This post is the second of a series of posts describing our automation efforts for provisioning Windows 10 IoT core on a Raspberry Pi. To recap, KiZAN has a lab of 26 Raspberry Pi 2 boards running Windows 10 IoT core. On a regular basis, we need to re-flash, provision, and configure the boards. When we perform the re-flash and…
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NativeScript Tweet Bot
I’ve spent the last month building workshop and presentation content for Music City Code, held in Nashville, TN. I spoke about NativeScript throughout the conference, met a ton of new friends, and had fun building apps, and automated products. One of the products of my preparations is a cool side project I call the NativeScript tweet bot. 6 Minute Mobile Apps…
Find the IP Address of a Windows 10 IoT Core Device after Initial Flash with PowerShell
This is a guest post from Ryan DiChiara, one of the KiZAN summer interns! Posts in this series: Find the IP Address of a Windows 10 IoT Core Device after Initial Flash with PowerShell Rename a Windows 10 IoT Core device with PowerShell Install WiFi drivers in Windows 10 IoT core with PowerShell KiZAN has a lab of 26 Raspberry Pi…
jQuery Mobile versus NativeScript
I recently responded to a question on the NativeScript in Action author forum regarding jQuery Mobile versus NativeScript. I thought the question was framed well and wanted to share. If you want to read the entire thread, head over to the author forum. With much interest, I just read the Chapter 1 free download. jQuery Mobile is not mentioned in the…
NativeScript in Action – Deal of the Day
As you may already know Mike and I have been hard at work writing NativeScript in Action. Last week NativeScript in Action when into MEAP (Manning Early Access Program). Go on over and check it out (Chapter 1 is free!) I’m pleased to announce that NativeScript in Action is the Deal of the Day for 7/18/2016! Just head on over…
Deploying Universal Windows Platform (UWP) Apps to Windows 10 IoT Core
KiZAN has been using Windows 10 IoT Core running on a Raspberry Pi 2 for several months inside of a traveling IoT lab kit. With the kits we’re able to bring a unique hands-on development workshop direct to businesses. Right now, our lab contains 25 Raspberry Pi 2 units flashed with Windows 10 IoT Core. After flashing the units, we…
Writing NativeScript in Action
Where have we been? It’s been a long time since Nick and I have been able to blog. But don’t worry, we’re still writing, just in a different form. We’ve been writing NativeScript in Action. The book will publish in late 2016, but it’s available right now online for preview. The first three chapters are currently up, and every 3-4…
Internet of Cows
In a world filled with an increasing number of Internet-connected devices, data is king. You may have heard of the Internet of Things (IoT), which is just a fancy way of saying I’ve got an internet-connected device. You’ve likely even heard of some of these devices: thermostats (like the Nest) stream temperature and humidity information, door bells (like Ring) stream video,…
Resizing Images for a NativeScript App
I recently posted about a small weekend project with my sons: building an iOS soundboard app using NativeScript and a text-to-speech engine. In this post, I wanted to dive a bit deeper into resizing images for a NativeScript App, and how I went about integrating static images into my app. Using XML and CSS to Add Images to your App In my app,…
An Early Second Day at Code PaLOUsa
I had an early second day at Code PaLOUsa, which started with an alarm that was too loud and too early – mainly because I spent time late Monday evening refining my talk on Visual Studio Code. I’d like to say that I made it to all of the sessions I had planned to see on Tuesday morning, but the…