Microsoft
Removing styling in a SharePoint 2013 AppPart the easy way
Jan 23rd
Introduction
The other day I was wrestling with the new SharePoint 2013 App framework. I created a SharePoint 2013 SharePoint Hosted App. Besides full screen mode (which pops up when you press F5 in Visual Studio 2012), I also wanted to add an AppPart in order to make the app available on my host website. The problem I was facing is that my App Part is just an IFrame loading the main page of my App. This includes the Chrome and Navigation of the App default.aspx page. This makes my App Part look like this:
Toast notifications met launch parameters
Dec 3rd
Met toast notificaties kan je de aandacht van de gebruiker krijgt terwijl je app niet draait. Wat er zo uit kan zien:
IRandomAccessStream vs Streams
Dec 3rd
Bij het ontwikkelen van Windows Store Apps met C# en Xaml heb je rekening te houden met twee werelden, enerzijds .Net, anderzijds WinRT. Dit zie je op hele veel terreinen terug. Async operaties binnen .Net geven vaak een Task terug, WinRT apis geven een IAsyncOperation terug, binnen .net heb je Stream en in WinRT zijn het IInputStream of IOutputStream. Deze verschillen worden vaak via extension methods
Windows Azure Websites and Storage
Nov 29th
Windows Azure Websites are very handy to get a website quickly available. You can choose from a gallery of products. This gallery contains Blogs (WordPress), Content management systems (DotNetNuke), Wiki’s etc. And if you look closely their not all .NET based. Some need SQL Server database and others need MySQL. No problem at all. With a few clicks your website is up and running.
TAP versus EAP
Nov 14th
In Windows Phone 7 waren alle async methods via het event asynchronous pattern wat wil zeggen een method waarmee je de actie start en een event wanneer de operatie compleet is. Je ziet dit bijvoorbeeld op de webclient waar je een dergelijke schrijf wijze zou kunnen gebruiken:
Surface and Windows 8
Nov 9th
Since the RTM of Windows 8 I am using Windows 8 on all my laptops. Also on the laptop without a touch screen and which I use for my daily work. I am very happy with the way Windows 8 works. It feels a lot faster and stable then Windows 7 did.
Windows Phone 8
Nov 8th
With the Windows Phone 7 came the Zune software to our PC’s. With this software (sometimes called the iTunes of Windows Phone) you could move music, photos and movies to your phone. Automatically the stuff on your phone was synced to your PC.
Threads versus Tasks
Nov 7th
Laatste tijd ben ik veel actief op het Windows Store forum op MSDN en kwam ik een leuke vraag tegen.
//Build and Windows Azure
Oct 31st
.NET SDK
Windows Azure SDK 1.8 for .NET is released. The SDK is available for Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 2012. You can install it via the Microsoft Web Platform Installer. Type “Windows Azure” in the search and the necessary stuff pops up
Windows Azure Role more status info
Oct 10th
In a previous post I told about the enhancements on the Windows Azure portal. Also the status during starting of instances is more clearer and better. At a status change the portal will be refresh automatically.
