During Decembers Architect Forum I talked about TypeScript and some recent updates have prompted a post. So what is the rational behind Yet another JavaScript language, when there are already a few out there. Microsoft's motivation was to produce an Application grade version of JavaScript which would not impede only …

I have been a massive fan of the work the Microsoft Patterns and Practices team for years and in the past year I have been lucky enough to be able to help out as a reviewer on a couple of projects. What makes the P&P team stand out is the fact that their aim is to make your life easier and you to look better by …

Now is the time to start thinking about projects for the year and by recent posts it should be clear that 3D printing is on my mind as is building a house and so when the worlds collide, I suspect fear will be striking the hearts of anybody who knows me A Company called D Shape are moving ahead with the concept of …

I love it when worlds collide, in this case my world of mobile phone development and the world of 3D printing. In a great move to encourage users to embrace the Lumia platform, Nokia have released, all of the 3D assets needed to enable users to print their own cases using 3D printers. Looking at the 820 with the back …

[Updated 4 Feb 2013 See http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2013/02/01/hotfixes-for-tfs-2012-update-1-tfs-2012-1.aspx_ for the latest on this ]_ I posted earlier in the week about my experiences with the post TFS 2012 QU1 hotfix. When I posted I thought we had all our problems sorted, we did for new team projects, …

As many people know I am a huge fan of Microsoft’s Security Development Lifecycle. There are a set of guides which are well worth knowing about one of which deals with Health The paper is designed for anybody developing Software and Software Interfaces in Health (specifically HIPPA) in the US but it is just as …

Many years ago Black Marble undertook to help people to program, not with the aim of turning out large numbers of developer minions but to show how learning to program teaches people how to break down and solve problems. Lynn Lagit and LLewellyn Falco have produced a series of videos based on the workshops they are …

By default the TFS server uses http://localhost:8080/tfs as it’s Server URL, this is the URL used for internal communication, whereas the Notification Url is the one TFS tells client to communicate to it via. Both these Urls can be changed via the Team Foundation Server Console, but I find you do not usually need to …

I have been discussing Windows 8 development with several developer groups this month and it seems that only a few developers were aware that in November update to the Windows App Certification Kit (ACK) was posted, it offers several bug fixes and more importantly new tests which came into force in the middle of …

Just before Christmas a number of enhancements were released, the continual growth combined with the short release cadence is showing Azure to be an amazing platform for development and delivery. Included in the update: Mobile Services CRON – a well built job scheduler for routine maintenance (tutorial here) CLI …