http://www.windowsitpro.com/authors/author/author/5777537/rss/5777537en-USSun, 27 May 2012 07:32:08 GMTSun, 27 May 2012 07:32:08 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-development/winrt-api-windows-8-release-preview-143111
By Tim Huckaby
Tim Huckaby explains why he’s keeping his fingers crossed for a robust Windows Runtime (WinRT) API in the upcoming Windows 8 Release Preview from Microsoft.]]>Tim HuckabyThu, 17 May 2012 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-development/winrt-api-windows-8-release-preview-143111http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-development/microsoft-kinect-windows-microsoft-develop-142886
By Tim Huckaby
Tim Huckaby explains why developers should get excited about the Kinect for Windows SDK. ]]>Tim HuckabyThu, 19 Apr 2012 14:16:36 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-development/microsoft-kinect-windows-microsoft-develop-142886http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-development/microsoft-windows-8-beta-142584
By Tim Huckaby
The Microsoft Windows 8 Beta has provided several improvements over implementation for the Windows Runtime (WinRT) API, Metro UI, and the Windows Store.]]>Tim HuckabyThu, 15 Mar 2012 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-development/microsoft-windows-8-beta-142584http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/commentary/apple-microsoft-partnership-142286
By Tim Huckaby
In August 1997, Microsoft invested $150 million in Apple to develop versions of Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer for the Mac. Tim Huckaby thinks that the two companies could benefit from working together to compete against Google.]]>Tim HuckabyThu, 16 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/commentary/apple-microsoft-partnership-142286http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-server/microsofts-announcements-2012-ces--141951
By Tim Huckaby
Tim Huckaby reflects on Microsoft’s announcements at the 2012 Consumer Electronic Show (CES). He also shares what he wants most from Microsoft for its Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360, and Windows 8 technologies.]]>Tim HuckabyThu, 19 Jan 2012 13:56:01 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-server/microsofts-announcements-2012-ces--141951http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight50/microsoft-silverlight-5-questions-remain-microsofts-commitment-silverlight-141641
By Tim Huckaby
Silverlight 5 is now here, but many developers worry about the technology’s future. Tim Huckaby shares his thoughts on Microsoft’s strategic commitment to Silverlight, and talks about some of Silverlight’s new features.]]>Tim HuckabyThu, 15 Dec 2011 16:25:52 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight50/microsoft-silverlight-5-questions-remain-microsofts-commitment-silverlight-141641http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/winrt-metro-140949
By Tim Huckaby
The approaching release of Windows 8 brings significant changes to the world of .NET developers: the touch-oriented Metro UI, Windows Runtime (WinRT), new versions of developer tools -- Visual Studio 11 and Expression Blend 5, and Microsoft’s commitment to HTML5. Tim Huckaby gives a strategic overview of how these changes will impact .NET developers and offers reassurance that .NET has a place in the new Windows 8 world.]]>Tim HuckabyTue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/winrt-metro-140949http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight/microsoft-windows-8-winrt-silverlight-141332
By Tim Huckaby
Tim Huckaby talks about how Windows Runtime (WinRT) measures up to Silverlight’s features.]]>Tim HuckabyThu, 17 Nov 2011 17:15:34 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight/microsoft-windows-8-winrt-silverlight-141332http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/windows-8-software-development-era-140999
By Tim Huckaby
Microsoft’s BUILD conference has come and gone. Tim Huckaby explains how Windows Runtime (WinRT) will be useful to .NET developers in the near future with the availability of Windows 8.]]>Tim HuckabyThu, 20 Oct 2011 18:32:36 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/windows-8-software-development-era-140999http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/design-user-experience-metro-ui-140243
By Tim Huckaby
Tim Huckaby says that the advent of the Microsoft Windows’ Metro user interface, now in Windows Phone 7 and soon to be in Windows 8, means that the next generation of applications you’ll develop will more than likely be touch-based. So now is a good time to start designing your apps to provide a Metro-like user experience, with features such as tiles and multi-touch support.]]>Tim HuckabyWed, 17 Aug 2011 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/design-user-experience-metro-ui-140243http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/Windows8/windows-8s-fud-factor-developers-139878
By Tim Huckaby
Why all the fear, uncertainty, and doubt about what place Silverlight and other .NET technologies will have in Windows 8? In the absence of a clear explanation from Microsoft, Tim Huckaby tries to make sense of what Microsoft has--and hasn’t--said, so far, about Windows 8 details for the .NET developer community.]]>Tim HuckabyTue, 19 Jul 2011 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/Windows8/windows-8s-fud-factor-developers-139878http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/net-framework2/microsoft-antitrust-lawsuit-ends-secret-microsoft-arises-136414
By Tim Huckaby
Now that the US Department of Justice is no longer overseeing Microsoft’s antitrust practices, will it turn its attention to Apple and Google, while Microsoft becomes more secretive about its technology roadmaps? Tim Huckaby considers these possibilities.]]>Tim HuckabyWed, 08 Jun 2011 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/net-framework2/microsoft-antitrust-lawsuit-ends-secret-microsoft-arises-136414http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/html5/microsofts-native-html5-strategy-future-136098
By Tim Huckaby
Microsoft’s ’native’ HTML5 implementation, as described in the MIX11 keynote, is déjà vu all over again, says Tim Huckaby, who recalls a time not so long ago when developers had to build ’native’ web applications to accommodate assorted browsers and standards.]]>Tim HuckabyMon, 09 May 2011 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/html5/microsofts-native-html5-strategy-future-136098http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight-development/power-microsoft-expression-blend-135840
By Tim Huckaby
Tim Huckaby gives his perspective and some tips on using Microsoft Expression Blend to build an animated application in Silverlight.]]>Tim HuckabyTue, 12 Apr 2011 11:44:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight-development/power-microsoft-expression-blend-135840http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-phone-7/windows-phone-7-poised-to-emulate-silverlight-s-success
By Tim Huckaby
If you had asked Tim Huckaby a year ago whether the Windows Phone 7 mobile OS and smartphone would be as wildly successful as Silverlight, he would have answered, "no way!" But what a difference a year makes: In 2011, suddenly, the signs point to a groundswell of Windows Phone 7 adoption. And with new Windows Phone 7 features coming in the second half of 2011, it’s possible that Windows Phone 7 could be as successful and widely adopted as Silverlight.]]>Tim HuckabyTue, 01 Mar 2011 08:48:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-phone-7/windows-phone-7-poised-to-emulate-silverlight-s-successhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight-development/wpf-and-silverlight-father-and-son-of-the-xaml-stack
By Tim Huckaby
In this companion piece to his podcast, Tim Huckaby delves into the fundamental natures of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight and offers guidance on when to use each and use-case scenarios for WPF.]]>Tim HuckabyTue, 08 Feb 2011 12:30:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight-development/wpf-and-silverlight-father-and-son-of-the-xaml-stackhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight-development/silverlight-tools-that-the-pros-use
By Tim Huckaby
A rich tools ecosystem is available to Silverlight developers. Visual Studio for Silverlight and Microsoft Expression Blend are the quintessential Silverlight development tools, with an assortment of third-party and open source tools to round out the Silverlight tools offerings.]]>Tim HuckabyMon, 10 Jan 2011 13:44:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight-development/silverlight-tools-that-the-pros-usehttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight/silverlight-5-features-announced
By Tim Huckaby
Silverlight 5 is packed full of new features (over 40 of them)—among them graphics improvements such as better 3D support, DRM advances, video enhancements, and desktop capabilities for the browser. Alas, Silverlight developers will have to wait for the production release, with Microsoft’s release of the Silverlight 5 beta scheduled for the first half of 2011.]]>Tim HuckabyTue, 07 Dec 2010 16:28:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight/silverlight-5-features-announcedhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight/dr-jekyll-and-mr-html5
By Tim Huckaby
Putting to rest the rumors that HTML5 is Silverlight’s Jekyll-esque alter ego.]]>Tim HuckabyTue, 09 Nov 2010 13:02:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight/dr-jekyll-and-mr-html5http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight/html-5-and-the-future-of-silverlight
By Tim Huckaby
The reality is that, even though the major browser platforms already have HMTL 5 implementations in beta (including Microsoft’s IE9), the specification for HTML 5 is not even close to being completed/ratified. It could be years. ]]>Tim HuckabyWed, 06 Oct 2010 09:13:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/silverlight/html-5-and-the-future-of-silverlight