A developer's session on using C#, Xamarin, and Azure Mobile Services for cross-platform push notifications at TechEd Australia 2013.
Explores the inconsistent behavior of AbandonedMutexException in .NET vs. Windows Phone 8, detailing mutex synchronization and platform-specific quirks.
A technical article explaining how to count character frequencies in a text file using Objective-C and Grand Central Dispatch for asynchronous file I/O.
A guide to implementing and using Assert.ThrowsExceptionAsync for testing asynchronous code in the Windows Phone Test Framework.
A technical guide on detecting dependency property changes in WinRT using a binding-based workaround, presented as a reusable extension method.
A technical tutorial comparing how to build a basic web application from scratch using both the Nancy framework and ASP.NET MVC.
Guide to creating a custom UITestMethodAttribute for running unit tests on the UI thread in Windows Phone 8 with Visual Studio 2012.2 CTP4.
A technical guide on implementing basic paging and sorting functionality in ServiceStack using a QueryBase class and request filters.
Announces v1.1.0 of a MongoDB session state provider for ASP.NET, updating to the latest C# driver with breaking change fixes.
A tutorial on creating an async/await extension method for Windows Phone Choosers to simplify asynchronous operations.
A developer's 2012 recap, listing his technical blog posts on JavaScript, .NET, Windows, and sharing his starred articles and GitHub repositories.
Explores C# dynamic dispatch behavior with class inheritance, highlighting a common pitfall when overriding methods in derived classes.
A developer creates an Objective-C/C++ wrapper for Leap Motion SDK to enable hands-free mouse control on Mac OSX using finger tracking and ray tracing.
A guide to using Windows Phone 8 theme accent colors in app development, including a C# helper class for hex color conversion.
A developer shares progress on a Ludum Dare game jam project, a rule-changing strategy game built in C++.
Explains how to connect to and query TFS Preview (TFSPreview.com) using the TFS Client Object Model and C# code.
Introduces a custom ASP.NET MVC Action Filter that automatically checks for null view models and returns a 404, eliminating repetitive null-check code.
Rob Pike discusses the design philosophy behind Go, explaining why it attracted Python/Ruby developers more than C++ programmers.
Explains how to use C# 5 caller info attributes like CallerMemberName when targeting older .NET Framework versions (e.g., 4.0, 3.5) by defining custom attributes.
A technical guide on implementing a generic DelegateEqualityComparer in C# to simplify custom equality comparisons in LINQ queries.
