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Archive: 04-2012

• Focus on iPad development instead of Windows 8 for now

  After studying the details about Windows 8 versions, Justin James encourages software developers to look at iPad development first.

  Posted by Justin James | April 28, 2012, 5:47 PM PDT

• My first Windows 8 application: Performance problems

  Justin James discusses the trials and tribulations of week three of his Windows 8 Metro/WinRT application development project.

  Posted by Justin James | April 27, 2012, 3:10 PM PDT

• ASP.NET basics: the page life cycle

  This overview of the ASP.NET page life cycle covers how and when page elements are loaded and corresponding events are fired.

  Posted by Tony Patton | April 24, 2012, 12:52 PM PDT

• Developer news: Go 1, FileMaker 12, IE10 Compact Inspector

  Read about Appcelerator Titanium 2.0, MAVIS, whether to make a “full” site vs. a mobile site, RubyTeach 2012, Eclipse Spring Training, and more.

  Posted by Justin James | April 18, 2012, 10:12 AM PDT

• My first Windows 8 application

  Justin James replaces the sample data sources in his Windows 8 Metro/WinRT application with connections to the Microsoft Research OData source. He says writing the code to use the data is a horrid...

  Posted by Justin James | April 17, 2012, 11:39 AM PDT

• Poll: How much of your logic is in services?

  Let us know whether all, some, or none of your non-UI logic is in services by taking this developer poll.

  Posted by Justin James | April 16, 2012, 2:47 PM PDT

• jsFiddle: An online playground for your JavaScript, HTML, CSS

  jsFiddle lets developers play with the three core elements of Web development. Check out this powerful application for rapid prototyping and testing.

  Posted by Tony Patton | April 13, 2012, 9:16 AM PDT

• Visual Studio 11: A refined and disappointing experience

  Justin James gives his initial impressions of the Visual Studio 11 Ultimate Beta, in which he highlights the benefits and drawbacks of the new products.

  Posted by Justin James | April 11, 2012, 2:46 PM PDT

• Poll: Do you use paid code components?

  Take this quick poll to let us know whether you’re using paid components in your development projects.

  Posted by Justin James | April 9, 2012, 8:25 AM PDT

• Explore unhandled exceptions with ELMAH

  The Error Logging Modules and Handlers, or ELMAH, is an error logging facility that developers can add to an existing ASP.NET application on the fly.

  Posted by Tony Patton | April 6, 2012, 6:00 PM PDT