Help! I’m trapped in a code factory.
Does anybody out there love to design and code software? I do! I have been blogging for some time about it on my other blog for the Windows Dev center and Windows Developer content but, it feels like I have not had the freedom to just post about all of my personal coding projects there. As such, I have decided to create this (separate) blog for the sole purpose of sharing my love for software engineering and just maybe to save some simple recipes for coding that I use. I’ll be primarily focused on Windows programming (considering, Steve Ballmer signs my paychecks and all) but will from time to time take a “look to the periphery” at cool programming tools that I have played with along the way.
To start with, how about a few examples of blog posts, software, and videos that I have created in the past:
Articles:
- Enhancing multitouch application for mobile users [MSDN Magazine]
- Ink-enabled apps for Tablet PC [MSDN Magazine]
Blog posts on programming:
- Windows touch game programming in DirectX 10
- Roomba + Network = Telepresence Video Chat Robot
- Custom gestures for 3D manipulation using Windows Touch in C++
- Creating Windows touch control frameworks in C++
- A shallow dive into the Hilo browser
- Use this not this: Event Tracing
- Using the InkOverlay control to avoid reinventing the wheel
- Getting started with unmanaged tablet development
Code Samples:
Random Dev Rants:
- 10 books that will make you a better C++ Programmer [Blog post]
- 7 essential samples for Windows multitouch developers [Blog post]
Short How-tos:
- 3-minute quickie: Compiling C++ projects using only the Windows SDK and the command prompt [Video]
- Basics of using the command window in Visual Studio 2010 [Blog post]
- Handling oreintation changes and setting preferred orientation in Metro style apps [Blog post]
- Quick Tip: Toggling the device simulator in Visual Studio on the Windows Developer Preview [Blog post]
- Viewing the Windows 8 Documentation offline [Blog post]
- Using AppMakr to create a Windows Phone 7 app on your lunch break [Blog post]
- Boot to VHD / Boot from VHD [Blog post]
There’s a ton I’m missing but I’ll be posting stuff like this to this blog. I want to separate the hacking stuff that I work on from the day-to-day developer center announcements and the “behind the scenes” style posts about publishing developer content on MSDN.