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In the previous articles in this series, a UWP app was developed as an array of XAML buttons that acts as the UI for an app running on a remote embedded or IoT device. Once connected the remote app sends a configuration for the UI as a Json string. Connectivity between the UWP and remote apps over Bluetooth and USB Serial has been covered. In this article connectivity over network sockets is covered. The article includes 101 on TCPIP Network Sockets for UWP and Arduino.
This article reworks the previous few articles that use BT Serial and the connectivity so that USB virtual serial is used for communication. It covers in detail USB Serial connectivity between a UWP app and an Arduino devices as well as with a Windows 10 IoT-Core device (eg RPI).
Turn your old Surface into into a large touchpad. As part 3, add a Text Output control to the UI that can note which button is pressed along with (later on) output from the remote app.
Turn your old Surface into into a large touchpad. As part 2, specify the buttons and app config via a Json Configuration file. This reworks a previous GitHub project.
The Windows 10 UWP app CleanupVS is now in The Store. Its a free app for cleaning up Visual Studio workspaces by recursively deleting bin and obj folders from Visual Studio project folders. This article covers some of the code techniques used in he app.
Including, quick folder count, app metadata, using the Feedback Hub and populating a RichTextbox.
Despite its detractors, Microsoft has of late has embraced OpenSource with a vengeance. Much code is now available on GitHub under the Microsoft moniker for developers to tweak, extend, debug and contribute. opensource.microsoft.com is the central location for it.
Universal Windows(10) Apps settings is easy. Its simple to specify as part of the build, save them to storage, get them back and modify .. I mean dead easy! 
On February 7th, 2011, Dave Heil and I gave a presentation on Windows Phone 7 Application Development to the members of the Windows Networking Solutions User Group (WiNSUG) in Carlsbad, California.
We had a great time meeting the members of the user group, as we tried to answer their probing and insightful questions.
The slide deck from the presentation and the source code for the example Windows Phone 7 and Windows Azure Platform application, is included at the following links:
WP7/Azure Platform Sample Application Sample Code:
This application builds on the Thumbnails Azure Platform application and the Camera WP7 sample application provided by Microsoft. The image captured by the WP7 Camera application is sent to a Storage Role on the Azure Platform, and displayed by the Web Role.
Windows Phone 7 Application Development Slide Deck:
Dave Heil presented the basics of WP7 application development and I followed up with a demonstration of the WP7/Azure Platform Sample (above) in ...