JohnShew's Blog
Cloud Foundry and //Build
Last week at Microsoft's annual //Build developer conference, I partnered with Rita Zhang to...
Date: 04/04/2016
Highspot, Manifold and Vorlon
I just wrapped up the last keynote here at //build/. It was super fun. There is so much new...
Date: 03/31/2016
A Minimal MVVM UWP App
With the introduction of Win 10 and Universal Windows apps I wanted to try out some of the new XAML...
Date: 09/09/2015
Build 2015 and Video Effects
We’re keeping the coding going with this next post in the series of technical articles following the...
Date: 05/12/2015
Build 2015 and Audio Effects
We’re keeping the coding going with this third post in the series of technical articles following...
Date: 05/08/2015
Build 2015 and Vorlon.js
As promised, here is the second in the series of technical articles following the Build 2015...
Date: 05/04/2015
Build 2015 and ManifoldJS
I just walked offstage after another amazing build keynote. There is so much new technology that can...
Date: 04/30/2015
Taking the Web App Template Cross-Platform
If you are a Web developer and are thinking about taking the jump to mobile apps, the Web App...
Date: 01/15/2015
Creating scalable web apps with the Service Gateway
Earlier this year we released the Service Gateway, a tool that simplifies the process of building an...
Date: 11/20/2014
STEM Labs: A firsthand look at the life of a software developer
Ever since Microsoft DX started hosting hackfests last this year, we’ve seen steady growth in...
Date: 11/10/2014
Building a massively-multiplayer game on Microsoft Azure
Every now and again, a really intriguing opportunity comes along that’s just impossible to...
Date: 11/04/2014
Azure Tooling: Deploy Java apps to Azure from JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA
There’s been a lot of news coming out of Barcelona this week. Whether you work on Microsoft...
Date: 10/29/2014
Guidance to Get You Started with Microsoft Azure and CoreOS
Microsoft Azure made some pretty big news last week and one of the things I’m especially...
Date: 10/27/2014
Simplifying high-scale computing applications with Orleans
This spring at //Build we announced the preview release of “Orleans”, a cloud...
Date: 10/09/2014
A Recap of the Edupoint Hackfest
About six months ago Microsoft DX conducted a hackfest with Edupoint, a software vendor based in...
Date: 09/11/2014
PART TWO: Microsoft and Skyline Hack Tomorrow’s Manufacturing Technologies
A few months back DX team member Jason Young kicked off a series of hackfests with Skyline...
Date: 09/11/2014
Project Thali: Giving Users More Flexibility and Control Through a P2P Web
If there’s a common theme among the people on my team, it’s their ability to overcome...
Date: 08/06/2014
A Look Back at Build: DevOps is the continuation of Agile in a Cloud world.
During the first decade of the 21st century, agile methodologies changed the way developers design,...
Date: 06/16/2014
After //Build: Babylon.js
During //Build 2014, one of the things that Guggs and I talked about was babylon.js, an open source...
Date: 06/02/2014
A Look Back at Build: Using the Web Apps Template to Create Mobile Apps
In a world of devices and services there are many different kinds of developers. As Guggs and I...
Date: 05/15/2014
Accela and Microsoft Hackfest — Providing Access to Open Data, Online and Off-Grid
A few weeks ago several of us from the U.S. and worldwide DPE teams holed up in Redmond for a few...
Date: 03/20/2014
Creating the Perfect Front Door for Web App Development
Ask most any enterprise developer about their biggest challenges when building a website or service...
Date: 03/13/2014
Microsoft and Skyline Hack Tomorrow’s Manufacturing Technologies
Last month we held a hackathon with Skyline Technologies, a Wisconsin-based company that specializes...
Date: 03/05/2014
Recapping the Microsoft Facebook Hackathon
Here in DPE we love to get together with other developers and code. It is a great way to learn new...
Date: 01/30/2014
Website to App — The Web App Template Simplifies Windows App Development
At BUILD last year, Guggs and I showed how Giorgio Sardo and his team here in DPE have been coding...
Date: 01/28/2014
The Facebook and Microsoft Hackathon — Some Background
Hopefully you've heard about the upcoming hackathon that Facebook and Microsoft are hosting at the...
Date: 01/13/2014
Enabling Cross-Device and Cross-Service Magic at Cloud Expo
This week I was at the Cloud Expo Conference in Silicon Valley talking about what developers need...
Date: 11/06/2013
My New Gig
As many of you know, for the last few years I’ve been plugging away deep in the plumbing of...
Date: 05/12/2013