Category: Code Blog

• [Stackoverflow – C++/WinRT]
• [How to: Use Existing C++ Code in a Universal Windows Platform App]

[Get the Windows 10 October 2018 Update]

[What’s new in C# 7.0 with Mads Torgersen]

Android Studio support for NDK is no longer experimental. Read the latest docs on [Add C and C++ Code to Your Project] to see how to support native code in your Android Studio projects.

I wrote [an app] to control the kids’ computers with a lock screen after bedtime. The app launches on startup and when locked cannot be killed, closed, minimized, moved, or switched out of. After a password is entered, the lock can be temporarily delayed by 30 minutes or an hour.

[Microsoft officially launches the first preview of Visual Studio for Mac]

I’ve started to learn the [Cocos2D Engine]. So far I have it building and running on Android. The next step is to add an IAP sample.

Coding while listing to Final Fantasy music (Nobuo Uematsu)…

[Google IO Schedule] May 18th – 20th.

[The Smash the Code WorldCup contest starts tomorrow!]. The Smash the Code WorldCup Contest starts tomorrow, Saturday, April 30th at 12:00 pm EST and will end on Sunday, May 8th at 2pm EST.

[Create an Alexa Skill and Get Three Months Free on Envato Tuts+]

Learn how the Pascal architecture will benefit you as a developer. [read more]

In the [Cordova Plugin Reference], under `config-file Element`, the text reads “The config-file element only allows you to append new children to an XML document tree”. The Cordova NPM module installs globally into the following:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova

It would be great to make existing `XML` content editable. The plugin code has logic to remove elements, but it hasn’t been exposed or documented.

[Kite] is an artificial pair programmer that gives an enhanced intellisense experience as you write code.

[wit.ai] is a bot engine with natural language processing for developers of bots, mobile apps, home automation, wearable devices, and robots! Try the [demo]. [Techcrunch] wrote more about what Facebook is doing with wit.ai services.

Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and GIT, speaks at TED on [The mind behind Linux].

The Myo from Thalmic Labs has been taught to translate sign language. The application and device can [translate ASL sign language to text].

[Kotlin] is a new programming language that compiles into Java-byte code making it interchangeable with Java. [Try Kotlinlang] has a browser IDE and tons of references to try out the new language.

[Gitkraken] is a new GIT client for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

On the Microsoft Blog, [Microsoft to acquire Xamarin and empower more developers to build apps on any device]. I use Xamarin frequently to build games in [MonoGame] to run on Android. Potentially this could be good news for developers if Microsoft either makes Xamarin free for all users or incorporates features into Visual Studio.

GIT is a popular version control system for tracking and storing application source code. [SourceTreeApp] works as a GIT client with a GUI and command-line. Some tools also need a [GIT] command-line client.

[AWS CodeCommit] from Amazon is a cheap source control competitor. $1 per month gives you 10GB of remote storage per user. The free tier starts at 5 users. Check out [Pricing] for details.