What to Do with a BlackBerry PlayBook Now that BB10 Update is Cancelled
I’m a bit of a tablet junkie. I’ve been using an iPad since May 2010 (now upgraded to 3rd generation), I have an Asus TF101 Transformer Prime Android tablet, I bought a Surface RT at launch, and got a...
View ArticleWhat’s new in iOS 7? Neither features nor functions, but user experience!
On June 10, 2013 Apple announced its new mobile operating system– iOS 7. It gained a lot of attention with its new visual style but was also controversial. Many people felt uncomfortable with the big...
View ArticleWhy Developers Should Study Patent Applications
A software developer’s ideal goal in their career is to create something that will forever change the technology industry; something so significant that even several generations down the road, people...
View ArticleReportPlus: Enterprise Dashboarding for the iPad – A Work Anywhere Ecosystem...
ReportPlusReportPlus is a dashboard and reporting tool for the iPad that maximizes users’ ability to access business intelligence in order to make informed decisions, wherever they are. Users can...
View ArticleDeveloper Humor: A Quick Byte
Another Wednesday has somehow come to pass... to get us all through the day, here's another funny, sponsored by yours truly, Infragistics.If you have other ideas for dev or programming jokes you'd like...
View ArticleDevelopment with Visual Studio 2013 Preview and SQL Server 2014 CTP1 on...
Many developers want to create applications, developed with a recent Preview Visual Studio 2013 and SQL Server 2014 CTP1 on Windows 8.1 Preview. Very often you could have some issues when try to use...
View ArticleWe’ve got Ignite UI Grids shining in a Durandal SPA for you
Long time ago, the web was all about static HTML content, and a bit of inline styles. JavaScript was primarily used for alert boxes and falling snowflake scripts (that websites used to load around...
View ArticleIntroduction to Systematic Programming – Week 6
Previous Series Links:Intro to “Introduction to Systematic Programming” CourseIntroduction to Systematic Programming – Week 1Introduction to Systematic Programming - Week 2Introduction to Systematic...
View ArticleGoogle Chromecast – What You Can & Can’t Do… and What Developers Should Do
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, you’ve heard of the Google Chromecast, a cheap cool that easily lets you broadcast content from a computer or tablet to your TV. Many of you...
View ArticleCSS-Tricks - HTML5 Resource of the Day
It’s been a while since I have done one of these, but I’m back with another great HTML5 resource for you today. Today’s resource is CSS-Tricks. Although CSS-Tricks is primarily known for its namesake...
View ArticleAndroid Application Development Doesn't Require a Huge Financial Investment
Companies are experiencing one of the most significant trends to influence their workspace in quite some time. The bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon is taking a hold of businesses throughout all...
View ArticleUsing the Ignite UI Grid and Breeze.JS in a Hot Towel SPA – a complete CRUD app
Couple of days ago, I’ve blogged about how easy and cool it is to integrate the Ignite UI grid with Durandal. In this blog post, I am going to explore the Hot Towel SPA template by John Papa,...
View ArticleTop 100 Apps Availability on iOS, Android, Windows Phone & Windows 8
“I don’t want to use a Windows Phone because it doesn’t have enough apps.”I’m so tired of hearing this.Windows Phone now has over 160,000 apps in its App Store, which may sound low compared to the 1+...
View ArticlePrism: Dynamically Discover and Load Modules at Runtime
If you develop WPF applications with Prism, then you are probably already aware of the many ways in which you can load a module. Loading a module starts with what is called a ModuleCatalog. You can’t...
View ArticleHTML Prototype Viewer Done! - What's Next?
Publishing Complete, indeed! :) What you see above is maybe a subtle change when it comes to the Indigo UI; however, it is a humongous change when it comes to what it represents.Last week we shipped...
View ArticleEasily Develop Native iOS Apps for iPhone and iPad
It goes without saying that the popularity of the iPhone and iPad has changed the course of the entire mobile industry. These gadgets are being embraced by both the consumer and business market, and...
View ArticleHTML5 + jQuery Controles (Portuguese - Brasil)
Qualquer App – Qualquer Navegador – Qualquer Plataforma – Qualquer AparelhoAs melhores aplicações HTML5 precisam de uma performance de deixar de boca aberta. IgniteUI dá a você as ferramentas para...
View ArticleNetAdvantage for Silverlight - August 2013 Release Notes: 12.2, 13.1 Service...
Release notes reflect the state of resolved bugs and new additions from the previous release. You will find these notes useful to help determine the resolution of existing issues from a past release...
View ArticleNetAdvantage for WPF - August 2013 Release Notes: 12.2, 13.1 Service Releases
Release notes reflect the state of resolved bugs and new additions from the previous release. You will find these notes useful to help determine the resolution of existing issues from a past release...
View ArticleTake Windows Phone Applications into Your Own Hands
The smartphone industry is being dominated by the likes of Android and iOS, but other operating systems are vying for position to establish themselves as the third major platform. With this in mind,...
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