Microsoft Build 2012 Announced a Replacement for PDC

Submitted by navajocodetalker on
The world's leading software company Microsoft have just announced the scheduled date of the Professional Developers Conference (PDC). The conference was renamed into Microsoft Build last year. The PDC was hosted by Microsoft for the past few years as a running developer conference which was intended for software developers from around the world, normally Windows developers. It covers new and

Creating a VB Scheduler in ASP.NET MVC3 Razor

Submitted by LiDmX on
Specially for VB programmers: an easy-to-follow tutorial on how to create a simple event calendar/scheduler in visual basic. After reading this tutorial, you can create a simple event calendar in VB.NET from scratch. Proceed reading to create a nice-looking calendar with multiple views (day, week and month) and events arranged in a cascade style.

Picominoe

Submitted by Oelasor on
Picominoe is a board puzzle similar to the popular jigzaw puzzle only that it uses blocks of connected squares in varying forms and sizes instead of predefined shapes. The application presents coding concepts on the following: * sculpting objects (forms and picturebox controls) * dragging and dropping objects (forms and picturebox controls) * mouse clipping * graphics manipulation (rotating blocks

PolyTwister

Submitted by Oelasor on
PolyTwister is a puzzle game that uses four polygons to form varying shapes. The user can select from a set of built-in predefined shapes and of course, the polygons can be rotated. The program uses various APIs to sculpt the polygon objects.

MagicSquare

Submitted by Oelasor on
Again, please refer to this URL for its description :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_square. This simple game application demonstrates the use of multidimensional arrays. It also features the generic algorithm used to solve the magic square in varying sizes (3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13... you may add more sizes if you wish :-)). Thank you and more magic to come!

Mastermind

Submitted by Oelasor on
Please see this URL for its description :-) Mastermind (board game) The application demonstrates a way of playing sound files (.wav) fetched from a resource file. It also conveys the use of VB APIs to manipulate graphics. Thank you and happy code breaking!