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Tracking Objects with Pixy Visual Sensor on Raspberry Pi using Windows 10 IoT Core

by Victor Dashevsky

Processing the positioning information of visual objects detected by Pixy camera and received on Raspberry Pi via I2C, and using common design patterns in a C# program parsing robotics sensor data

Programming Windows 10 Desktop: UWP Focus (7 of N)

by raddevus

Get Started in UWP (moving away from WinForm) Chapter 7 Saving journal entries in the file system

UWP Alien Sokoban - Part 3

by Daniel Vaughan

A fun UWP implementation of the game Sokoban, demonstrating some new features of XAML and C# 6.0. Part 3

Programming Windows 10 Desktop: UWP Focus (4 of N)

by raddevus

Get Started in UWP (moving away from WinForm) Chapter 4 Adding Windows Controls (Building the DailyJournal app)

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A Spritesheet Library and Editor for Win2D

by g96b10

Win2D provides a neat API interface, but how do you render complex sprites for your game? I provide a library and editor to make this a streamlined process.

Edit Template or Edit Additional Templates in Visual Studio XAML without all the Bloat

by SoundersFan

How to edit templates in VS XAML without the bloat

RGF: A Save/Open Dialog Box with Cloud Capabilities

by Michael Chourdakis

Replace GetOpenFileName/GetSaveFileName with a new cloud API!

Creating a Settings Screen for UWP with Codon

by Daniel Vaughan

Create a dynamic settings screen for your UWP app. Add a setting with a single line of code.

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TomSSL Band: writing a simple app for the Microsoft Band

12 Feb 2016 by Tom Chantler

In this article you will learn how to write a simple application for the Microsoft Band. It'll only take about half an hour. All of the code is in GitHub.

.NET

Microsoft

wearables

UWP

phone

Using .resw files with UWP Compiled Bindings

1 Oct 2015 by Daniel Vaughan

IntroductionWith UWP and WinRT, Microsoft introduced a new means for localizability, which differs significantly from the method employed in Silverlight and .NET desktop apps.

Windows

XAML

UWP

Securing Communications via Certificate Pinning in UWP

5 Feb 2018 by Lee P Richardson

This blog entry looks at what certificate pinning is, why you'd want it, and how to implement it.

.NET

UWP

HTTPS

Building apps & games for Xbox One using UWP – Build once and target many

14 Nov 2016 by Simon Jackson

For my sins, I was asked back to FutureDecoded again this year to give a talk on the Microsoft UWP platform, specifically about bringing games to the XboxOne using UWP. By all accounts the session went well (especially as there was standing room only by the time the …

UWP and development on Xbox One

6 May 2016 by Simon Jackson

A break down on the different modes of Xbox One development and clear direction of what is possible with the new UWP Retail unlock mode. Enable all devs to sideload and develop on the Xbox One UWP Platform

Your UWP Push Notifications Are Now Toast

17 Nov 2015 by BC3Tech

Your UWP Push Notifications are now Toast

UWP

Automatically Incrementing the Package.appxmanifest Version Number

28 Aug 2015 by Daniel Vaughan

When submitting a UWP or WinRT app to the Windows Store, you must increase the Version number of the package or the submission will fail. It can be a chore to manually update the version number.

WinRT

PowerShell

UWP

Resolving build issues for UWP packages with Unity

31 Aug 2017 by Simon Jackson

If you are building games and projects in Unity and targeting the Universal Windows Platform (UWP), you may have noticed than in the recent Unity releases this was actually broken.

Unity

UWP