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In this session, Steve introduces the practice of pair programming.

John McCarthy's classic 1979 (history (of (Lisp))).

My master made me this collar. He is a good and smart master...

You've got [touch, swipe, pinch] mail!

I like big DOMs and I cannot lie, you other devs can't deny...

Pro tip: jumping on alligator heads is not advised in real life.

Eternal beta, continuous integration... and that's just Windows Update.

Tending your forest in the cloud.

Probabilistic programming with Python. Probably not for dummies.

How much has compilation come along since 2009?

Something I've noticed about TechEd 2013: Microsoft is all-in on Azure.

We talk to Abhishek Sur, a herculian CodeProject author and two-time CodeProject MVP.

Are frameworks the problem, or does the "bad" come from somewhere else?

"Microsoft’s Windows Phone is still an underdog in the smartphone market, but it’s starting to put up a decent fight." Jared Newman shares some demographic details behind the surge of interest in Windows Phone over the last year.

"Developers can make or break a platform but Mozilla has a distinct advantage over other platforms trying to break into the iOS-Android duopoly: the web." Scott Gilbertson got his hands on a Firefox OS device and gives some insight into the real-world experience for users and developers.

"Most Web page layouts rely on design patterns created for laptop and desktop computers equipped with a mouse and keyboard. As the variety of devices being used to access the Web has grown, these patterns haven’t been keeping up." Luke Wroblewski demonstrates how mobile apps - web-based or native - need to adapt for thumb-and-finger interaction on a small screen.

A bug? In software? Get outta here! "After creating a small app to test out his theory, Gosse confirms that when an image is downloaded and saved locally, a copy can be detected in isolated storage. It's a bug that can be easily overlooked." Rich Edmonds has the details.

"Which starting point should I choose? What if I go with a 'Single View Application' now but later decide that I really wanted a tab bar in my app? Do I have to start over?" Ole Begemann walks you through the Xcode templates for iOS projects and explains what they're used for. A great tutorial for beginners.

"One of the things users like most about Android is the flexibility to choose which apps should handle common tasks on their devices..." and that includes which app should handle outgoing phone calls. Dirk Dougherty explains how Intents let you hook your app deep into the system, and which Intents are used to handle plain old telephone calls.

We recently featured a post by Florian Kugler analyzing Autolayout Performance on iOS. Martin Pilkington takes a deeper look at how Autolayout operates and some simple optimizations that can counteract the performance issues that Florian encountered. Deep dive stuff like this really helps you understand the underlying systems.

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Learning to program is easy and exciting. Real programming is hard... but rewarding.

If there's never time for Service Pack 1, will anyone get around to upgrading?

What's in it? CaMeLcAsE mEnUs? A pastel color palette? Live tiles? Read on to find out.