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A Million Little Programs
April 2, 2012
New York, N.Y.
My programming tutorials tend to have lots of little programs to illustrate particular techniques, so as I've been working on the first several chapters of Programming Windows, 6th edition, here's what the far end of the Windows 8 Start screen soon became:
Hey! How'd that cat get in there?
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Comments:
Maybe its an April 1st feature?
— Keith Duncan, Mon, 2 Apr 2012 10:08:06 -0400
I think it may be one of those rare programs in my book that has a custom tile. — Charles
When you hit (Ctrl-)F5 in Visual Studio you actually deploy the app on Windows 8. This is to register for the Charms' contracts etc.
— Erno, Mon, 2 Apr 2012 12:44:44 -0400
I wish I knew a way to run the app from Visual Studio without deploying it. It would also be nice to be able to select multiple tiles from the Start screen and uninstall them all with one shot. — Charles
The cat looks just as confused about his placement.
— Michael C. Neel, Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:29:46 -0400
In context, the cat (as drawn by Beatrix Potter) is rather mystified by the clothes that his mother has put on him. Like many of us, cats prefer to run around naked. — Charles