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Customize MSDN Flash | Unsubscribe Volume 18, Number 14 | July 16, 2014     Top Stories     Download the Public Beta Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 Now Take advantage now of the public beta of the Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0, which offers new features including improved skeletal tracking, joint orientation, and the ability to develop modern apps for the Windows Store. With your v2 sensor, you may now start developing a few months ahead of general availability. Scale Your Web Application with Azure Web Sites It's surprising, but scalability is often overlooked in web application development. A four-step approach can help break through common application performance barriers, enabling a single-instance application to run multiple instances, across regions, and handle tens of millions of HTTP requests. Building a Node.js and MongoDB Web Service Azure Web Sites is PaaS done right. Learn how to develop a RESTful web service in Node.js that accesses a MongoDB database in the cloud, and then deploy it to Azure Web Sites. Your Featured Content .NET Conf 2014 - Recorded Sessions Available .NET Conf 2014 focused 100% on .NET technologies, covering application development for the desktop, mobile, and cloud/server. Get the latest on the state of .NET, Entity Framework, the future of C#, and more. Touch Input - Moving a Character in 3D Environments Using Rays Technical Evangelist David Crook provides instructions and sample code for mouse and touch input that allows you to click or touch a point in the 3D environment so when building a game your character will move to that point. Get Your C# Questions Answered Get answers to 20 of the top coding questions surrounding the C# language, based on number of views and votes on Stackoverflow. Whether you're a new or experienced developer, you'll likely find out what you need to know right here. Watch the session. Developing Big Data Solutions on Microsoft Azure HDInsight Learn how to develop big data solutions using Microsoft Azure HDInsight and related technologies. Explore the use of HDInsight in a range of use cases and scenarios such as iterative exploration, as a data warehouse, for ETL processes, and integration into existing BI systems. On Demand: Developing Microsoft Azure and Web Services Web developers, learn how to build Azure-hosted Web API or WCF data-access services. Increase your reach while reducing your work by storing components independently and targeting multiple platforms. You'll get the end-to-end scenario for building an entire application.   BartNOW: A WinJS Web App for Subway Trains Technical Evangelist Steven Edourd discusses the BartNOW mobile web app, including source code and more. Learn why WinJS isn't just for Windows applications - it's a single library that provides a wide array of features to build unique cross-platform apps from the ground up. Visual Studio Release Management July 29, 2014, online Learn how you can use Visual Studio Release Management and TFS to deliver software and get feedback more quickly, automate deployment for complex environments, model release processes, track approvals and sign-offs, and display release status graphically. DirectX Factor: Breaking the Z Barrier with Direct2D Effects Using custom effects you can get much closer to authentic 3D programming than otherwise possible with Direct2D, as Charles Petzold explains in his latest DirectX Factor column. Creating a Multi-Platform App and Intro to Azure Mobile Services Developer Evangelist Nathalie Goh-Livorness provides a step by step tutorial video on how to create your first Windows 8 and Windows Phone app powered by the cloud. Nathalie share the tools she uses including the Xplatform Cloud Kit. Try Microsoft Azure free for 1 month. Community Corner - An Interview with Roger Peters, Creator of "Word Search Little Books" Tara Walker welcomes Roger Peters, founder of All Mobile Everything and Smarty Pants Coding to discuss his app Word Search Little Books for Windows 8. Learn how he used Xamarin to create his cross-platform app as well as what other tools he found useful.   MSDN Flash Sponsors DevExpress, and LEADTOOLS: •  Become a UI Superhero with DevExpress Tools •  Download Free LEADTOOLS Evaluation ADVERTISEMENT Create Elegant and High-Performance .NET Applications Everything you'll need for your next great .NET app. Feature-complete UI controls for Windows, web, and mobile development from DevExpress. Events Unity Game Porting Lab August 19, 2014, Seattle, WA Please join us before Unite 2014 for hands-on porting support at the Unity Game Porting Lab. A team of Microsoft experts will be available to help you quickly get started porting your Unity games to Windows and Windows Phone. 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