Windows Phone 8 allows applications to create contacts that are owned by the application itself.  This article walks Windows Phone developers through the fundamentals and steps of building a simple custom contact store.
Tags : Windows Phone 8, Visual Studio 2012

Microsoft TypeScript is an open source JavaScript library developed by Microsoft. Discover the power of using Microsoft TypeScript in ASP.NET application development.
Tags : ASP.NET, JavaScript, Microsoft, application, Visual Studio 2012, TypeScript

Microsoft Fakes framework helps you in writing unit test cases that test only the code that it intends to test, plus it helps in reducing the dependencies in the code. Read on to learn more.
Tags : Unit Testing, Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft Fakes

Windows Phone 8 adds more support for launchers, which enable users to perform common tasks. In this article, we will walk through the new launchers that were introduced in Windows Phone 8.
Tags : LAUNCHERS, Windows Phone 8, Visual Studio 2012

With the release of Windows Phone 8.0, Microsoft introduced support for Direct3D, which is part of Microsoft’s DirectX application programming interface. Join Vipul Patel to learn more about the platform support for Direc3D in Windows Phone 8.
Tags : gaming, Windows Phone 8, Visual Studio 2012

ASP.NET 4.5 ships as part of part of Visual Studio 2012 and contains many new and extended features. Joydip Kanjilal takes a look at the top 10 best features in ASP.NET 4.5 for developers.
Tags : features, ASP.NET 4.5, Visual Studio 2012

MSDN and TechNet subscribers can now download the new OS, as well as Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5.
Tags : Windows 8, TechNet, MSDN, Visual Studio 2012, Windows RT, .NET Framework 4.5