It's time consuming, costly, and difficult for farmers to measure and regulate pH levels in their plants throughout the day and across the lifecycle of a plant. Indeed, pH levels are one of the key factors in plant health. Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes the team from Costa Farms and Microsoft as they describe how they developed an Azure IoT Hub solution with pH sensor devices that incorporates Stream Analytics, Twilio and SQL Azure, where the end result will help Costa Farms increase revenue and profitability by using modern technology in agriculture & farming. [1:31] What does Costa Farms do?[3:40] What problem were we trying to solve here with this project?[5:31] What kind of solutio...
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Urban refugees make up 80 percent of the 650,000 registered Syrian refugees living in Jordan, and two-thirds of refugees worldwide. Yet their access to aid is far below the level of camp-based refugees. A group of university students in Boston, Massachusetts decided to band together and leverage innovative technologies to develop a mobile, cross-platform app that will be used by non-camp, urban Syrian refugees living in Amman, Jordan, to locate non-governmental organizations and service providers. Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes the team from Urban Refuge as they describe how they worked with a team of Microsoft Technical Evangelists to help create this cross-platform app using Xamarin. [6:...
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Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp (BTT Corp) is a med-tech company with offices in the US and Brazil. They have a biological discovery patent on the Brain Thermal Tunnel and are developing several solutions around this to help improve your health through continuous monitoring of your brain temperature. BTT treats brain temperature like a multichannel signal and uses this to perform analysis and pattern recognition to further insights into customers' health on a personalized basis. Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes Robert Ortega, CTO of BTT Corp, and the team from Microsoft - David Crook and Yun Chou - as they discuss how by working together they developed an Azure IoT solution to help wi...
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Lab4U is an award winning, Chilean startup on a mission to improve science education with their new mobile apps which are designed to make it easy and inexpensive to bring lab experiences into the classroom by leveraging the built-in sensors found in smartphones and tablets. Join David Giard as he welcomes CEO and Co-Founder Komal Dadlani - as they discuss how they leverage and array of Microsoft Azure's powerful tools and resources to help deliver their solution to classrooms across the globe. [1:04] What does Lab4U do?[2:51] What tools are you using to build these applications?[4:24] How has your experience been with the Microsoft BizSpark program?[5:40] Why is this so important for teac...
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ATADATA is a U.S. based startup that developed automation software which helps organizations discover and migrate live server workloads - regardless of the OS or database type - across a wide variety of different infrastructure architectures. Join David Giard as he welcomes the team from ATADATA - Charles Wright and Ian Easton - as they discuss how they leverage Microsoft Azure as well as Microsoft's BizSpark program for their fast growing startup. [1:19] What does ATADATA do?[4:50] What technology do you use for ATAData?[8:08] How's your experience been with the Microsoft BizSpark program? Follow the conversation @bizspark Become a Fan @ facebook.com/bizspark Join our LinkedIn Group Subs...
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Fanband lets you customize the theme of your Microsoft Band with your favorite sports team, video game, tv show, and more and is the Top Downloaded and Rated app for the the Microsoft Band for Windows, iOS and Android users. Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes Scott Peterson, Founder and Lead Developer of Liquid Daffodil and Sr. Tech Evangelist from Microsoft, Paul DeCarlo to the show as they discuss the inner workings of how fanband became a cross-platform application with the help of Xamarin Tools as well as how the team utilized the HockeyApp SDK to build crash and custom analytics reporting. [1:18] What is Liquid Daffodil?[4:09] So let's talk about fanband. What does it do and how does thi...
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A cloud-based SaaS platform that people can interact with by email, an iOS device or the web, Tribe is a cross-platform task manager application that works across desktops, mobile devices, and directly inside your email. Tribe makes collaboration easy by allowing people to share deliverables across a wide range of interfaces with a dashboard-like project management tool which synchronizes interfaces allowing for simple and fast problem solving. Join David Giard as he welcomes the team from Tribe - Henry Vasquez, Sam Harris and Oliver Stahl - to the show as they discuss their startup beginnings, challenges and early success stories all while leveraging Microsoft's BizSpark program. [0:37] W...
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Dutch startup Airwave is improving business and social interactions with their new, free web-based video conferencing platform. The best part of Airwave? No software or plugin installation is required- all you need is a modern browser. Meetings and conferences are arranged via a link, and invitations are sent in email allowing quick access to peer-to-peer calls. Join David Giard as he welcomes the Founder of Airwave, Olivier de Jong to the show as they discuss how his company got started, early challenges they've had to overcome, their experience with the Microsoft BizSpark program as well how they are integrating Open Source solutions with Microsoft technologies such as Azure. [0:41] Tell ...
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Deep Learning is a new area of Machine Learning research, which has been introduced with the objective of moving Machine Learning closer to one of its original goals: Artificial Intelligence. Join Jennifer Marsman as she welcomes Sonja Knoll to the show as they take a deep dive into Deep Learning as well as apply some real-world scenarios for you to try out on your own. Looking for more information? Check out the following links below:Deep Learning - give it a try! Try the app http://CaptionBot.ai - works for any browser/phoneCall the Microsoft Cognitive Services API https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-servicesBuild you own cool deep model on CNTK https://github.com/Microsoft/CNTKDeep Learn...
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Decision Trees are excellent tools for helping you to choose between several courses of action. They provide a highly effective structure within which you can lay out options and investigate the possible outcomes of choosing those options. They also help you to form a balanced picture of the risks and rewards associated with each possible course of action. Join Jennifer Marsman as she welcomes Dr. Shelia Tejada as they discuss how to construct and use Decision Trees in your machine learning algorithms. Check out additional Computer Science Education Resources here __________________________ __________________________ If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions dis...
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Microsoft Cognitive Services let you build apps with powerful algorithms using just a few lines of code. They work across devices and platforms such as iOS, Android, and Windows, keep improving, and are easy to set up. Join Jennifer Marsman and Rachel Weil as they unveil some fun projects they've been working on using Cognitive Services. [0:50] What can we possibly create with the Facial Detection API from Cognitive Services? [5:01] Introducing "the Deal with It bot"[11:10] Unconscious Bias demoCheck out the AI Fun Club here__________________________ __________________________ If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of...
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Now that you have a solid understanding of what ASP.NET Core can do for you, we bet you're wondering how to actually deploy your web apps using ASP.NET Core (a) Join Shahed Chowdhuri as he takes us through an in-depth step-by-step demo on how to do exactly that. [0:30] DEMO: How to Deploy Your Web Apps using ASP.NET Core Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Shahed Chowdhuri's BlogEdge of the Web seriesASP.NET ...
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Spring is over and Summer is upon us! Just because school has let out doesn't mean its time to stop learning boys and girls --- its actually quite the opposite for the folks at Microsoft Virtual Academy. Join Jerry Nixon and Matt Calder as they give us a sneak peak into what we can expect to see this month. Getting Started with Template 10Testing in Visual Studio 2015Test-Driven Development Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websit...
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Join David Giard as he welcomes the Co-Founders of Vipeline - Alex Hamilton, Chris Hall and Dave Barker - to the show to discuss their innovate startup which gives your online users a voice, with more than just text comments. Tune in as they discuss their experience with the Microsoft BizSpark program as well as share with us how they use a variety of Azure technologies to deliver a native, user generated, social video experience on a company's website. [0:43] Tell us about Vipeline. What do you do?[3:12] What is your solution built on? Tell us about the tech you use and how you use Azure.[8:14] How did you get started? Where did this idea originate from?[15:22] How did you get introduced...
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Xamarin allows developers to deliver native Android, iOS, and Windows apps, using existing skills, teams, and code. Join James Quick and Gavin Bauman as they review some of the latest news and updates to Xamarin since Build 2016 and the Xamarin Evolve 2016 conference. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: James Quick's BlogGavin Bauman's BlogGet Started with Xamarin. Click here
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Hosted Web Apps bring the best of the web to store apps with minimal effort. They are a great way to reach more users with the experience you've already built. And when you update your web experience, your users get the same update in hosted web apps too. The hard thing about hosted apps was how different the process is on every platform. manifoldJS changes that by putting the focus on the W3C Manifest for Web Apps - a standards-driven, open source approach for creating apps - and then uses that metadata to create a hosted native app on Android, iOS, and Windows.Join James Quick and Dave Voyles as they show us how to easily create hosted hybrid web apps with manifoldJS. [0:55] Project overv...
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NuGet is the package manager for the Microsoft development platform including .NET and has recently surpassed 1 billion downloads. In Part 2 of their series Jerry Nixon and Jeff Fritz show us how you can get started creating your own NuGet package. [1:10] How do we get started creating our own NuGet package?[1:52] DEMO: Creating a NuGet package Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's BlogNuGet Gallery
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NuGet is the package manager for the Microsoft development platform including .NET and has recently surpassed 1 billion downloads. Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes Jeff Fritz to the show as they discuss the origins of Nuget from how it get started to how you can get started creating your own NuGet package. [1:20] What is NuGet?[10:00] Let's talk about Packages.Config and XML files. What's going on there?[14:20] What changes or new things have been introduced here?[24:31] DEMO: Let's take a look at the NuGet developer experience Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learn...
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In this Quick Dev edition, Shahed Chowdhuri and James Quick show us how you can develop with C# on a Mac. We'll cover Visual Studio Code and Game Development, Web App development using ASP.NET, and cross-platform iOS and Android mobile application development using Xamarin --- so buckle up and tune in for this demo intensive episode! [1:10] Project overview[3:23] DEMO: Developing on a Mac for C# Developers Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth in...
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Tobiah Zarlez and James Quick show us how to get started using Visual Studio Code as well as how to use some extensions for game development in Unity. [0:45] Project overview[1:40] DEMO: Get Started with Visual Studio Code and how to use and create your own extensions. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: James Quick's BlogTobiah Zarlez' BlogGithub: http://GithubVSCodeExt
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David Giard welcomes Sally Buberman and Ignacio Lopez from Wormhole to the show as they describe their experience as Imagine Cup alumni and Microsoft BizSpark participants. Learn how Wormhole builds a new learning experience by leveraging mobility, gamification and people interaction to create the most engaging online training program in the market today. [0:31] Tell me about Wormhole. What do you do?[2:10] What is your solution built on? Tell us about the tech you use and how you use Azure.[8:48] So you're an Imagine Cup graduate?? Tell us about that![13:20] What's next for Wormhole? Follow the conversation @bizspark Become a Fan @ facebook.com/bizspark Join our LinkedIn Group Subscrib...
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@JamesQQuick @DaveVoyles Dave Voyles joins James Quick to show us how we can easily use VorlonJS to remotely debug websites and test our JavaScript. [1:30] Project overview[2:15] DEMO: Debugging with VorlonJS Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: James Quick's BlogDave Voyles BlogGithub: https://github.com/DaveVoyles/VorlonJSDemoSite
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Amanda Lange joins James Quick for this edition of Quick Dev and in today's episode they show us how we can setup a Parse Server with Azure Managed Services. Parse Server on Azure Managed Services, is an easy way for Parse developers to continue their work and concentrate on what they love to do, write awesome mobile experiences by leveraging mobile services: Azure App Service and Notification Hubs, developer services including support for Apache Cordova, Xamarin and native iOS/Android development, and managed database services including DocumentDB. [1:20] Project overview[4:36] DEMO: Using Parse with Azure Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to ou...
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David Giard welcomes Victor Cintron, CEO of DimDrop a startup aimed at improving inter-community communication with their new location communications application. Learn how they use Azure in conjunction with MongoDB, Python, and Apache to improve location based mobile communications in order to ensure public safety. [0:15] Tell us about DimDrop. What do you do?[3:24] Who is this intended for?[6:09] What kind of technology does this run on? How are you using Azure?[8:54] DEMO - DimDrop in action[20:25] How did you find out about the BizSpark program? Follow the conversation @bizspark Become a Fan @ facebook.com/bizspark Join our LinkedIn Group Subscribe to our YouTube videos Subscribe to ou...
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James Sturtevant welcomes Gregor Martynus from Hoodie, an open source community that provides a fast, easy, and accessible way for developers to focus on the front end of a project without getting caught up in the time sink of back-end administration. Tune in for this fun and informative discussion around building a successful open source based community and find out how you can join the Hoodie community. Learn more about Hoodie. Click hereHow we do starter issues at Hoodie: http://hood.ie/blog/starter-issues.htmlYour First Pull Request: https://twitter.com/yourfirstprOffline Camp (June 24-26): http://offlinefirst.org/camp/Coraline (GitHub) is reaching out to Open Source Projects to discus...
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David Giard welcomes Sean Goltz and Addison Cameron-Huff from Global-Regulation a BizSpark member and startup who is changing the way governments, researchers, lawyers, and businesses access and apply international law. Tune in as they discuss their company and learn how they employ Azure in conjunction with PHP packages to provide the world's most comprehensive jurisprudential search engine. [0:55] Tell us about Global-Regulation. What do you do?[3:16] What makes you different vs. a standard search engine?[7:01] What technology are you leveraging to deliver your service?[8:05] Why do you use multiple cloud providers?[9:20] How do you use Microsoft Azure?[26:25] How did you get involved wit...
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Just getting started with ASP.NET Core? Well this is the episode for you! Join Shahed Chowdhuri as he takes us on a our of MVC Web Apps and Web API and learn how you can work with mobile or web front-ends. [0:22] MVC and Web API Overview & Demos Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Shahed Chowdhuri's BlogEdge of the Web seriesASP.NET 5 DocumentationTry Visual Studio 2015 here
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Template 10! Template 10! Template 10! The long awaited, much anticipated MVA course has finally been released and is awaiting your approval. Check out it in the links below as well as some other notable courses available now in the catalog. Getting Started with Template 10Developing Windows 10 Games with Construct2Dev/Test in the CloudXamarin for Absolute BeginnersGetting Started with the Internet of Things Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-dep...
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Jerry Nixon welcomes back Hari Menon to the show as he showcases the MyDriving, cross-platform IoT sample application, that leverages a wide variety of Microsoft Azure services such as IoT Hub, Stream Analytics, SQL databases, HDInsight, Machine Leaning, and App Services --- PLUS (like we need something else to show off!) it was all built using Xamarin!! Check out this demo heavy session and learn about this awesome IoT application! Resources: MyDriving sample appSource codeReference guideDocumentation Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the produ...
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Looking for some quick and easy ways to make your demos more functional and easier to replicate? Then look no further because we have a great show lined up for you today! Join James Quick and Brian Sherwin as they show us how to create awesome demos using AutoHotKey a free, open source macro-creation and automation service that allows you to automate almost anything and Visual Studio Productivity Power Tools. [1:30] Project overview[2:40] DEMO: How to use AutoHotKey and Productivity Power Tools in Visual Studio to create awesome demosLooking for more information on this topic? Click here Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, ...
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Build 2016 has come and gone and our DevRadio regulars decided to get together for a candid no-holds barred session and discuss what they thought of all of the news and announcements made last week. Curious what they think of the new Bot Framework or Bash on Windows? Or maybe that they little announcement made about Xamarin? Well stop reading this and tune in now! [0:43] UWP Announcements[4:32] Cortana New Features[6:18] Bot Framework! Where do Bots live exactly?[15:02] Edge and Windows Hello[18:01] IoT and Azure[20:30] Microsoft Cognitive Services[22:40] Project Murphy[25:00] The "Seeing Eye" App demo[28:07] Skype for Developers[32:36] Bash on Windows[34:05] Xamarin is ____!!![35:00] NASA ...
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Jerry Nixon, Matt Calder and Christopher Harrison are back for this "Post-Build 2016" MVA Monthly session. Check out what's available now in the catalog and what you should look forward to in April. Building Block CoursesC# Fundamentals for Absolute BeginnersGetting Started with the Internet of ThingsOrchestrating Data and Services with Azure Data FactoryXamarin Resources Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: ...
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Cyberattacks cost organizations $400 billion a year. It seems nearly every week a new cyberattack is announced, against a corporation, a government agency, or a nonprofit organization. This has made cybersecurity a top issue for IT, Developers, Security, Legal and the board room. Join James Sturtevant as he welcomes Robert Hurlbut, a Microsoft MVP and independent software security consultant as they discuss Security Tools and Best Practices for Developers and learn how you can design and write more secure software applications. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in le...
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Have you ever wondered how you could write code that interacts with your database? Well now you can with EF Migrations in the new Entity Framework Core for ASP.NET. Check out the latest from the Edge of the Web series and get ready for an in-depth overview and demo heavy session to learn how. [0:30] Entity Framework Core Overview & Demos Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Shahed Chowdhuri's BlogASP.NET 5 D...
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A massive storm floods Manhattan - and people need to find shelter quickly.Drought hits the Horn of Africa - and smart delivery of food supplies saves lives.An earthquake rocks Mumbai - and first responders need to know where to go minute-by-minute. Responding to disasters like these means boots on the ground — but you can help responders do more with less when we see them as coding challenges. Do you want to use your technical skills to do some good? Together a few sharp minds can save lives and make a real difference.That's the mission of the Humanitarian Toolbox - an organization looking for Developers and IT Professionals who can volunteer their time and efforts in building the next ge...
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Jerry Nixon, Matt Calder and Christopher Harrison are back for this "Pre-Build 2016" MVA Monthly session. Check out what's available before the big event later this month. MVA Twitter feedJavaScript for Experienced DevelopersGetting Started with Web TechnologiesKnow it Prove it Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's Blog
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What if you could improve your "March Madness" bracket by using Azure Machine Learning? Tune in for this insightful interview as Jennifer Marsman welcomes Damon Hachmeister to the show as they discuss just how Damon used Azure ML to improve his rankings in last year's NCAA tournament. Think you can do better this year? Check out Azure Machine Learning now! [0:56] Tell us a little bit about the project. How did this experiment get started?[3:04] DEMO: How to build a bracket using Azure ML Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions...
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In this Edge of the Web session, Shahed Chowdhuri shows us how to do automated unit testing in ASP.NET Core 1.0 (formerly known as ASP.NET 5) and setting up Visual Studio so that you can quickly test your apps in the real world. [2:21] Why do you need automated testing? What's the benefit here vs. manual testing?[9:52] How do you get started and how can you plan for a more robust software architecture?[28:44] DEMO: How to Implement automated testing for web apps[47:15] What about Human Testers? Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or ...
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In Part 4 of our special series on Xamarin, James Quick walks us through the authentication process when working with the Azure Mobile Apps service while using Xamarin forms. [0:52] Project overview[1:09] DEMO: Authentication and Azure Mobile Apps Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: James Quick's BlogQuick Dev on GitHubXamarin Part 4
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In Part 4 of our special series on Xamarin, James Quick walks us through the authentication process when working with the Azure Mobile Apps service while using Xamarin forms. [0:52] Project overview[1:09] DEMO: Authentication and Azure Mobile Apps Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: James Quick's BlogQuick Dev on GitHubXamarin Part 4
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In Part 3 of our special series on Xamarin, James Quick shows us how to add data to power our app. For our backend, he'll use Azure Mobile Apps - a service that packages common services to mobile applications like data, authentication, push notifications, etc. - and then he'll create a simple "ToDoItem" table that we'll read from and write to in our client Xamarin Application using 100% shared code. [0:05] Project overview[1:30] DEMO: Adding Data to power our app using Azure Mobile Apps Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions ...
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Microsoft R Open (MRO), formerly known as Revolution R Open (RRO), is the enhanced distribution of R from Microsoft. It is a complete open source platform for statistical analysis and data science. Like R, Microsoft R Open is open source and free to download, use, and share. In today's episode join Sam Stakes as he walks us through how to get started using MRO. [0:17] Microsoft R Open (MRO) Overview[1:38] DEMO: Getting your MRO Server Up and Running! Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on...
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"The Know it. Prove it." MVA challenge has officially launched today and Jerry Nixon, Matt Calder and Christopher Harrison are here to kick off the month long festivities. Get started here developers and put your knowledge and skills to the test! [0:35] First, let's do a quick recap of January. What did we miss?+ Introduction to Ember[4:55] Know it. Prove It. MVA Challenge!!! Woo hoo! What are some of the challenges?+ Universal App Platform + Web Development+ Game Development+ Big Data+ Introduction to Development Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're inter...
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In Part 2 of our special series on Xamarin, James Quick dives back into Xamarin Forms and shows us how to interact with a REST API, how to connect to it and then add platform (iOS, Android, Windows) specific code for additional fun features (a) [0:05] Rest APIs and project overview[1:20] DEMO: Connecting to REST APIs with Xamarin Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: James Quick's BlogQuick Dev on GitHubXamari...
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James Quick kicks off his brand new series today - Quick Dev - which is dedicated to saving you the developer, time. In Part 1 he shows us how to get started with Xamarin - a simple and intuitive way to build native apps for multiple platforms like iOS, Android and Windows in C#. [2:00] What is Xamarin and why should developers use it?[4:10] DEMO: Hello World intro to Xamarin Forms Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites &...
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Windows runs on millions of devices around the world from Raspberry Pi to 10-foot console experiences in Xbox and everything in between. In Part 3 of our series on XAML Controls, Jerry Nixon welcomes Harini Kannan and Ben Pryor to the show as they discuss Responsive UI in XAML and show us how the Windows native UI platform enables you to write common code that spans these screens allowing you to deliver adaptive and tailored experiences for any Windows device. [3:10] How are you going to make adaptive UI easier for developers?[6:42] Should developers be timid about visual states?[7:55] What is our adaptive strategy?[11:01] Let's talk about adaptive layouts and the RelativePanel. What can ...
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Continuing our series on XAML Controls, Jerry Nixon welcomes Micah Lewis from the XAML team to discuss even more ways in which you can use XAML to create your Windows apps. [1:15] Buttons! What's the big difference here?[6:30] How about the ProgressBar? Let's talk about the big changes here.[10:40] How about the Slider?[13:20] When should a developer use the ToggleButton vs.. the Toggle Switch?[17:15] How do you get the ToolTip to show up on a phone?[19:00] Let's talk about the MenuFlyout. What changes do we see here?[28:02] What's the difference between the AppBar and the CommandBar?[37:15] What is SplitView and how can developers use it?For more information on XAML Controls, watch this gr...
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Jerry Nixon welcomes Daniel Stafford from the XAML team to discuss XAML controls and how to use them when making your Windows 10 apps. In this episode learn about the Hub, Pivot, Menu Fly Out, Scroll Viewer and Content Dialogue controls. [2:15] What are Pivot Controls?[13:00] What's the difference between Content Dialogue and Message Box?[16:20] What about Menu Fly out?[20:00] How about the Hub?[24:42] Tell us about Scroll ViewerFor more information on XAML Controls, watch this great MVA session! Click here Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about th...
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Happy New Year Party People! Jerry Nixon, Matt Calder and Christopher Harrison are back and in this installment they give us a quick recap of last month's activities as well as preview for us what we can look forward to in January and February. [0:44] Star Wars Spoilers!! What??! How?!? Who???[1:32] 2015 MVA recap[4:22] What did we miss last month? + Windows 10: Getting Started with UWP+ Windows 10: App Patterns and Navigation+ Windows 10: Managing the App Lifecycle+ Windows 10: Data Binding+ Windows 10: Developing Responsive and Adaptive UIs+ Windows 10: Live Tiles and Notifications+ Windows 10: Inking and the InkCanvas + Windows 10: Speech Recognition and ...
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David Giard welcomes Oisin Kim, CEO and Co-Founder of Webdoctor an online doctor service based in Dublin, Ireland that delivers prescriptions to your door. Tune in as they discuss his startup and they utilize Microsoft Azure and the BizSpark program. [0:26] Tell us about Webdoctor. What do you do?[2:48] What are some of the challenges your business faces?[4:30] What technology are you leveraging to deliver your service?[5:26] How did you happen to choose Azure since you're not a typical Microsoft shop?[7:10] Are you taking advantage of any of the scalability features in Azure?[7:53] How did you get involved with Microsoft BizSpark program?[9:45] What are some of the advantages to this "te...
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Jerry Nixon welcomes Hari Menon and Jon Chu to the show as they discuss the recent announcements made for the XAML Behaviors platform which are now open source and natively support Windows UWP app development. [4:15] What are XAML Behaviors?[8:54] Why Open Source?[12:22] What are some of the benefits to Open Source?[15:55] What about WPF?[17:40] Are there any changes with Blend? For more information on XAML Behaviors and Open Source, click here Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any ...
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Django, Azure Machine Learning and exploding manhole covers?!?!?! Tune in for this action packed MVA Monthly with Jerry Nixon, Matt Calder and special guest Christopher Harrison and learn why "D" isn't just for December anymore. [2:02] In case you missed it: + Data Science and Azure Machine Learning [3:00] Exploding manhole covers?!? Whaattt?[7:26] What can we expect to see in December? + Creating Real-World Applications with Django Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the...
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David Giard welcomes Jan Hase, CEO of Wunderflats, an online service which helps you find or rent your furnished apartment. Tune in as they discuss his startup and how it got off the ground from conception to early challenges, finding funding and working with angel investors, venture capitalists and Microsoft Ventures. [0:26] Tell us about Wunderflats. What do you do?[1:04] How was your experience with Microsoft Accelerators? [1:44] What tech is involved to deliver your solution?[2:45] How are you using Microsoft Azure?[4:38] Where is your service currently located? Are there plans for expansion?[6:03] What does your revenue model look like and how are you marketing your service?[7:00] What...
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David Giard welcomes Haim Senior, CEO of Knowmail, an email and messaging artificial intelligence engine that helps provide messaging services such as prioritization, smart summary, and next best action for its users. Tune in as they discuss his startup - from early hurdles they had to overcome to how his company secured funding as well as best practices for budding entrepreneurs. [0:37] What does Knowmail do?[2:10] How important is Privacy & Security in your business model? [3:10] How do you incorporate cloud computing (Azure) in your service?[5:01] How do you implement artificial intelligence in your service?[6:43] How is business going so far? What stage are you in now?[8:09] Thi...
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What would happen if we got a bunch of devs together on a Skype call to discuss all of the brand new announcements made during last week's Connect(); //2015 conference? Do you think they'd say something they shouldn't have or maybe geek out about a brand new feature say in Visual Studio or ASP.NET 5? Well, you're about to find out, so tune in now! [1:14] Visual Studio Code beta release[4:04] ASP.NET 5 RC[5:25] Docker tools for Visual Studio RC[6:51] Cross Platform Development[8:19] Visual Studio Dev Essentials[9:25] Visual Studio cloud subscriptions[11:48] Android Development in JavaScript in Visual Studio[14:20] Using "R" in VS[14:31] What's a pirate's favorite language?[15:00] Visual Stu...
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Learn how to use Bower with ASP.NET 5 to manage your various website packages all from the Command Line and without using Visual Studio 2015. [0:07] ASP.NET 5 and Bower overview[1:29] DEMO: ASP.NET 5 and BowerTOOLKITBower Package ManagerNPMGitVS Code (Visual Studio Code Editor) Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Michael Palermo's BlogASP.NET 5 DocumentationTry Visual Studio 2015 here
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Wouldn't it be great if you could eliminate all of the repetitive, tedious work while writing your Windows app? Well look no further than Template 10! Join Jerry Nixon and Daren May, Co-Founder and President of CRANK211 as they walk you though the thought process and how to get started with this fantastic time saver for your development needs. [1:50] What is Template 10 and how can it help developers?[12:01] What's in the Template 10 library?[23:02] How do I get started with Template 10?For more information on Template 10, click here. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're intereste...
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Jerry Nixon and Matt Calder are back for this MVA Monthly edition and in today's episode they provide a quick recap of what happened last month and what we can look forward to in November. [2:16] In case you missed it: Introduction to React.jsJavaScript for Experienced DevelopersIntroduction to JSON with C#[8:05] What can we expect to see in November? XAML for Windows 10: LayoutXAML for Windows 10: ControlsXAML for Windows 10: Item Controls Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the...
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David Giard welcomes Will Mallouk, CEO of Pixel Squad to the show as they discuss how his company got started in the gaming industry. Tune in as he describes for us their move away from AWS to Azure as well as what hurdles they had to overcome as an indie game shop on their quest to launch their first game - Crime Coast. [0:37] Tell us about Pixel Squad. What do you do?[2:07] Tell us about your game "Crime Coast" How was it being featured in both the Windows and Apple App store at the same time?[5:05] The game looks great! How did you make it?[6:16] What was the motivation for moving from Amazon Web Services to Azure?[8:05] Tell us a little bit about how your app communicates with...
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Learn how to build an ASP.NET 5 site without using Visual Studio 2015. Starting with nothing but the command line and a decent text editor, content created is fairly equal to the Empty starter template in Visual Studio 2015. [0:07] Getting started with ASP.NET 5 overview[1:43] DEMO: ASP.NET 5 - From Nothing to Empty TOOLKITNPM (Node Package Manager)Git DownloadsDNVM (.NET Version Manager)VS Code (Visual Studio Code Editor) Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for f...
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Jennifer Marsman welcomes Alex Littlewood, Founder and CEO of Motoroso to the show as they discuss how Bing Ads helped play a part in growing Motoroso's user base. Tune in and learn about the motivation and growth strategy behind this innovative and driven startup and learn how Bing Ads can help your business. [1:16] Tell us a little bit about you and what Motoroso does?[4:36] What was the inspiration behind your startup?[6:25] How did you grow your business and how did Bing Ads play into this equation?[12:20] What's next for your business? Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're inte...
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In part 6 of his Azure Machine Learning series, Sam Stokes provides a quick review of R and then demos for us how to use RStudio to create your own die and dice game. [0:47] A review of R[3:27] Demo: Create your own die and dice game in RStudio Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Blogs & Articles: Sam's BlogMicrosoft Virtual Academy: Free Training at your Fingertips. Sign up TodayHigh School Core Curriculum:High School: Modelin...
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In this edition of our Microsoft for Startups series, David Giard welcomes Richard Conway, Data Scientist for Elasta Games to the show. Tune in as they chat about their startup, from what they do, to how they do it using Microsoft BizSpark and Azure. [1:01] Tell us about Elasta Games. What do you do?[2:20] How does your solution work and how do you use Azure?[5:40] What's the advantage of using AzureML Studio vs. writing your own R Code?[9:52] Who is Captain Pastry? :D [12:15] How has the Microsoft BizSpark program helped you? Follow the conversation @bizspark Become a Fan @ facebook.com/bizspark Join our LinkedIn Group Subscribe to our YouTube videos Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, W...
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A great app starts with a great user interface. In today's episode Jerry Nixon welcomes Chantal Leonard to the show as they discuss the decision process - from design to development - that went behind the scenes in the creation of the MSN or first party apps that shipped with Windows 10. Tune in and learn about the thought process behind building a Universal Windows app as well as some best practices you can incorporate when developing your own apps. [1:16] Tell us about the "Bing or MSN" apps that ship with Windows.[3:40] So how does this relate to today's episode? What were some of the decisions that had to be made when your team first started to created these apps?[6:10] What ...
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Continuing our Microsoft for Startups series, David Giard welcomes John Brengman, Team Leader for Radication Games to the show. Tune in as they chat about their gaming startup, from what they do, to how they do it using Microsoft BizSpark and Azure. [0:54] Tell us about Radication Games. What do you do?[2:30] What is "Project Sanitarium"?[4:50] DEMO: Project Sanitarium[11:09] How do you currently use Azure for your game?[16:20] Can you describe the relationship that you have had with Microsoft in building your startup?[17:10] What's next for you and the company? Follow the conversation @bizspark Become a Fan @ facebook.com/bizspark Join our LinkedIn Group Subscribe to our YouTube videos Sub...
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Jerry Nixon and Matt Calder are back for this MVA Monthly edition and in today's episode they provide a quick recap of what happened last month and what we can look forward to in October. [1:52] In case you missed it: Creating Dynamic Web Pages with KnockoutMastering Node.js Modules and Packages[6:00] Big news! Introduction to ASP.NET 5Know it Prove it Challenge - through October 15[9:55] Got an idea for a course? Email Matt! Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links fo...
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In part 5 of his Azure Machine Learning series, Sam Stokes recaps R and Azure Machine Learning and shows us how to use tools used by Data Scientists to create statistical models as well as how Azure Machine Learning makes this easier to accomplish. [0:47] A review of R[7:16] Demo: RStudio Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Blogs & Articles: Sam's BlogMicrosoft Virtual Academy: Free Training at your Fingertips. Sign up TodayHig...
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Big data is a huge industry trend right now. Data of large volume, velocity (processing in near real-time), and variety (mashing up data from different sources, like weather data plus team records plus who won last time in emotional matchups to predict who will win a football game) can be considered big data. With the rise of the internet of things and many things sending state to be analyzed, big data is crucial. Microsoft faced a strategic decision: big data is happening, now what do we do about it? Tune in as Jennifer Marsman welcomes Matt Winkler, Group Product Manager of the Azure HDInsight solution as they discuss Microsoft's journey into Open Source and how his team has embraced ...
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David Giard welcomes Andy Abbott, Co-Founder and SVP of Engineering at BookedOut as they discuss what BookedOut does, how it got started as well as how they use various Microsoft technologies such as Microsoft Azure in their service. [0:23] Tell us about BookedOut. What do you do?[3:00] What tech are you using to accomplish this?[7:32] DEMO: How BookedOut works Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: David Giard's...
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Jerry Nixon welcomes Matt Calder and Andrew Parsons for this MVA Monthly edition and in today's episode they provide a quick recap of what's happened over the summer and what we can expect to see in the month of September. [1:52] Summer Recap: Developing Universal Apps, with Don BoxBuilding Windows 10 Games with Unity 5Update to A Developer's Guide to Windows 10Using Node.js with Visual Studio Code[6:10] What can we expect to see in September? Mastering Node.js Modules and PackagesCreating Dynamic Webpages with Knockout[8:35] Improved Search Capabilities![9:48] New! Know it. Prove it. Challenge[14:45] New Students section on MVA Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MS...
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Continuing our Microsoft for Startups series, David Giard welcomes Manohar Kamath, Founder of Pursuits to the show. Tune in as they chat about what Pursuits does as well as how his team uses Microsoft BizSpark and Azure in their operations. [0:33] Tell us about Pursuits. What do you do?[4:52] What tech are you using to accomplish this?[6:40] DEMO: Pursuits app in action[15:56] You mentioned that your company is always evolving. Can you tell us a little more about that? Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this ...
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In part 4 of his Azure Machine Learning series, Sam Stokes shows us how to use R in your Azure ML experiments. Learn how you can incorporate your R code in ML Studio. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Blogs & Articles: Sam's BlogMicrosoft Virtual Academy: Free Training at your Fingertips. Sign up Today
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Jerry Nixon welcomes Christopher Bennage from the Patterns & Practices team to discuss some of the proven practices and tools that are available to developers so that they can be successful on the Microsoft platform. To learn more about the Patterns & Practices team click on any the following links: Our public team backlog: https://waffle.io/mspnp/roadmapCloud Design Patterns: Prescriptive Architecture Guidance for Cloud Applicationshttps://twitter.com/mspnphttps://github.com/mspnp Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutio...
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Notifications are one of the primary ways you interact with your customers on Windows devices. In Windows 10, developers can now send and manage much more customized content inside a notification whether its via the phone or desktop. Tune in as Jerry Nixon welcomes Lei Xu to the show as they discuss what's new with toasts, notifications and the action center in Windows 10 and how it affects you the developer and the customer experience. [3:35] Let's starts with toasts --- how has this changed in Windows 10?[11:30] There were tons of templates available for tiles and toasts in Window 8.1 --- let's discuss the new one flexible template for toasts in Windows 10. [14:55] What's the story behin...
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Jerry Nixon welcomes Si Daniels for this entertaining discussion surrounding the history of the Segoe font, Microsoft's official typeface. Listen in as they discuss how Segoe came to be, best practices for using it in your applications as well as how you can use a Segoe-like font when writing cross-platform apps. [1:56] How did it all get started?[12:48] Why are there so many different variations of Segoe?[15:11] How do developers & designers choose which version of Segoe is best to use for their app?[16:25] Bonus Trivia Question! How did Segoe get its name and how is it pronounced?[21:14] Who has the "rights" to Segoe?[22:33] For developers who are writing cross platform apps...
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Jerry Nixon welcomes Tony Pendolino to the show as they discuss best practices for maximizing user data in your Windows 10 applications. Listen in on this great discussion as they chat about how you can make your apps more personable as you'll have access to Contact, Appointment, Email, Messaging and Call History data through the same APIs used by the Windows in-box apps. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Je...
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In part 3 of his Azure Machine Learning series, Sam Stokes shows us how to use Python in AzureML. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Blogs & Articles: Sam's BlogMicrosoft Virtual Academy: Free Training at your Fingertips. Sign up Today
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Jerry Nixon and Matt Calder are back for this MVA Monthly edition and in today's episode they provide a quick recap of what happened in June and what we can expect in the month of July. [1:51] Let's talk about the recently redesigned MVA site. What can visitors expect?[4:20] June recap: Building Websites with Python and DjangoBuilding Roslyn-based analyzers and diagnosticsBuilding Windows 10 games with unity 5A developer's guide to windows 10[8:42] What can we expect to see in July? Exploring Microservices in Docker and Microsoft AzureBig Data Analytics with HDInsight: Hadoop on AzureWhat's new in C#6SharePoint Online Development for Office 365MEAN Stack Jump Start Follow the conversatio...
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James Quick welcomes Javier Dutan, CEO of Sabor, a Restaurant Point of Sale System built for Windows tablets. Listen in as he provides us with a brief demo of his company, demos his solution as well as discusses how he uses Microsoft Azure and the BizSpark program. Learn more about Sabor here [0:40] Tell us a little bit about yourself and what Sabor does?[2:59] How are you using Microsoft Azure and the BizSpark program? Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free,...
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Continuing our Microsoft for Startups series, David Giard welcomes Jeawy Jang and Tae Tongnussock from Len-Din as they showcase their innovative eco-friendly application aimed at improving soil inspection, management and planting techniques for the agriculture and farming industries. [0:36] Tell us a little bit about Len-Din and what problem you are trying to solve?[2:40] What made you realize you could build an eco-friendly business?[4:14] How do you use Microsoft Azure in your business?[7:10] How did Microsoft BizSpark help your business?[9:20] What do you see as the future for startups who launch eco-friendly businesses?Want to learn more about Len-Din? Check them out here! Follow the co...
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In part 2 of his Azure Machine Learning series, Sam Stokes shows us how to use the Machine Learning Recommender in AzureML. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Blogs & Articles: Sam's BlogMicrosoft Virtual Academy: Free Training at your Fingertips. Sign up Today
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Jerry Nixon and Matt Calder are back for this MVA Monthly edition and in today's episode they provide a quick recap of May's content and preview for us what's in store for the month of June. [1:25] May 2015 recap A Developer's Guide to Windows 10Big Data Analytics with HDInsight: Hadoop on AzureDeveloping Solutions with Azure DocumentDBJava on Azure[5:40] What can we look forward to in June?Django - Web framework for pythonConstruct 2 Advanced Game DevelopmentAdvanced Monogame2d games with Gamemaker Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products...
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Jerry Nixon welcomes Srivatsn Narayanan and Anthony Green to the show as they discuss how you can use Roslyn to to analyze and troubleshoot errors in your APIs. [3:05] Explain Code Analyzers to our audience. What are they and how are they beneficial?[13:30] What are some uses cases for this?[16:20] What does the experience look like for a developer?[19:20] Where can I use this? Which languages does this apply to?For more information click the below links: Roslyn on GitHubThe Visual Basic Team blogUse Roslyn to Write a Live Code Analyzer for Your APIAdding a Code Fix to Your Roslyn Analyzer Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes...
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Sam Stokes kicks off a new multi-part series today on Azure Machine Learning. Tune in for part 1 as he covers Azure Machine Learning basics from why its important to how it can be used for your purposes as well as introduces you to the AzureML Studio so that you utilize it in your applications. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Blogs & Articles: Sam's Blog Microsoft Virtual Academy: Free Training at your Fingertips. Sign up T...
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Jerry Nixon welcomes Yasmin Khan and Olivier Fontana to the show as they discuss Skype Translator and how it utilizes the advancements of Microsoft Translator. Tune in for this great real world example of cloud based automatic translation services at work! Get started using the Translator API in your applications! Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's BlogVisual Studio Ultimate 2013 90-day Free T...
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Continuing our Microsoft for Startups series, we decided to turn our focus onto Eco-Friendly companies that are tackling environmental and sustainability issues. First up on our list is Intelen, a New York based startup changing the way we interact with the planet by providing utility companies with powerful tools that transform real-time energy data into information allowing for more efficient energy consumption. Tune in as David Giard welcomes CEO & Co-Founder Vassilis Nikolopoulos to the show as they discuss his company and their solutions. [0:42] What problem are you trying to solve?[4:25] What got you interested in sustainability issues?[5:19] Please explain how you use Microsoft...
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Jerry Nixon and Sr.Content Developer Matt Calder are back for this MVA Monthly edition and in today's episode they provide a quick recap of April's content as well as preview for us what's in store for May (hmmm.... "I wonder what they could possibly talk about after the Build conference? ) :) [1:16] April 2015 recap[2:12] Know it. Prove it. Build edition[5:20] What's in store for May?Exploring Microservices in Docker and Microsoft AzureA Developer's Guide to Windows 10 [13:48] 3 million! Wait, what?!? Wow! Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more abo...
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Jerry Nixon welcomes back Rahul Bagaria to the show as they discuss some of the new enhancements made to the Application Insights service. Tune in as they chat about the recent changes and provide extensive demos on how to get started using Application Insights in Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 as well as showcase an example of an application that has been fully configured to run Application Insights. Get started here! [0:40] Let's discus Application Insights and its importance to developers[7:34] DEMO: Get Started using Application Insights in Visual Studio[21:10] DEMO: Let's take a look at an application that is fully configured with Application Insights[35:32] How does Azure Mobile Engag...
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As a developer, the Office 365 platform allows you to reach over 1 billion Office users all over the globe. Join Jerry Nixon and Christine Matheney as they discuss the Top 5 Reasons you should start building productivity apps for Office and learn how you can get started building business solutions using the technologies you already know and love. Next Steps:Join Microsoft experts at a local Office DevCamp and get started creating Office based solutionsCheck out these MVA Office 365 Developer Courses for FREE! Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about th...
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Wrapping up his IoT series on exploring the littoral space, Sam Stokes provides some additional context on Microsoft Azure and how you can use it for additional scientific research projects in the future. Tune in for this quick overview and demo heavy session on see how Azure and its many offerings can be tailored to fit your needs. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Sam's BlogVisual Studio Ultimate 2013 90-...
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Continuing his IoT series on how to design a littoral research project, Sam Stokes provides us with the steps it will take to effectively collect, log and store your data using Microsoft Azure Storage and the Azure Storage Explorer. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Sam's BlogVisual Studio Ultimate 2013 90-day Free Trial
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In today's episode, Jesus Aguilar will show you how to use Azure Search in a database driven website. Tune in for a great demo and learn how to enable full text search on the data stored in the data back end for your site. Read the Step-By-Step Guide hereor to download the full solution click here Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Blogs & Articles: Jesus Aguilar's blogRead the article! "Using Azure Search in Your ASP.NET MVC We...
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Jerry Nixon welcomes Xavier Ziemba to the show as they discuss the recent performance enhancements made to .NET Native that will dramatically optimize the performance of your Windows apps. Be sure to listen in and catch all of the important announcements here! For more information click the below links: .NET Native Deep Dive: Dynamic Features in Static Code.NET Native PerformanceThe .NET Native Tool-Chain Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth ...
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Jerry Nixon welcomes Sr. Content Developer Matt Calder to the show as they do a quick recap for the month of March and then preview what's in store for the MVA in April. [4:16] Web Development Wednesdays [8:40] Game Development Training [16:25] Live Training Events Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's Blog
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Concluding our Building Apps with TouchDevelop series Christine Matheney shows us how to publish our new app to various platforms. Try out TouchDevelop for yourself here. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Christine Matheney's BlogGet Started with TouchDevelop!Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 90-day Free Trial
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In Part 3 of her Building Apps with TouchDevelop series Christine Matheney shows us how to create our first game - Jumping Bird! Watch this quick demo and learn how you can create your own game using TouchDevelop. Try out TouchDevelop for yourself here. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Christine Matheney's BlogGet Started with TouchDevelop!Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 90-day Free Trial
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In Part 2 of her Building Apps with TouchDevelop series Christine Matheney covers a quick tutorial on how to create cool and crazy graphics by controlling a turtle. Turtle Spiral demo…BEGIN! Try out TouchDevelop for yourself here. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Christine Matheney's BlogGet Started with TouchDevelop!Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 90-day Free Trial
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In Part 1 of her Building Apps with TouchDevelop series Christine Matheney gives us an overview of what we can do with TouchDevelop as well as shows us how to get started. Try out TouchDevelop for yourself here. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Christine Matheney's BlogGet Started with TouchDevelop!Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 90-day Free Trial
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Christine Matheney kicks off this quick "how-to" series on "Building Apps with TouchDevelop." To get started with TouchDevelop click here. Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Christine Matheney's BlogGet Started with TouchDevelop!Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 90-day Free Trial
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Jerry Nixon welcomes Anthony Green Lucian Wischik and Dustin Campbell to the show as they discuss the new and upcoming features that we can expect to see in Visual Basic and Visual Studio 2015. [5:25] What are the new language features?[6:20] What's Roslyn?[15:50] What's coming in Visual Basic and Visual Studio 2015 and what can developers get excited about?[20:51] What do analyzers mean for developers? How does it impact them?For more information click the below links: Roslyn on GitHubThe Visual Basic Team blog Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about...
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