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News & Commentary BUILD 2012 Registration Begins October 30 - November 2, 2012 Redmond, Washington, USA Learn how to design and build beautiful Windows 8 apps and how to sell those beautiful apps in the Windows 8 Store. And, in addition to Windows 8, BUILD 2012 will cover the latest on Windows Azure, Windows Phone 8, Windows Server 2012, Visual Studio 2012, Xbox, and much more. The Release Preview Edition of Programming Windows, Sixth Edition is Final July 10, 2012 We finalized the 13 chapters in the Release Preview edition of Charles Petzold's Programming Windows, Sixth Edition. This book focuses exclusively on writing new Windows 8 applications with C# and XAML. The companion content for this book also includes all the program samples converted to C++. Read More. Charles Petzold Interviewed by Sara Faatz Aug 7, 2012 SF: As the author of the new book, Programming Windows, 6th Edition, you probably have more insight into Windows 8 and WinRT than anyone out there. What has surprised you, disturbed you, and pleased you the most about Windows 8 in general and WinRT specifically?
CP: I like the mix of continuity and innovation. For programmers who have worked with C# and XAML (or with HTML 5 and JavaScript), a lot of WinRT is familiar territory. But in particular I've been impressed by two aspects of WinRT: The first is that touch, mouse, and pen input have been consolidated into a uniform collection of events, so it's no longer necessary to add touch to an existing mouse application, or add mouse support to a program optimized for touch. Read More. Cloud Computing Hiring Event, August 23-24 Aug 6, 2012 Microsoft's Server & Tools Business (the group within which Microsoft Press sits) is "seeking extraordinary software engineering professionals for an invitation only hiring event at our Redmond campus on August 23 - 24th. The Azure Application Platform and Tools (AAPT) team will be on hand to interview for full-time Software Engineer and SDET roles." Read More. Free Download Get an excerpt from Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Pocket Consultant selected by author William Stanek. Excerpt Chapter 1 "Managing SQL Servers" Excerpt Chapter 2 "Implementing Policy-Based Management" Download Sample Chapters > C++ AMP Tuesday, August 21, 2012 @ 10AM PT San Francisco Until recently, running code on the GPU has meant using one of several "C-like" languages. The upcoming release of C++ AMP means that you can use accelerators like the GPU from native C++. In this webcast presented by Kate Gregory, author of Accelerated Massive Parallelism with Microsoft Visual C++®, she will show you the power of C++ AMP and you'll learn the basic concepts to adapt your code. More upcoming webcasts: Check out our Webcast page for on-demand videos of past webcasts and more upcoming live events. Join Mark Russinovich for a tour of the features that make up the new Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks offerings. Using demonstrations throughout, he'll focus specifically on features that enable you to create highly available Virtual Machine-based services and how to connect Virtual Machines with Cloud Services. Follow us on Facebook for deals of the day and new book info, and much more. |