The signature of the Java main method perplexed me when I first started out programming. Java was the first language I learned and I couldn’t wait for the day where I fully understood that signature. By signature I mean the heading of the method: public static void main (String args[]) I wrote a simple program … More public static void main (String args[])
The fourth and final college year… I’ll be moving back into my previous house in Galway for my final year. Instead of three people in the house, this time there will be six. Most have some link to the college course, either graduated, currently in it or left it. This year I won’t be working while … More Fourth year and post college aspirations
In October of Third year I was accepted to do work place in Ericsson (based in Athlone) for three months during the Summer. I was super happy about this, one other person in the course got this placement, along with two electronic engineers in the college. First train of many to Athlone. My first time … More A Summer in Ericsson
Blog Revamp: I have changed the theme of the blog and also the logo, it was hurting my eyes before and needed a long over due revamp. Here’s a quick mock-up of the new logo: I think it looks quick cool. Unfinished series: Regarding the previous Windows Phone Development series I was doing. I won’t … More Blog Update
It’s been 17 months since I last posted. This blog was fading into a memory. This is my first and only blog and I had wished to put a post out every month. I guess I have some catching up to do, 17 posts to be exact. I’m a software developer and I find the … More Long overdue post – Life update
I’m using Visual Studio 2012 on my Windows 8.1 laptop. I was working on a C project. After updating my computer via windows update I got the following error: package “visual c++ package” failed to load After a bit of Googling I came to this lovely simple fix: Close Visual Studio Open up the “Developer … More package “visual c++ package” failed to load
Hello again, In the last tutorial we covered: Navigation between pages (C# code) Pivot Pages/Items/Controls Fields/Attributes More on TextBlocks ScrollViewers Images Testing App Store Information Today we’re going to cover: About/Using GIMP Scaling Layers Transparency Saving VS Manifest File Let’s dive right in! Next we’re going to change the icons for this app. With Visual … More #4 – Images, Icons & GIMP
Hello again, today we’re going to be finishing off our app. If you haven;t already done part one go back and do it: https://roncontech.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/2-creating-your-first-app-part-1/ Otherwise let us continue 🙂 Today we’ll be covering: Navigation between pages (C# code) Pivot Pages/Items/Controls Fields/Attributes More on TextBlocks ScrollViewers Images Testing App Store Information Lets get goin’! Linking pages … More #3 – Creating Your First App (Part 2)
Today we’ll be covering how to set up your first app. I’m going to split this post into 2 parts as it will be very long otherwise. The prerequisites for this tutorial are that you have Visual Studio installed on your system. If this is not the case I’d recommend you take a read through … More #2 – Creating Your First App (Part 1)
We’re going to be installing & setting up Visual Studio 2012 with the Windows Phone 8.0 SDK. Visual Studio is Microsoft’s IDE (Integrated Development Environment). It helps the programmer out as much as possible, doing most of the donkey work for you. You can develop Windows Phone & Store Apps with it (store apps being … More #1 – Setting Up IDE & Dev Account
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