TLDR: Use typings install –ambient <name of framework> to install type definitions UPDATE: TypeScript 2.0 was released on Sept. 22, 2016 The code for this project can be found in this repository. I’m still pretty new to TypeScript and trying to get the hang of things. One thing I’ve had a difficult time with is getting type…
I recently started using TypeScript for a new project, and hit a few snags along the way. The first of which, was that my local project was using an older version of TypeScript, specifically 1.0.3.0 . This was odd, because I had just installed the latest version of TypeScript, but globally and locally. I searched around and…
Hello and welcome to the first episode of the Game Dev Show, I’m @DaveVoyles. Throughout this series we’ll have several Microsoft Technical Evangelists, as well as some guests, to introduce you to the concepts behind game development from a number of angles, including the programming, art, and business aspects of game production. Every Wednesday we’ll…
Picture this scenario: I want to create a website and use GitHub for source control. How can I have Azure websites point to my GitHub account and pull the code from there? Why do this? With this setup, I can make changes to my code base, from any machine in the world and push it…
Writing code for multiple platforms can be a lot of work. It can be even more work to have to completely rewrite it for each one, too. What if you wrote an application in C++, but wanted it to be displayed in the browser somehow? Well now, with a tool called Emscripten, that’s possible. ———————–…
In the past, I’ve been posting that week’s newsletter on here nearly immediately after it went out to your emails. What I’ve decided to do recently was send out the newsletter every TWO weeks instead of each week, and now post this once a month, thereby combining the newsletters. I have had a nice couple…
During this web development session I cover the history of web dev for the first 30 minutes, as well as showcase some examples of what is possible on the web today. Following that, I go through a workshop with students where we cover the Kahn Academy’s introduction to HTML/CSS course, which can be found here.…
Join the discussion on Reddit. WebGL (Web Graphics Library) is a JavaScript API for rendering interactive 3D computer graphics and 2D graphics within any compatible web browser without the use of plug-ins. You will often find developers using it for games, but it is finally gaining widespread visibility across the web, and is now being used…
You can find the first three parts of this series here: Night Trap – switching branches Rebuilding Night Trap Deconstructing Night Trap I’m still making progress on this HTML5 port of Night Trap. The playable version hasn’t changed at all, but I’ve been consistently making changes to the Alpha branch, which currently has over 200…
This is my weekly newsletter which covers my favorite stories of the week in the fields of Tech, HTML5, Startups, Game Dev, and Venture Capital. If you find some links that you think would be useful, feel free to share! You can always subscribe (or unsubscribe) by clicking on the MailChimp widget on the right-hand…