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22:44:21 05/25/12
TWC9: 200! Kinect SDK v1.5, GitHub for Windows, Visual Studio 11 lineup and more | This Week On Channel 9
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This week on Channel 9, Dan and Dennis Delimarsky discuss the week's top developer news, including:
* [0:55] Show 200!
* [1:23] Kinect for Windows SDK v1.5 Released
* [2:37] A look ahead at the Visual Studio 11 product lineup and platform support (The Visual Studio Team)
* [4:10] .NET 4.5 to Support Zip File Manipulation Out of the Box (Tugberk Ugurlu)
* [5:06] GitHub for Windows (Paul Haacker)
* [6:11] Channel 9 Highlight: Windows 8 Developer Camp – On Demand
* [7:07] Channel 9 Highlight: Developing Windows 8 Metro style apps with C++ sessions now online
* [8:16] My Favorite Features: Unit Testing Enhancements in Visual Studio 11 (Jason Zander)
* [10:33] Getting Started with CSS Media Queries (Dan Wahlin)
* [11:59] Beginner’s Guide to Node.js on Windows Azure (Shiju Varghese)
Picks of the Week!
* Dan's Pick of the Week: [13:21] Kinect Learning Resources and Documentation
* Den's Pick of the Week: [14:13] Sh*t Developers DON'T Say
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20:59:46 05/25/12
Episode 81 - Windows Azure Media Services | Cloud Cover
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Join Nate and Nick each week as they cover Windows Azure. You can follow and interact with the show at @CloudCoverShow .
In this episode, we are joined by Alex Zambelli — Senior Technical Evangelist — and Samuel Nq — Senior Development Lead — who discuss Windows Azure Media Services . Alex and Samual go into detail about the features and services that are coming very soon in the preview for Windows Azure Media Services. We also discuss a variety of scenarios that this service will support as well as several real-world examples.
In the News:
Meet Windows Azure. Get a sneak peek at the latest from Windows Azure. You're invited to attend a special online event on June 7 th streaming live from San Francisco (at 1:00pm PDT / UTC-7 hours). Visit register.meetwindowsazure.com by May 27 to add event information to your calendar and learn more about how you can win the chance to attend the event in-person.
Learn Windows Azure . Watch LIVE online on Monday, June 11 th as we broadcast from TechEd 2012 in Orlando. LEARN how to use the latest Windows Azure features and services to build, deploy, and manage applications in the cloud with sessions delivered by Microsoft technical leaders Scott Guthrie, Mark Russinovich, Quentin Clark, and Bill Staples! Join us in person at TechEd or register to watch online.
Windows Azure DevCamps . Windows Azure Developer Camps are free, fun, no-fluff events for developers, by developers. You learn from experts in a low-key, interactive way and then get hands-on time to apply what you've learned. Register for an event close to you today!
Build the next great app at AngelHack – learn more on the Windows Azure blog. Prizes include $25,000 in seed capital and free Windows Azure for 12 months.
In the Tip of the Week, we discuss a blog post by Ranjith Ramakrishnan of Opstera. Ranjith give five tips to optimize your application and deployments to reduce your Windows Azure bill.
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02:53:00 05/25/12
Combining XAML and DirectX in Metro style apps | Developing Windows 8 Metro style apps with C++
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Windows 8 introduces the ability to use both XAML and DirectX in the same C++ Metro-style app, allowing you to combine the rich UI and interactivity of XAML with the power and control of DirectX graphics. Learn about the different mechanisms provided and the advantages of each approach.
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22:49:54 05/23/12
Defrag: WHS+MC, Error 1325, Using Onboard VGA+PCI Video | The Defrag Show
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Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 ( see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to DefragShow@microsoft.com . We will also be checking comments for problems, but the email address will let us contact you if needed.
[00:15] - Can Windows Home Server run Media Center. [ link ] [ link ]
[03:40] - Junction on folder using Skydrive.
[05:01] - Preventing Skydrive from copying large files to local PC. [ link ]
[06:30] - Why icons refresh after adding a bookmark.
[07:20] - Error 1325 is not a valid short file name.
[09:35] - What * actually does in a Windows Explorer search.
[12:54] - Clicking on any menu item crashes apps.
[15:09] - Can onboard VGA be used along with a PCI video card.
[17:44] - Way to get an icon's right click properties from Task Bar.
[18:37] - Pick of the Week: New line of Lenovo laptops. [ link ]
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15:35:00 05/23/12
Building Metro style apps with XAML and C++ | Developing Windows 8 Metro style apps with C++
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With the introduction of Metro style apps for C++ developers, Microsoft now brings the XAML UI platform to native code! I will take you through a lap around creating a Metro style app in XAML and C++. I'll introduce the fundamentals of the XAML platform in WinRT and how C++ developers can easily write applications with a consistent, touch-friendly UI framework. I'll walk through the developer experience in Visual Studio for creating these apps, noting how (and why) code is structured in the project system. I will also demonstrate some of the powerful benefits of XAML in databinding and custom control development. Finally, I will introduce the developer tools that enable you to design XAML in a graphical way within Visual Studio as well as Blend.
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15:15:42 05/23/12
Visual Studio Toolbox: Debugger Canvas | Visual Studio Toolbox
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In this episode, Kael Rowan of Microsoft Research joins us and shows the Debugger Canvas. Debugger Canvas is a power tool for Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate that pulls together the code you're exploring onto a single pan-and-zoom display. As you hit breakpoints or step into code, Debugger Canvas shows the methods that you're debugging, including call lines and local variables, to help you see the bigger picture as well as the details.
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07:00:00 05/22/12
Getting the most out of the C++ compiler | Developing Windows 8 Metro style apps with C++
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The C++ compiler in Visual Studio 11 includes a new feature, called auto-vectorization. It analyses the loops in C++ code and tries to make them run faster by using the vector registers, and instruction, inside the processor. This short talk explains what's going on.
[This session was pre-recorded]
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02:35:56 05/22/12
Ping 142: Siri speaks, Xbox in the den, E3, Microsoft at the races | Ping!
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"The Lightbulb", Larry Larson, stopped by again to share his unique and always entertaining thoughts on these stories and more:
Siri love [03:18]
Xbox is winning the living room [13:15]
What's E3 up to? [06:58]
Microsoft goes to the races [10:40]
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01:45:00 05/22/12
The Windows Runtime Library (WRL) | Developing Windows 8 Metro style apps with C++
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What is WRL and how does it help you write Metro Apps? Learn what is involved in consuming and authoring WinRT objects with WRL.
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01:00:00 05/22/12
Herb Sutter: Visual C++ for Windows 8 | Developing Windows 8 Metro style apps with C++
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Want to know how to write cool tablet apps using Visual C++? To kick off our day of Metro style programming in VC++, this talk will begin with an overview of how the WinRT type system is projected in Visual C++, then delve into how easy it is to use fast and portable C++, UIs built using XAML or DirectX or both, and powerful parallel computation from std::async and PPL to automatic vectorization and C++ AMP to harness powerful mobile GPUs... and use any or all of those tools together easily in any combination within the same Visual C++ application, delivering beautiful and responsive results on today's mainstream mobile hardware.
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21:15:00 05/21/12
Building Windows Runtime Components with C++ | Developing Windows 8 Metro style apps with C++
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The Windows Runtime enables developers from a variety of languages – JavaScript, C#, Visual Basic and C++ - to use the Windows APIs in a natural and familiar way. But did you know that you can build your own components that project into those same languages for use in your Metro style apps? Watch this session to learn how to build your own Windows Runtime components with C++ that can be used across languages in Metro style applications.
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19:00:00 05/21/12
Walkthrough: Designing Metro style apps with XAML Designer in VS and Blend | Developing Windows 8 Metro style apps with C++
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If you want your Metro style app to delight users you'll want to start with a great UX design. In this session, I will show you some of the key features of XAML designer in Visual Studio and Blend to design and build a C++ Metro style app that is both visually appealing and easy to use.
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16:50:44 05/21/12
Inside Windows Phone #38 | Nikola Mihaylov, the Developer Behind Fantasia Painter | Inside Windows Phone
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Today we talked to Nikola Mihaylov, a developer in the Expression Blend team. Nikola is the developer of Fantasia Painter, an extremely highly ranked photo editing app for Windows Phone.
Nikola walked us through his app, and talked a bit about how he implemented various aspects of the app. He describes himself as 'obsessed with performance,' and had a few very interesting practices to share in that regard.
Per our usual practices, here are some relevant and interesting links:
Fantasia Painter in the Windows Phone Marketplace, ( Free and Paid )
Performance Considerations for Windows Phone Developers in the MSDN Library
Mike Battista's recent posts on WP app optimization:
Optimize Startup Time
Reduce Memory Usage
Responding to User Input
Pratap Lakshman's recent posts on using the WP Profiler
Memory Profiling for Application Performance
Memory Profiling - Launching, Graphs and Markers
Memory Profiling - The Heap Summary View
Let us know if you have any questions
Larry Lieberman, @larryalieberman
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13:30:00 05/21/12
Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More
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Rob Relyea, a Principal Program Manager on the Kinect for Windows team joins us again on Channel 9 to discuss all of the new features with the 1.5 release of the Kinect for Windows SDK.
* Download the 1.5 Release at KinectforWindows.com
[00:33] Overview of the Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 Release
[03:00] Improvements to the Kinect Explorer Sample
[03:38] Using the Kinect Explorer sample with Seated Skeletal Tracking
[04:37] Kinect Avatar/XNA sample that demonstrates the new support for skeletal joint orientation
[06:47] Face Tracking sample that locates and orients a face, along with 70+ vertices to track eyes, eyebrows, mouth, etc
[08:49] Kinect Studio developer tool that shows how to record and playback Kinect data in your application
[11:26] Green screen sample shows background separation
[12:03] Rob discusses the improved synchronization of depth and color data and improved performance in mapping color to depth pixels
[13:34] Direct 3D Demo that shows a 3D Point cloud visualization of Kinect data
[14:50] Speech Basics demo for navigating a turtle by voice
[15:40] Kinect language packs now support English (US, Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, French (Canada and France), Spanish (Spain, Mexico), Italian, and Japanese
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03:40:24 05/19/12
TWC9: C9 Gets MSDN, VS11 SDK Beta, Win8 Camp in a Box, Faces for WP7 and more | This Week On Channel 9
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This week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian discuss the week's top developer news, including:
* [0:41] Announcing MSDN Profile Integration ( Geoffrey , karstenj , Mike Sampson )
* [1:26] .NET 4.5 Improvements for Cloud and Server Applications (Soma Somasegar)
* [2:27] My Favorite Features: Improved Tooling in Visual Studio 11 for JavaScript Developers (Jason Zander)
* [5:29] Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Beta SDK
* [5:50] ASP.NET Web API: Introducing IApiExplorer/ApiExplorer (Yao)
* [7:23] Being productive when your Win8 Metro app is offscreen (Hari Pulapaka)
* [8:58] Windows 8 Camp in a Box, Consumer Preview Edition , http://devcamps.ms/windows
* [10:12] Array Visualizer VS Extension (Amir Liberman)
* [11:39] Microsoft Research Face SDK Beta for Windows Phone [Found Via: Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew - Dew Drop – May 16, 2012 (#1,328) ]
Picks of the Week!
* Brian's Pick of the Week: [12:35] Pixar studio stories - The movie vanishes (full)
* Dan's Pick of the Week: [13:54] Building Battling Bots with DumbBots.Net
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21:40:55 05/16/12
Defrag: WPA2, Virtual Desktops, Cool KB's | The Defrag Show
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Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 ( see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to DefragShow@microsoft.com . We will also be checking comments for problems, but the email address will let us contact you if needed.
[00:28] - Wifi shows an unsecured router but it is set to use WPA2 [ link ]
[02:50] - Is there a way to exclude file types from Start Menu index
[04:24] - Question about Gov's version of Bing [ link ]
[07:30] - EvilDictaitor shout out on KB2694771 [ link ]
[09:00] - Windows Update limited screen resolution
[10:36] - Is there a way to kill the Virtual PC Host process
[11:36] - SSD changed from Drive0 to Drive1, can DiskPart change back
[12:20] - Pick of the Week - Dexpot Beta 16 [ link ]
[15:50] - Pick of the Week - Hotfix KB2617858 [ link ]
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