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Ken Getz

Ken Getz is a featured instructor for several of our Visual Studio courses. He is a Visual Basic and Visual C# expert and has been recognized multiple times as a Microsoft MVP. Ken is a seasoned instructor, successful consultant, and the author or co-author of several best-selling books. He is a frequent speaker at technical conferences like Tech-Ed, VSLive, and DevConnections and he has written for several of the industry's most-respected publications including Visual Studio Magazine, CoDe Magazine, and MSDN Magazine.


Webinars

Using Toast Notifications in Windows 8

Toast notifications make it possible to interact with users in a non-disruptive way, displaying information that's important, but not critical, about your application. In this course, you'll learn the basics of creating and interacting with toast not...

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First Steps Exploring Developing Metro Style Applications Using C# and XAML

Get started building Metro style applications for Windows 8, using Visual Studio 2012, with C# and XAML. This session will introduce the basics, including creating a first application. You'll learn about saving and restoring application state, as wel...

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Building Metro Style Applications for Windows 8 Using JavaScript and HTML - Part 2 of 2

Microsoft has released the Consumer Preview of Windows 8, the next release of Windows, along with beta versions of Visual Studio 11 and Expression Blend 5. These new beta versions allow developers to get started today in creating applications hosted ...

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Building Metro Style Applications for Windows 8 Using JavaScript and HTML - Part 1 of 2

Microsoft has released the Consumer Preview of Windows 8, the next release of Windows, along with beta versions of Visual Studio 11 and Expression Blend 5. These new beta versions allow developers to get started today in creating applications hosted ...

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Courses

Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 15: Printing and Charms

You have a Windows 8 application but you need to add printing and setting functionality. This course will help to fill that need. In this course you will investigate the printing user interface in Windows 8, using the Devices charm. You will learn to...

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Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 14: Badges and Secondary Tiles

On Windows 8 tiles you will see badges in this course you will learn to create badge notifications for tiles, including numeric and glyph badges. You will see how to create badge notifications using XML and using the NotificationsExtensions library. ...

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Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 13: Tiles and Templates

The tiles and templates are the new icons for Windows 8. In this course you will learn to work with tiles from a user’s perspective. Then learn how to create a default tile for an application. Next you will investigate each of the 46 tile templates t...

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Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 12: Notifications and Toast

In this Windows 8 course you will be introduced Windows 8 notifications. You will learn to build toast notifications using XML and the DOM and then you will examine the eight toast templates. The course continues with building toast notifications usi...

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Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 11: String and Image Resources

Working with resources in Windows 8 is just as important as previous versions. In this course you will learn to work with string resources to factor text out of applications. You will also learn to support text localization through the use of resourc...

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Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 10: Styles, Sources, and Zoom

In this Windows 8 course you will start with investigating control templates and default styles for ListView and GridView controls, and override those styles. Then you will use the sample ListView and GridView templates provided in Microsoft’s docume...

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Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 09: Views, Binding, and Templates

Windows 8 creates a new learning curve for development of applications. This course will help straighten that curve. The course starts with comparing ItemsControl classes: ListView and GridView controls. Then you’ll learn to add items to ItemsControl...

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Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 08: Animation

Animation has become a very important part of creating applications not just games. This course will show you how to create animation for applications. First you will investigate theme transitions and animations. Then you will understand how custom a...

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Blogs

Windows 8 Using XAML: Introducing Badges

As you have seen, tiles act as a Windows Store app's interface on the Windows Start screen.

Windows 8:Interacting with Tiles

Windows 8 displays tiles on its start screen, making it easy for users to interact with your applications.


Windows Presentation Foundation Using Visual C# 2010: Introducing Binding

As you write applications, you often need to update the value of one element with information from another element.

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Visual C#: Navigation in Applications

In most client applications, users can have any number of windows open at the same time.

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