Rajen's Technical Tidbits
Fun bits of technical information
Pebble development with Visual Studio Code on OS X
It’s been a while since I last posted, due to my (not so) new job with Microsoft in Redmond,...
Date: 02/06/2016
AllJoyn on Raspberry Pi (Raspbian) and Windows 10
After the announcement of Windows 10 including out-of-the-box support for AllJoyn, I decided to try...
Date: 05/26/2015
Personal update: new job/relocation
In this slightly out-of-place blog post (no technical tidbits to be found), I’d like to take a...
Date: 04/24/2015
Setting up Raspberry Pi with RaZberry
In my previous post, DIY Home Automation: The basics, I explained my motivations to build my own DIY...
Date: 02/04/2015
WinRT shared cookies between WebView and HttpClient
I recently worked on a project where we needed to make hybrid apps, consisting of native Universal...
Date: 01/30/2015
DIY Home Automation: The basics
Home automation as a theme is rapidly gaining popularity in the consumer market. Manufacturers like...
Date: 01/17/2015
Play audio in a Universal App without interrupting the stream
Over here at Microsoft in the Netherlands we have limited spots for employees to park their car...
Date: 06/12/2014
Trigger a Background Task using Geofence on Windows Phone 8.1
With Windows Phone 8.1, we now have a range of ways to trigger a background task of our app. Aside...
Date: 04/29/2014
Modernizing the original Microsoft Surface
I was recently lucky enough to receive an original Microsoft Surface through one of our great MVPs...
Date: 02/27/2014
Code sharing strategies with MVVM
On September 25th and November 21st I talked about MVVM as a pattern to build apps, as well as code...
Date: 12/05/2013
Windows starting template (October 2013)
With the imminent release of Windows 8.1 on October 18th, developers are going to have to think...
Date: 10/15/2013
Build apps for a device
We’ve managed to secure another batch of devices for our awesome app developer community in...
Date: 10/14/2013
ReviewNotifier NuGet package
One of the things I’ve seen a lot of blog posts about and heard a lot of buzz around lately is...
Date: 08/21/2013
StorageHelper NuGet package
If you’ve taken a look at any of my starting templates (Windows Phone or Windows) or at my...
Date: 08/21/2013
Windows starting template
Back in February, I posted my Windows Phone starting template, which serves as a helpful base to...
Date: 06/11/2013
Creating a smooth extended splash screen experience
It’s common practice to implement an extended splash screen when your Windows Store app has a...
Date: 06/05/2013
Reuse skills and frameworks in JavaScript apps
As mentioned in the previous post in the collaboration series with Arian from Zilverstede, web...
Date: 05/28/2013
Add multiple feeds to the RSS reader app template
Early March, I posted a Windows Phone RSS reader app template that provided a basic template for a...
Date: 05/01/2013
App in a snap: Feeds only show a single item
As you may have seen in my App in a snap: Your first Windows 8 app blog post, here at Microsoft The...
Date: 04/23/2013
App in a snap: Localizing your app
If you want to create Your first Windows 8 app with App in a snap, you’ll probably notice that...
Date: 04/22/2013
App in a snap: Your first Windows 8 app
Here at Microsoft The Netherlands we’ve created Windows 8 App in a snap to allow developers...
Date: 04/22/2013
Build apps and get a Windows Phone 8
We have a small amount of Nokia Lumia 820 developer phones available, which you can get by building...
Date: 04/19/2013
Using jQuery in JavaScript apps
One of the major pros in using WinJS for Windows 8 apps is the ability to leverage your existing web...
Date: 04/03/2013
Remember the scroll position in JavaScript apps
One of the things that can be a major annoyance in an app does not remember the scroll position in a...
Date: 03/11/2013
Windows Phone RSS reader app template
I took the liberty of adapting my Windows Phone starting template to become a Windows Phone RSS...
Date: 03/06/2013
Item template selection logic in JavaScript apps
In this post, we’ll address the mechanics needed to implement item template selection logic in...
Date: 02/27/2013
Windows Phone starting template
A while back I wrote a blog post on adding Windows Phone 8 builds to your existing apps. To help out...
Date: 02/18/2013
(Belated) GeekNight session slides + samples
This post is for people who attended my session at TechDays 2011 - GeekNight, which was in Dutch....
Date: 05/10/2011
The desktop is useful again...
I don't know about you guys, but ever since the release of Windows 7 my desktop has become a barren...
Date: 04/05/2010
Creating your first Windows Phone (WM 6.5) application
With the release of Windows Mobile 6.5 drawing closer and closer, I inevitably started thinking...
Date: 08/22/2009
Cross-scheme Silverlight development
First of all, welcome to my brand new blog. I'll be posting bits of information on our products, my...
Date: 03/17/2009