Accessing the People API from C# / .NET
The Google People API has launched, this post describes how to access the API from .NET projects using C#. Code overview The following code shows how to access the API: using Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2; using Google.Apis.People.v1; using Google.Apis.People.v1.Data; using Google.Apis.Services; using…
Pimp my Windows Box
When I first started at Google, I wrote a short article on the essential utilities I add to an OSX machine when it’s brand new. A friend at work recently asked me what I do when I set up a Windows machine and thus…
Using Google APIs from Console apps in .NET
I have noticed a common and recent issue that developers have been having with the Google APIs has been building out console apps. In this post I’ll give you a few short demos for API calls and authorization. The following screenshot…
How to: OAuth 2.0 Flows using the Google+ .NET API Client Libraries 1.7+ in C#
There have recently been significant changes to the .NET Libraries for Google APIs. As such, it’s a great time to show my favorite scenarios for OAuth 2. In this brief post I’ll show you a basic API query and then…
Remote mounting SSH filesystems from Windows 8
There are a number of great reasons to mount SSH filesystems from Windows, and there is a great library and utility, Dokan SSH Filesystem, that makes it really easy to do. First, you need to download the Dokan library. This…
Pulling Google+ data into Windows Store apps
If you caught the last GDL show for Google+, I demoed a few things I have been working on, most notably my Google+ demo for Windows 8. The following screenshot shows the app running within the Windows 8 Simulator: As…
Why I think Windows 8 will be a great success
Having used Windows 8 now for roughly a year and watching it come together in the time immediately following Windows 7, I wholeheartedly believe that Windows 8 will be a huge success. There are a number of amazing enhancements to…
My intro video to Windows 8 development
Right before the build conference, I produced a video that was going to be the intro to Windows 8 app development. Various red tape blocked us from shipping it, but the brief intro actually is still actually relevant – various terms changed and the diagrams are…
Top dev resources for Windows Consumer Preview
Just a few months after the Developer Preview, the Windows team has released the Windows 8 Consumer preview. In case you didn’t notice, we have been working our butts off. So, if you’re foaming at the mouth to get the latest dev…
Netflix Queue Sorter in C#/WinForms
Roughly three years ago, I coded my first OAuth / RESTful application. It was a utility for Netflix that would sort the “Instant” queue of movies that I had in my list. I did this because my obsessive compulsive roommate…