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It is important to Microsoft that developers can leverage open-source software when building apps for Windows. As part of this effort we’re very pleased to announce FFmpeg support for Window 8.1, Windows Phone 8.1, and Windows 10 applications. What is FFmpeg? FFmpeg is a free, open-source...

Today is a play and learn day. Last month at Build 2015, Microsoft Edge was introduced using a new web app/game that reimagined the age old Flight Simulator in a web world. Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed What's great is that not only can you play the game, but you can learn how it...

Microsoft has a long history of collaborating with industry technology leaders to bring the world the best-in-class PC and device experiences. These efforts now also extend to enhancements in the web browsing experience as well. Intel is a great example of a key technology partner who is...

In Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge we’ve made a lot of performance advances in the Chakra JavaScript engine. All with the goal of letting your JavaScript code run faster, taking as much advantage of the underlying hardware as possible, so that the web you create and experience in Microsoft Edge...

In Windows 10, the Chakra JavaScript engine powers Link Removed and Windows applications written in HTML/CSS/JS. However with JavaScript’s increasing popularity in beyond-the-browser scenarios, developers have been requesting to host the Chakra engine outside the browser to enable JavaScript...

Have you ever set a breakpoint a few statements too late, or accidentally stepped over the function call that you wanted to step into, and wished that you could just reverse-execute the program in the debugger? This video from Microsoft Research describes an experimental time-traveling debugger...

Microsoft is making big Link Removed in the Internet of Things (IoT). Windows 10 IoT will power a range of intelligent, connected IoT devices. From small devices like gateways, to mobile point-of-sale to powerful industry devices like robotics and specialty medical devices. At the //build...

ECMAScript is the official name for the JavaScript language we all know and love. The next version of ECMAScript, ES6 (henceforth referred to by its new name, ES2015), is nearing the end of its standards process journey. At this stage Link Removed is final and will not be receiving any further...

Recently at Link Removed and in the Microsoft Edge Web Platform Summit, we have talked about how our focus on bringing our teams and the technologies behind our web platform closer to the broader community of developers. We’ve made it a priority to contribute to open source projects that improve...

In Link Removed this year, we described new features and experiences for developers in the F12 developer tools that enable you to be more effective with a range of updates (e.g. new performance and network tools as well as Debugger enhancements and UI improvements. The Link Removed brings more...

Mike Taulty, long time Friend of the Kinect Gallery, has been writing up a great series of articles around Intel's RealSense camera and Visual Studio (of course ;). Here's the current series ToC (as of the time of writing this), where you can get a good feel of everything he's covering... Link...

A couple of months back, we Link Removed that we had started development on Asm.js. Support for Asm.js Link Removed one of the top 10 most-requested items at the Link Removed on UserVoice since we launched it Link Removed. Since that time, we’ve made good progress, and in Windows 10 Insider...

Hello from day 2 of Link Removed in San Francisco. David Treadwell and I just gave the audience a peek at many of the new capabilities the new Universal Window Platform will enable, along with the associated tools and services. We also provided more insight into the Link Removed announced by...

Today at //BUILD we are making an update available to the Visual Studio Tools for Universal Windows apps. Windows 10 is an exciting release for developers, with support for Universal Windows apps that run across all Windows 10 devices – on the phone in your pocket, the tablet or laptop in your...

Welcome! This document contains a set of articles that introduce the most commonly used JavaScript/frontend web development tools (libraries, task runners, frameworks…). Frontend development ecosystem is growing fast and getting complex, and we hope this brief doc will help you put the pieces...

We are pleased to announce the release preview of The Windows Library for JavaScript 4.0 (WinJS 4.0). In our previous release (WinJS 3.0) we focused on ensuring cross-browser compatibility. With WinJS 4.0, we add features to ensure this library continues to be a great framework not only for...

I saw today's project this past Saturday from Daniel Rapp and it bumped everything else, just had to share this. First, it currently works in Chrome, yeah, yeah... I know...but use Chrome to best see this work... But it IS a Microsoft Research paper. What's also cool is that this is all driven...

Just saw the news that one of our favorite libs, Babylon.js has reached a new major milestone, v2.0! Link Removed ... Major updates Support for WebAudio. More info Link Removed (davrous) Support for Procedural Texture with standard usable samples and custom support. More info Link Removed...

Mike Taulty, long time Coding4Fun Friend, recently presented at a London Kinect Hack Event on how to quickly get started developing with the Kinect for Windows v2. Lucky for us, he's shared it with us...; Here are just a few times we've highlighted Mike's work; Just face it... with these two...

This week on Channel 9, Nisha and guest host Mat Velloso discuss the week's top developer news, including; Link Removed New Azure services help more people realize the possibilities of big data [T. K. “Ranga” Rengarajan] Link Removed Azure: Machine Learning Service, Hadoop Storm, Cluster...