Provides an introduction to the Windows Phone 8 platform and the basic tenets of the Modern UI design style, through the development of a basic tip calculator application.
Get started selling and or distributing your apps through the Windows Store.
Lays the groundwork for coding and distributing your very first app for Windows 8.
Shows how to pair XAML with Visual Basic to build a simple data-driven application.
Shows how to pair XAML with C# to build a simple data-driven application.
Shows developers how to write their first Windows Store app with HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS.
Learn to build and deploy a dynamic website using ASP.NET.
Discover how a database can benefit both you and your architecture, whatever the programming language, operating system, or application type you use.
Shows how to create a simple web application with professional layouts, web forms, user authentication, and mobile integration with ASP.NET MVC.
Discover how to create, manage, and deliver interactive reports—not just to print, but to dynamically explore enterprise-level data—with Reporting Services in SQL Server.
Explore the new possibilities in SQL Server 2012, and protect, unlock, and scale the power of your data.
Reviews the history of version control and demonstrates its fundamental concepts: check-in/checkout, forking, merging, commits, and distribution.
Investigates several key database-programming concepts and how to combine them to create a high-quality database with Microsoft SQL Server.
Discover how to build professional apps that encompass the 17 major feature areas of Windows Phone and uncover the capabilities of the Windows Phone operating system.
Teaches developers how to build a variety of applications in Silverlight, with particular focus on building compelling business applications and delivering premium video and audio content.
Shows how to create a dynamic web site that integrates HTML, CSS, and ASP.NET using WebMatrix.
Introduces object-oriented programming and provides a foundation in the Access object model and the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) programming language.
Offers a detailed tour of the foundational programming language for several Microsoft platforms, including Windows, ASP.NET, Silverlight, SharePoint, and Windows Phone.
Explores all the major features of SQL Server 2008, beginning with core concepts.
Demonstrates how to develop full-featured applications using Visual Studio 2010.
Covers additions and enhancements to the Microsoft Silverlight development framework.
Introduces object-oriented programming and shows how to automate routine tasks and provide custom functionality to enhance the features in Excel.
Introduces the concepts and techniques behind developing Silverlight-based applications for Windows Phone 7.
Shows programmers how to create dynamic, interactive, rich Internet applications that run on Silverlight 3.
An insider's look into the process of building interactive web applications using Silverlight.
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