The Latest Developments in the Microsoft Developer Stack and Resources

Microsoft's developer team is starting to use a new weekly summary to highlight all of the big developer related news they share each week.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

October 20, 2016

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The Latest Developments in the Microsoft Developer Stack and Resources

It looks like the Microsoft Developer Team has begun using a weekly summary to highlight all of the development news the team shares on their Build Apps for Windows website and on social media.

The new resource laced weekly summary has now appeared over the last two weeks so it may be starting to develop a pattern and we will see if that continues tomorrow with a third edition.

In the mean time, here are some of the highlights in these last two editions.

In Case You Missed It – this week in Windows Developer for 07 October 2016

  • The UWP Community Toolkit Update Version 1.1 - This toolkit contains information about services, controls, and animations you can use in your Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps. It also includes documentation and sample apps to help you in your development efforts.

  • Introducing the Windows Device Portal Wrapper - This is a mini web server that is part of every Windows device and it can be used for diagnostics when you are in Developer Mode on that unit.

In Case You Missed It – This Week in Windows Developer for 14 October 2016

Keep your eye on the Building Apps for Windows site to stay up to speed on Microsoft's developer stack and other resources for building your UWP apps.

But, wait...there's probably more so be sure to follow me on Twitter and Google+.

About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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