WinJS Everywhere
This post was authored by Rachel Nizhnikova, Program Manager, Windows Ecosystem & Frameworks TeamThe Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS) project is pleased to announce the general availability...
View ArticleNew Dev Center lifetime registration and benefits program
This month we are releasing several new features to enhance your development experience: the lifetime Dev Center account, and the new Dev Center Benefits program. I’d like to encourage you to visit the...
View ArticleMicrosoft OCR Library for Windows Runtime
This blog was written by Jelena Mojasevic, Program Manager at Microsoft.We are pleased to announce that Microsoft OCR Library for Windows Runtime has been released as a NuGet package. The library...
View ArticleUpdates to our platform roadmap
Continuing our commitment to openly sharing our platform roadmap via status.modern.IE, today we’re announcing another round of updates to our plan. These updates include new ECMAScript, Networking,...
View ArticleCortana Integration and Speech Recognition: New Code Samples
The blog post was authored by Steve White, Senior Content Developer, Content Publication TeamOne of the strengths of Cortana is its ability to understand and respond to voice commands. The Windows...
View ArticleGinny Caughey, grandmother and avid Windows developer, uses Windows 8.1 to...
Ginny Caughey, president of Carolina Software in Wilmington, NC, has been a developer for decades—decades she has spent using Windows to develop enterprise applications. Her firm has provided software...
View ArticleHTML5 Audio and Video Improvements for Windows Phone 8.1
Internet Explorer on Windows Phone 8.1 adds new media features that greatly expand its support for HTML5 audio and video. Audio and video elements are now fully supported, including inline playback of...
View ArticleWindows and Windows Phone Store Trends – September 2014 Update
This blog post is the latest in a recurring series that provides details about recent Store trends across categories, markets, and more. Understanding these general trends can help you determine what...
View ArticleThe Ajax Control Toolkit are now maintained by DevExpress
The open sourced Ajax Control Toolkit now has a new owner: DevExpress. This project was created on codeplex in 2007 and our team has been sponsoring its development ever since. It has been downloaded...
View ArticleUniversal Windows apps get better with Windows 10
Today Terry Myerson and Joe Belfiore talked about the future of Windows and gave the world its first look at Windows 10. They demonstrated new features designed to make people and businesses more...
View ArticleInternet Explorer and the Windows 10 Technical Preview
Today, the Windows 10 Technical Preview was launched to give an early look at what’s next for Windows. Only available to install by joining the Windows Insider Program, the Technical Preview is also...
View ArticleIoT Developer Program Update: Support for Intel Galileo Gen 2 Boards
Back in July we began rolling out the Windows Developer Program for IoT, and today I want to let you know how the program is doing and announce exciting new hardware support.Program UpdateSince we...
View ArticleASP.NET vNext in Visual Studio “14” CTP 4
Today we released updates for ASP.NET vNext in Visual Studio “14” CTP 4. This release includes the ASP.NET vNext runtime and tooling improvements as outlined below.ASP.NET vNext RuntimeThis CTP...
View ArticleInteroperable Top Level Domain Name Parsing comes to IE
As part of our ongoingcommitment to help build an interoperable Web that “just works,” we are changing the way Top Level Domains (TLD) names are parsed to use the Public Suffix List. This change can be...
View ArticleConsole Improvements in the Windows 10 Technical Preview
This post was written by Rich Eizenhoefer, a Program Manager in the Microsoft Developer Tools and Runtimes team.I have some good news about the Windows command line console, conhost.exe. In this blog...
View ArticleWhere can you meet the team? November 2014 at AngleBrackets and TechEd
We on the Web Tools team love hanging out with the community. We thought it would be cool to start sharing exactly where we will be and what conferences or user groups you can join us at!The .NET...
View ArticleHTTP/2: The Long-Awaited Sequel
Ready to speed things up? Here at Microsoft, we’re rolling out support in Internet Explorer for the first significant rework of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol since 1999. It’s been a while, so it’s...
View ArticleAnnouncing key advances to JavaScript performance in Windows 10 Technical...
The Windows 10 Technical Preview brings key advances to Chakra, the JavaScript engine that powers Internet Explorer and store based Web apps across a whole range of Windows devices – phones, tablets,...
View Article_references.js file’s auto sync feature
In VS2013 RTM, we shipped a not well known feature for _references.js file: /// . If we specify /// in the beginning of ~/scripts/_references.js, then any addition, rename, deletion of JavaScript files...
View Article18 year old student and designer develops an app for a global manufacturer...
Mick Brege is more than just your average 18 year old. Full-time student and part-time designer, Brege attends Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, MI and works for Promess, Inc. – a global...
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