Archive for April, 2010

Visual Studio 2010 is here

Today, at 10:00AM PST (Pacific Standard Time), Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 became available for download on MSDN, for those who have a valid MSDN subscription. I was watching the live keynote and some really interesting points were made, especially those about team collaboration. For those who missed it, today (I am not sure if it [...]

DevTube – my video project

No, I am not trying to create another video hosting service. I am creating my own web show with video tutorials and showcases of various development tools, libraries and methodologies. This is some sort of a hobby for me. I like making videos and screencasts, so why not combine it with software development as well? [...]

Drawing the XYZ axes in XNA

Finally got to my favorite topic – game programming. I started with XNA and I am currently working on polishing my 3D game development skills. When working in a XYZ world, it is sometimes useful to see where your objects are located. For this purpose, there are the XYZ axes. As you see from the [...]

ImagineCup – Advanced to Round 2

According to the leaderboards (I am the leader of Team Core, by the way), the ImagineCup judges liked my Internet Explorer 8 Award entry, so I am moving on to Round 2 of the competition. When I logged in today to see my team page, a message was waiting for me on the left panel, [...]

Facebook API from C# – Getting the list of friends

Facebook has a very useful API, that can give the developer access to pretty much anything Facebook-related when it comes to user profiles. The documentation provided comes in handy and it shows how to use the API from a web developer’s perspective – mostly giving examples in PHP. What if the developer wants to work [...]