I had the pleasure of speaking at David Rice’s CIS 105 class at Temple University today, and for the last 3 semesters I have been speaking with entry level Computer Science class, which is required for all students who are currently in, or considering the major. Some resources mentioned: Nextplex Meetup.com Philly Codefest BizSpark DreamSpark…
My Tech Evangelist colleagues, Joe Raio and Brian Sherwin, have create a great set of video tutorials on how to create your own website using Azure. This is part of Microsoft’s Choose to Code campaign, which guides your middle and high school students through a series of online tutorials walking them through the process of creating and…
Over the last two years I’ve collected a ton of resources for students and startups, so I thought I’d finally create one blog post to combine them all. If you feel that I’m missing anything, leave a note in the comments and I’d be glad to add it! Programming / Web Where do I get…
Randy Guthrie, an Academic Evangelist on our Evangelism team at Microsoft, put together a great set of video tutorials for students who take advantage of DreamSpark. He also teaches at Arizona State, and has an active blog there for his students. DreamSpark is a Microsoft program to provide students with software design and development tools at…
Create a WordPress on Azure using DreamSpark from joescars My colleague in Florida, Joe Raio, put together a great power point deck on how to create a WordPress site in Azure using DreamSpark. DreamSpark is MIcrosoft’s free iniative for students to take advantage of our software and platform, such as Azure. If your school…
Fellow Tech Evangelist, Joe Healy, put together a great set of slides on how to open your developer account via DreamSpark. Joe Healy – How to set up your DreamSpark account from Dave Voyles Not sure if your school has DreamSpark? Head over to https://www.dreamspark.com/Institution/Access.aspx look at the lower right for this image Type in…
You can download the app from the Windows 8 Store, for free. In my last post, I mentioned that I began using Microsoft’s new Web App Template, to quickly and easily create an app out of my website, while using very little code. Now that my app is finished, I wanted to walk you through…
As the school year winds down, now is the perfect time to get all of that free software installed before you head home for the summer. Employers love seeing developers actively work on projects, so Microsoft is giving it all to you for free. I’m currently working on a Web App Template, to wrap my…
You can find Part 2 of this tutorial, here. I’ve also compiled a list of great apps published with the WAT. On Venture Capitalist Chris Dixon’s blog, he recently highlighted the decline of the mobile web. “People are spending more time on mobile vs desktop, and more of their mobile time using apps, not the…
As I bounce from college to college and work with a number of students, I’m always surprised to see how many aren’t aware that they have access to DreamSpark. Dreamspark is Microsoft’s program to provide students with software design and development tools at no charge. The program was originally available for university/college students in the U.S., but…