Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Developing A ‘touchy’ Twitter browser – Using Visual Studio 2010 + Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch devices beta

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  Microsoft recently released Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta. It seems that the next version of Microsoft Surface will provide a development model that is consistent along the lines of WPF and Silverlight – Promising infact..
  The Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta is a set of controls, APIs, templates, sample applications and documentation currently available for Surface developers. With the .NET Framework 4.0, Windows Presentation Framework 4.0 (WPF), and this toolkit, Windows Touch developers can quickly and consistently create advanced multitouch applications for Windows Touch PCs. This toolkit also provides a jump-start for Surface application developers to prepare for the next version of Microsoft Surface. Use it to take advantage of the innovative Surface technology and user interface to develop your own rich and intuitive multitouch experiences for a variety of Windows Touch devices.
  In this post, I’ll explore how to install the toolkit and develop a simple Twitter browser application using the toolkit.
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