Bradley L. Jones

As the release of Windows 8 gets closer, I’ve been talking about aspects developing applications. Today, I was going to talk about building trial versions of applications, but instead am going to switch my focus and talk about what could be a huge issue for Windows 8: the confusion around Surface. The Surface That is […]

The way you deliver a Windows Store App is different from how Windows 7 (and prior) applications were delivered. The idea of delivering a Windows Store App on a disk is…pretty much gone. Rather, there is a Windows App Store that you can put your application into to distribute. You can also package and distribute […]

Microsoft spent years hammering into developers heads that you need to include certain things on your Windows applications and you need to perform certain actions. Now they want you to forget a quite a few of those “Windows standards” and replace them with new ones. Microsoft spent years teaching us that a little underline meant […]

Windows 8’s release is just 7 days away. As you look to building applications for Windows 8, another area that can’t be forgetting is touch. While Windows 7 supported Touch, Windows 8 really brings it to life. While there are many areas or touch that you could ignore with Windows 8, there are some you […]

While at one point I was a full time developer, those days are long past. I do, however, still take time to write code. Most of my coding is for fun and to learn how things work. I built two Windows Phone 7 applications that I submitted to the Windows Phone market, and I just […]

Indianapolis is my home town. We don’t get a lot of Microsoft technical conferences in Indianapolis unless we do them ourselves. Having said that, with the coming of Windows 2012, two events are happening and hopefully more will come. Better yet, both of these events are also happening in other cities too. We just had […]

It is Monday and sifting through my inbox has been interesting. There are two finds that fall under the “Oops” category. Windows 8 Machines Available Now! (or they were…) The first is information that HSN.com (Home Shopping Network) has started selling Windows 8 Machines. You can (well could have) order one today, and according to […]

….This article is now outdated….. No matter whether you’re creating a Windows Store app or game for Windows 8 or Windows Phone, Microsoft is offering to help. They’ve set up a 30 day program to help you on your journey to building an application. By signing up for Generation App, you can receive valuable benefits […]

Microsoft likes to “spark” things. They have BizSpark, DreamSpark, and now they have YourthSpark. YouthSpark is an estimated $500 million dollar initiative over 3 years to help youth oround the globe to connect with education, jobs, and other opportunities. Steve Ballmer mentioned announced the program, but provided very little details (see following video). Watch as […]

Microsoft announces yet another perk of having an MSDN Subscription. This week they announced that MSDN subscribers now get free a free one year access to the Windows App Store Developer program. This also applies to BizSpark members. So, if you have a Visual Studio Professional, Test Professional, Premium, or Ultimate MSDN subscription or a […]

Microsoft had the official Visual Studio 2012 Launch today. While many of us have been using Visual Studio 2012 for a while (Microsoft commented that there have been over 600,000 downloads), today was Microsoft’s chance to publicly stand up and talk about the product. Microsoft’s Somasegar (Corporate VP of the Developer Division) kicked off the […]

Microsoft announced that Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 were complete and final builds had been created. These will be available to MSDN subscribers on August 15th. There will be a Visual Studio launch event on September 12th.