February 2007 - Posts

• Before we begin...

  Before we start our first MCML program, you are going to need two components. First, your development environment. Throughout this blog, I will be talking about developing in Visual Studio 2005. You may also be able to perform exactly the same actions Read More... Posted 28 February 2007 11:17 by IgnoranceIsBliss | 0 Comments Filed under: Developer, MCML, Media Center

• Model-View Separation

  For beginners to MCML, the most difficult thing to get used can be the idea of model-view separation. Some developers may be very familiar with it – the basic concepts have been used for quite some time, particularly in the Document-View architecture Read More... Posted 26 February 2007 08:43 by IgnoranceIsBliss | 1 Comments Filed under: Developer, MCML, Media Center

• Development Options

  OK - today we are going to look at the basics of developing for Media Center. There are basically three methods of writing software for Media Center. Hosted HTML Applications The first way is the only way that is backwards compatible with Windows XP's Read More... Posted 25 February 2007 12:57 by IgnoranceIsBliss | 0 Comments Filed under: Developer, Media Center

• Handy Links for Developers

  Before I even begin talking about the dark arts of Media Center development, let's go over some of the sites that will help you on your journey of discovery. Media Center SDK : Here The Media Center SDK for Windows Vista. If you are going to do ANYTHING Read More... Posted 23 February 2007 07:45 by IgnoranceIsBliss | 1 Comments Filed under: Developer, MCML, Links, Blogs

• Welcome to the Developer Blog

  Your reading the first in what will hopefully be a long list of blog postings passing on useful hints, tips, advice and tutorials on developing applications for Windows Media Center. The Media Center development experience is an interesting one. There's Read More... Posted 23 February 2007 07:15 by IgnoranceIsBliss | 0 Comments Filed under: Developer, Welcome, MCML