Visual Authoring for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview with Blend and Visual Studio Download the developer tools and get started designing and developing HTML5/JavaScript and XAML Metro style apps for Windows 8. Learn about what's shipping in Blend Beta and how we're optimizing to support developer / designer workflows. Christian Schormann |
GPU Encoding for Expression Encoder 4 Pro SP2 Get detailed information about how to take advantage of the newest generation of GPU encoding for CUDA H.264. Learn how you can optimize for output quality while reducing CPU load. Eric Juteau |
Announcing Expression Blend for Windows Developer Preview Dig into the details about Blend for Windows Developer Preview with this compile of links to content resources to help you get started learning, coding, and polishing Metro style apps. Expression Blend Team |
Using Geolocation in the Browser and with Hosted Services If there is one thing that changed immensely in the last few years then it is that our users are not sitting in their own house in front of a stationary box any longer but are more and more using their systems on the go. Christian Heilman, Script Junkie |
Building Apps with HTML5: What You Need to Know In this article — the first of a series that aims to show you how you can use HTML5 to build apps for the Web — Brandon Satrom introduces HTML5, describes Microsoft's approach to the new standard and helps you think about how to adopt HTML5 technolog... More... Brandon Satrom, MSDN Magazine |
Using HTML5's New Semantic Tags Today HTML5. Everybody’s talking about it. If it isn’t my friend who threw together a pretty sweet drum kit app, it’s that buzzword-loving Vice President of Marketing who read somewhere that Flash is dead and HTML5 is the future. But just because everybody... More... Emily Lewis, Script Junkie |
Ajax, ASP.Net MVC and Progressive Enhancement Visitors to the web sites and applications we build are increasingly demanding an intuitive and responsive user interface. As developers it’s our responsibility to provide this for them. However we also need to bear in mind other users of our sites... More... Andy Butland, Script Junkie |
Create Your First Windows Phone App in Expression Blend (Part 1) Ready to develop your first app for Windows Phone 7 using Expression Blend? This introductory tutorial walks you through the basics of creating the visual design step by step. Pam @ Expression IQ |
Inside the Info Icons in Expression Encoder No need for a secret decoder ring with Elliot's explanation of the information, warning, and error icons in Expression Encoder and how you can use them to correct problems before they happen. Elliot @ Expression IQ |