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Microsoft Ignite is just a few months away now, and we’ve released our session catalog covering a broad range of tech topics. Check it out for a preview of what you can expect to see, do, and learn in September. More sessions will be added over the co… Continue reading Check out the session catalog and get excited for September!
Dust off your blaster rifle and polish your clone trooper armor for the Star Wars Battlefront II beta starting October 4 on Xbox One. Earlier this week, EA announced specific details about the upcoming beta and when players who have pre-ordered the highly anticipated Star Wars game will have an exclusive opportunity to jump into the fray. For this beta, the royal palace in the city of Theed — located on the planet of Naboo for the keen Star Wars observer — will be your battleground in the Galactic Assault mode as either the Republic clone troopers or Separatist droid… Continue reading Pre-order Star Wars Battlefront II and Play the Beta Starting October 4
This is the first of an eight part series where Robert is joined by Phil Japikse to discuss design patterns. A design pattern is a best practice you can use in your code to solve a common problem. In this episode, Phil demonstrates the Command and Memento patterns.
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Continue reading Design Patterns: Command/Memento | Visual Studio Toolbox
We know that at the start of each new award cycle, MVPs wait anxiously for that renewal email to pop up in their inboxes. And if it doesn’t appear, there can be some pretty mixed feelings – it’s difficult to say goodbye to the MVP Program and all the perks that come along with it…. Continue reading MVP Reconnect: Why You Should Join The Program For Former MVPs Today
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of playable short stories about a cursed family in Washington State. You play as Edith, who tries to figure out why she is the last one in her family alive upon coming back to the house she grew up in. As you explore the house, you’ll find stories about each family member with its own unique gameplay and each ending with the death of that family member. It’s a game that touches on a lot of subjects: death, family, stories and what we leave behind, but more than anything it’s a game… Continue reading Discover What Remains of Edith Finch on Xbox One July 19
We are back! In this episode, Steve Carroll talks with Will Buik about our new MinGW experience in Visual Studio, as we continue to work to enable different types of C++ development scenarios in the IDE.
Continue reading GoingNative 59: MinGW in Visual Studio | C9::GoingNative
New Outlook experiences make it easier for you to communicate, collaborate and manage your time while on the go.
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This week, we take a look at how to monetize your mobile applications. Specifically we will see how to add mobile ads into your existing iOS, Android, and UWP applications. I walk through how to ad a Google Admob add to a Xamarin.Android applicati… Continue reading Episode 26: Monetizing Mobile Apps with Ads | The Xamarin Show