Visual Studio and the Role of the Architect
Application Architects are a vital part of any custom development project. They create the design of...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 08/20/2014
Acer Aspire R7 power helps team Canada create music in real time at World Imagine Cup Finals.
Team ClaVision built some amazing software that uses image processing to take a video of someone...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 08/12/2014