Windows App Developer Links - 2012-06-19

posted on 18 Jun 2012 | App Developer Links

Surface by Microsoft (Microsoft)
- More info: http://surface.com
Microsoft reveals its own Windows 8 tablet: meet the new Surface for Windows RT (Engadget)
- "Here at its mysterious, last-minute press event in Los Angeles, Microsoft just confirmed it will sell its own Microsoft-branded Windows 8 RT tablet under the Surface badge. Measuring just 9.3mm thick, the Surface for Windows RT is built around an angled, all-magnesium VaporMg case that weighs just under 1.3 pounds, with an NVIDIA-made ARM chip powering the whole affair. Microsoft's hardware partner has also gone all-out on extra touches..."
Hands-on with Microsoft Surface for Windows RT, Touch Cover and Type Cover (Engadget)
- "We're here live at Microsoft's press event in Los Angeles, where it just unveiled not just the rumored tablet you were hoping for, but two tablets: Surface for Windows RT, which has an NVIDIA chip inside, and Surface for Windows 8 Pro, which runs off Ultrabook-grade Ivy Bridge processors..."

Visual Studio 2012 RC - What's new in Unit Testing (Visual Studio ALM + Team Foundation Server Blog)
- "Unit Testing feature in Visual Studio 2012 has been very enthusiastically received by the developer community. Our focus during RC milestone was to respond to feedback we received from Visual Studio 11 Beta. This article talks about some of the new features that we have built during this milestone, many of which were driven by customer feedback..."

How To: Bing Maps For Windows 8 Metro Apps (Shai Raiten)
- "Bing Maps SDK is available for Visual Studio 2012 RC and Windows 8 release preview, Bing Maps SDK is easy fast and cool control that you can use in your Metro App..."
10 quick notes to design polished Metro Apps (Alex Knight)
- "I went to a UX workshop recently for Windows 8 and thought it would be cool to share my notes and take-aways from the event. Besides a few tips and concepts, I have also added a few things I think are important to keep in mind when designing your application so you don't run into and road blocks down the track. And just remember, these are just some quick notes and things to keep in mind..."

Reading QRCode with Windows 8 RC (Benjamin Soulier)
- "I have been looking around the web for reading a QR Code from the camera of their Windows 8 device. No luck I found nothing that was looking in that direction. So I just take the ZXing barcode scanning library from Codeplex, modified it a bit..."
Ogre 1.8.0 for WinRT/Metro (Markus Ewald)
- "In March I provided some binaries of Ogre 1.8.0 RC1 that were based on Eugene's Metro port of Ogre, allowing Ogre to run as a native Metro App, using the Direct3D 11 renderer and RTShaderSystem for dynamic shader generation. Those binaries no longer work with the Windows 8 Release Preview and Visual Studio 2012 RC, so I thought I'd provide an updated package!"

NDCOslo's Videos (NDC Oslo)
- Videos of the sessions from NDC Oslo are available on Vimeo.