Microsoft @ Maker Faire
May 12, 2007
Jacqueline Russell has been planning another great presence at this year’s Maker Faire and I have to say I’m pretty pumped! Check out the Maker Faire Coding4Fun page for full details. Microsoft will be out in full force including: Windows Home Server, Windows Live Spaces, Microsoft Robotics Studio, XNA, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Microsoft Academic team, Evangelism including Channel9 and on10, Virtual Earth, Microsoft Research, and even two of our Coding4Fun authors, Clint Rutkas and Brian Peek.…more
Podcast Interview on Visual Studio Express
Apr 25, 2007
Jason and Dawn interviewed me for the PhiloKing podcast and it’s now up…it’s of course me rambling about key features in Visual Studio “Orcas” Express, how we need to democratize development, why we do Express, and more.
Download Visual Studio Express Orcas - We need your Feedback
Apr 19, 2007
We just released a Community Tech Preview download of Visual Studio Orcas Express, the next version of Visual Studio Express. Kudos to Doug for arguably the coolest beta page on MSDN ever (pictured above) We need your feedback As John mentions in his post, the big things we need feedback on are the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) designer and the DLINQ designer. In addition we want feedback on meta questions…more
MS.com Home Page: Bill Gates, BDLC, and Visual Studio Express
Apr 16, 2007
Kudos to Jacqueline for getting the Beginner Developer Learning Center and Visual Studio Express on the home page of Microsoft.com. Screenshot below :)
Microsoft Announces Silverlight
Apr 16, 2007
You can read Soma’s blog for all the details or the press release here or visit the Silverlight home page for more information.
Windows Home Server SDK Now Available
Apr 06, 2007
Charlie and team just announced the availability of the Windows Home Server SDK available here. Here’s a quick snippet from the announcement post. _But, the reality is, 99% of what developers want to build on top of Windows Home Server will be done using the rest of the _[_MSDN documentation_](http://msdn.microsoft.com/)_. Our little set of APIs let you integrate your Add-in into the Home Server Console and interact with some of the elements behind the solutions we provide.…more
Learn HTML for free with For Dummies book on Beginner Developer Learning Center
Apr 06, 2007
Yesterday we officially announced a partnership with Wiley Books, the creators of the “For Dummies” book series, to add 17 chapters from three popular book titles: Creating Web Pages All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies** **– Whether you’re opening an e-business or just want to show off the family reunion photos, here’s your complete toolbox for building great Web sites. HTML 4 For Dummies** **– This friendly book gets you going and shows you how to use the HTML markup language — in plain English.…more
April Fool's Day on Coding4Fun
Apr 02, 2007
**Rubber Hail **Check out Clint’s video where he drops 1,000 bouncy balls on his CTO and how-to article **Rotating Monitor **Check out Brian Peeks’ rotating monitor prank…I can only imagine the hilarity that ensues with Tech Support calls on this one!!
Wiimote Library for Developers on Coding4Fun
Mar 14, 2007
Brian Peek just published his latest article, a .NET library for easy programming of a Nintendo Wiimote controller. His article and project on Channel9 includes the full source code for the library and how he built everything. The cool part is of course how easy it is to use the library as shown below… **Create a Wiimote class ** VB: Dim WithEvents wm As Wiimote = New Wiimote()…more
Learn How to Program - Beginner Developer Learning Center
Mar 01, 2007
As Soma announced on his blog, we’ve now officially released the Beginner Developer Learning Center, the one place designed for learning software development fundamentals. The goal is to address the #1 request from our existing Express customers…**more beginner content (more on that below), but we do this with: * True Absolute Beginner content - True beginners don’t know how the internet works, what a variable is, or the difference between an object or a class.…more