2. I really don't want to be a grumpy and bitter developer but
#microsoft doesn't make it easy to stay enthusiastic as a #wpf dev.
03.02.2011 @microsoft is king of FUD strategy. causes fear,
uncertainty and doubt to devs around the world. pity they do it to
*their* own devs #wpf 25.08.2011 3. not a single mention of #wpf in
#bldwin keynote - it's as if it doesn't exist. the XAML thing they
talk about is prop closer to #silverlight 12.09.2011 4. RT
@JohnBristowe: Me, attempting to build a Windows 8 app in
JavaScript for the past 30 minutes: http://t.co/TwTrwZic 09.03.2012
@JohnBristowe that's me today as well :( although all in all JS in
Win8 is surprisingly fun :) 09.03.2012 5. implemented my first 3D
transformation animation in CSS yesterday. astonishingly simple.
13.05.2012 it constantly surprises me how easy it is to create
fluent animations in HTML/JS in all sort of scenarios. simply not
possible in WPF. 22.05.2012 6. Announcement: (Game Dev Tycoon) is
the #win8 game I've been working on the past months. Store review
is underway :) 04.07.2012 7. Announcement: A new NovaMind app is
now available on the Windows Store. #mindmapping
http://t.co/aLSPv6bA 27.07.2012 [] I was extremely surprised how
pleasant porting code from C# was. JS is also surprisingly fast in
IE10. 27.07.2012 8. Couple of months ago I switched from C# to
JavaScript. Surprisingly, I don't miss C# one bit. JavaScript is
bloody amazing. 10.08.2012 Using HTML5/JS on WinRT is the most
rewarding and productive environment Ive ever worked with just now
9. then then Threadpool Advantages 10. using Windows.Media.Capture;
async void GetPicture() { var new CameraCaptureUI new Size var
await CameraCaptureUIMode if var new BitmapImage await
FileAccessMode 11. JavaScript: Promises handle Async Object that is
a promise for a later value Hook up to completion with then() or
done () method then(completion, error, progress) then() returns
another promise Implementation in base.js: WinJS.Promise Common.js
promises/A spec http://wiki.commonjs.org/wiki/Promises/A 12.
DllImport "avicap32.dll" "capCreateCaptureWindow" static extern int
string int int int int int int int DllImport "avicap32.dll" static
extern bool int MarshalAs UnmanagedType ref string int MarshalAs
UnmanagedType ref string int // more and more of the same 13. using
Windows.Media.Capture; var new CameraCaptureUI new Size var await
CameraCaptureUIMode if var new BitmapImage await FileAccessMode 14.
IReadOnlyDictionaryIMapView IEnumerableIIterable IListIVector
IReadOnlyListIVectorView IDictionaryIMap 15. Windows 8 System
manages app lifetimeWindows 7 User manages app lifetime 16. App
gets 5 seconds to work after suspend message Apps are not notified
before they are terminated Apps are notified when they have been
resumed 17.
/* Step 2: Call WinJS.UI.processAll() */ /* Step 3: Use the
control */ document.getElementById(list).winControl.addEve
ntListener (selectionchanged, onSelChanged ); 18. Everyday widgets
19. Presenting data 20.
/* step2: use the Data Template */ ui.setOptions(listView, {
oniteminvoked: this.itemInvoked }); 21. Commanding surfaces
