Tag Archives: Win8

Setting up your first use of the Animation library in WinJS

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Adam Kinney

The WinJS Animation library provides some pre-scripted animation functions that allow you to easily reproduce the signature animations of Metro-style apps.  Since there is no “Animated Application” template (and I don’t think there should be).  I thought I’d share the first … Continue reading →

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No Alert in WinJS! Use console or MessageDialog instead

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Adam Kinney

Please excuse the superfluous exclamation point in the title, this is not a true emergency. Most JavaScript developers have moved on from debugging with the alert function, but sometimes the quick and very dirty function comes up as an old … Continue reading →

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I’m doing the BUILD HIVE 2011 conference combo

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Adam Kinney

I’ve been looking forward to the BUILD conference since it was announced.  Seeing the Windows 8 demo, with its fancy new Metro evolved look and the fact that new development technologies are on the horizon, makes me feel giddy at the … Continue reading →

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