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Windows 8–Updated flickR Search Demo in HTML/JS

In a lot of the Windows 8 sessions that I’ve given around the UK I’ve been building out a simple demo app that searches on flickR for some photos. Over time I’ve come to build that app usually with some combination of the following; Build out the basics of...

Published Mon, Dec 3 2012 12:44 PM by mtaulty

Filed under: WindowsAzure, Blend, HTML5, Windows8, JavaScript

Windows Store Apps–Sharing HTML with Images

One of the really powerful features of Windows Store apps is the system-provided ability to share data from one app to the other while keeping those 2 apps loosely coupled. Basics You can read up on it on the dev center ( under “Sharing and exchanging data...

Published Fri, Oct 19 2012 1:35 AM by mtaulty

Filed under: .NET, C#, HTML5, Windows8, JavaScript

AppsWorld Demo– Windows 8 Music Player in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript

I’ve posted a demo similar to this on the site before but I was at the AppsWorld conference yesterday and gave a short example of putting together a native Windows 8 Store app in HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript and someone asked me to record it and put it online...

Published Thu, Oct 4 2012 4:32 PM by mtaulty

Filed under: Blend, HTML5, Windows8, JavaScript, CSS

Windows 8 UK Developer Events

There have been a flood of Windows 8 announcements in the past few days… The RTM of Windows 8 has been announced and we know that from August 15th the RTM code will start to drop into the hands of developers and IT professionals who have MSDN and TechNet subscriptions...

Published Thu, Aug 2 2012 10:40 PM by mtaulty

Filed under: .NET, C#, C++, UKCommunities, VisualStudio, Blend, HTML5, Microsoft UK, Windows, Windows8, JavaScript, XAML

Windows 8, Stacked Conference, August, Liverpool

I’m excited to say that I’ll be speaking at the free “Stacked” Conference in Liverpool on August 7th on Windows 8 related topics. alongside me will be my good friends and colleagues Gill Cleeren and Giles Davis – should be an excellent day and I look forward...

Published Fri, Jun 29 2012 4:22 PM by mtaulty

Filed under: .NET, C#, UKCommunities, VisualStudio, Blend, HTML5, Windows, Windows8, JavaScript, XAML

Free (partial!) eBook: Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML,CSS & JS

The first four chapters of Kraig Brockschmidt’s new book “Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS and JavaScript” are available for free download from MS Press. Click the book image to go and download. I’m downloading as we speak and putting it on a SkyDrive...

Published Fri, Jun 8 2012 10:04 AM by mtaulty

Filed under: HTML5, Windows8, JavaScript, CSS

HTML Authoring Features for Metro style apps in Blend

Nice video over on BlendInsiders giving an overview of using Blend for Windows 8 Metro style apps. Watch over here . Don't give up on it at the "Hello World" point - it goes quite a way beyond that.

Published Thu, Apr 26 2012 9:41 AM by mtaulty

Filed under: Blend, HTML5, Windows8, JavaScript

Windows 8 Metro Style– Bits of Binding

Data binding is a useful tool in putting an application together and I’ve spent quite a long time with various frameworks that support different aspects of binding. In the last few years, that has mainly revolved around the binding support that you find in...

Published Thu, Apr 26 2012 12:08 AM by mtaulty

Filed under: C#, HTML5, Windows8, JavaScript, CSS

Background Downloads in a Windows 8 Metro style app

It’s common for an application to want to download (or upload) content from the internet possibly with a view to caching that content so that a user doesn’t have to wait to access it in the future. Internet Explorer is a prime example of this where I’m browsing...

Published Mon, Apr 23 2012 9:56 AM by mtaulty

Filed under: HTML5, Windows8, JavaScript

Simple Windows 8 Metro style ‘Maps App’

A few months ago, I wrote the beginnings of a Windows 8 Metro style application that hosted the Bing Maps AJAX control and put a little functionality around it. At a recent event, an attendee was asking me about this kind of technique and so I thought I’d dust...

Published Mon, Apr 23 2012 9:04 AM by mtaulty

Filed under: HTML5, Windows8, JavaScript