Archives
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MVPDays Community Roadshow Montreal
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Design resources for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps
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Free tech eBooks!
Here is a collection of free ebooks for the Holiday Season!
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Azure Learning Paths
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GitHub in Visual Studio
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Microsoft Developer Virtual Event on November 18-19
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Angular Connect 2015 Keynote recap
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Xamarin Evolve 2016 opened for registration
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Windows 10 news and new Microsoft Devices
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Angular Academy Canada Tour
In the last couple of weeks, I have received tons of requests for AngularJS training, so I am thrilled to have a new series of dates coming in the next few months, as part of the Angular Academy Canada.
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[Cool Tool] Autoruns
Autoruns is a free tool made by Microsoft, and runs on Windows 10 (and previous versions as well).
It finds autostarting programs (add-ins, drivers, codecs, gadgets, shell extensions, …) anywhere, even the most obscure places of your PC, then it lets you turn off individual items.
Note: you have the ability to filter out Microsoft-signed programs.
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Free Xamarin Subscriptions for Windows Phone Developers!
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Windows 10 Mobile, no home screen and stuck in "Loading" loop
I use the Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview to evaluate Windows 10 on my Windows Phone.
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More AngularJS training in Canada
After an awesome course in Vancouver, I am thrilled to have a new series of AngularJS training coming in the next few months, as part of the Angular Academy Canada.
Angular Academy is a 3-day hands-on public course given in-person across Canada.
Here is the second series of cities covered just after this summer (and more to come later this year!):
- Académie Angular Québec (french) – 09-11 Septembre
- Académie Angular Montréal (french) - 21-23 Septembre
- Angular Academy Toronto – October 05-07
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Visual Studio Code First Look video
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My Xamarin.Forms presentation [french]
Here are the slides I used yesterday for my “Xamarin.Forms” technical presentation at the Montreal Mobile Developers user group:
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Proposez vos idées pour le groupe MSDEVMTL!
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Visual Studio Code Insiders Update Channel
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Xamarin Forms Succinctly ebook
Another nice free ebook from Syncfusion!
Xamarin.Forms Succinctly is a 148 pages free ebook by Derek Jensen.
It provides a great introduction to Xamarin Forms and offers an excellent chapter on Xaml, Pages and Views.Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Code Sharing
- Hello, Xamarin.Forms
- Introduction to XAML
- Building User Interfaces
- Common Controls
- Customization
- Accessing Native APIs
- Messaging
Download Xamarin.Forms Succinctly:
https://www.syncfusion.com/resources/techportal/ebooks/xamarinformsYou just have to register and then you’ll be able to download it both in PDF and Kindle format.
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Visual Studio Code
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DVLUP is now part of MSDN!
I am glad (and surprised) that DVLUP (challenges, badges and rewards for Windows Store developers) has not disappeared after Microsoft took over Nokia, in fact as of today it is integrated in MSDN!
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AngularJS cheat sheets
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AngularJS training in Canada
I am thrilled to have a series of AngularJS training coming in the next few months, as part of the Angular Academy in Canada.
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Try Azure and get $220 on services
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Microsoft MVP Virtual Conference
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Xamarin Dev Days
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Build 2015 Montreal Live Viewing Party
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Full Stack Web Camp Montreal
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Live Webcast from Montreal: Rob Eisenberg on Aurelia
We have the pleasure of having Rob Eisenberg come to MSDEVMTL in Montreal to speak about Aurelia on Monday April 13, 2015.
However, the event has sold out even after we booked a larger room. Don't despair, our friends at Radio-Canada Lab has offered to live stream Rob's presentation on YouTube! So mark your calendar:
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Azure, Cloud and Enterprise Icon Set
Here is a cool icon set that you can download for free from Microsoft.
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Windows Phone Dev Center financial reporting enhancements
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Developer's Guide to Windows 10 Preview
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Windows 10 SDK preview and dev tools released
We now have the (preview) tools to start developing for the Windows universal app platform!
Good news we don’t have to wait until BUILD conference!Read the announcement and get the download links here:
https://dev.windows.com/en-US/windows-10-developer-preview-toolsNote that it requires the latest VS2015 CTP.
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Azure Virtual Event
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Azure Lunch & Learn Montreal
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PostSharp supports Xamarin and Visual Studio 2015
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Which features does my Lumia phone support?
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Global Azure Bootcamp 2015
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ASP.NET Web Camp Montréal [french event]
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Azure Billing Alert Service
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dotNetConf 2015
The .NET Conf is a free, 2 day virtual event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft (with great speakers such as Scott Hanselman…).You will be able to attend via live streaming on March 18th & 19th.
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Angular 2 built with TypeScript
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Learning map for Azure Websites
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What’s new in Xamarin.Forms 1.3
The latest release of Xamarin.Forms includes many enhancements and fixes.
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The Developer’s Guide to the New .NET
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Free ebook: Fundamentals of Azure
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Dell Micro USB Dongle for Data and Charging
It has been a while since I last used my Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet… but having heard the news, I quickly sold my Surface RT and I am using my Dell again, starting by installing Windows 10 Preview.
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Windows 10 install fail with “Modern Setup Host” error
Trying to install Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 9926 on my Dell Venue 8 Pro with Windows 8.1 and gets the Error: “Modern Setup Host has stopped working”.
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ASP.NET 5 WhitePaper
ASP.NET is moving fast, becoming a true modular cross-platform modern web development platform.
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Get your Microsoft Build Conference pass from DVLUP!
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Discover Windows 10!
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BUILD registration date is announced!
BUILD conference is Microsoft's premier annual developer conference.
This year it will take place in San Francisco, CA in April 29 – May 1. -
Re-Awarded Microsoft MVP for 2015!
