MVA Review : HTML5 & CSS3 Fundamentals: Development for Absolute Beginners

Well ,this is my second blog post about MVA. If you have no idea what MVA is, refer to my blog post  Microsoft Virtual Academy

         

           Here, I am going to talk about  a very basic course for the absolute beginners interested in web technology.  If you are a beginner to web technology world and in dilemma where to start it , probably this is the right place you are in. HTML( Hyper Text Markup Language) is the main markup language for creating webpages. HTML5 is the fifth revision of HTML standard.It is the complete evolution of previous HTML versions with lots of features. Modern browser are slowly adapting all the features of HTML5. In the other hand, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a style sheet language used for describing look and formatting of a document written in markup language such as HTML. CSS3 is the one of the latest versions of the CSS. Note that if you have pre-knowledge in HTML and CSS and you are just here to know what's new in HTML5 and CSS3 , then this course is not probably for you. As the name suggests, this is for "Absolute Beginners".

         
            The instructor for this course is Bob Tabor .You will learn concepts about web pages, CSS3 styles and HTML5 features throughout the course.  You will walk  through getting the web principals, writing code and much more.Each concept is broken into its own video so you can search for and focus on the information you need.There are altogether 21 episodes in the course.The pre-requirement for this course is almost NULL. You don't need any particular O.S. for this course , neither any IDE . You will do all the required scripting in notepad as indicated there.You may use validators like Validator.NU to check your html code as taught during the course. You can earn 85 points while learning this course. There are zip files you need to download to use them throughout the video tutorials. 

          

            So , what are you waiting for? Click the link below and start your awesome online learning experience

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/html5-css3-fundamentals-development-for-absolute-beginners#?fbid=g7ZWOb8Isxn

My Top Ten list of new features in Windows 8.1

            Windows 8.1, formerly known as Windows Blue, is recently released on 17th October.It is considered to be a comprehensive update to Windows 8.It is available for free to the existing Windows 8 users via Windows Store and is available from 18th October in market for buying.It is updated keeping in mind about the needs of PC users along with modern tablets.Here are some of the remarkable features on my top 10 list you can see in Windows 8.1.

i.)Start Button is Back
             The start button is what most of the Windows users has been missing in Windows 8. It is now back with windows 8.1,although it still redirects to Start Screen rather than the Start Menu.

ii.)Lock Screen SlideShow
             Lock Screen is the screen that appear on your PC when you boot your computer or when the computer is sleeping prior to entering password.

           People started using Lock Screen to put their favourite photos ,so that they can be seen at the very     first glimpse.Now in windows 8.1, you can make slideshow of pictures to make a photo frame that can be uploaded either locally from hard drive or from Skydrive.

          Moreover you can unlock the Camera , answer a skype call and get email notifications without needing to enter a password.


iii.)More Snap Views
          Now you can choose snap views, of two apps running ,at any ratio you  want. For eg: You may prefer 50:50 ratio of snap views of apps as shown in figure below.Also you can have multiple windows of same app snapped together.

iv.) Boot to Desktop
           With Windows 8.1 , you can boot directly to desktop,if you like with no metro in sight. This retains the property of traditional Windows O.S. that may you'd love to.

          
v.)Attractive Start Screen
          Windows 8.1 has added more colors to the start screen.It has also added attractive backgrounds for start screen.One can set a desktop background as a start screen background.

vi.)Reformation of Tiles
            Windows 8.1 features variety of tile sizes i.e.small ,medium,wide and large.Grouping the tiles with specific names is also made easier.You can now select multiple tiles all at once and do operations such as Resize , Uninstall,Unpin,Rearrange in groups  etc.We can view all apps in Apps Views by swiping from buttom and filter the apps by name,date installed,most used or by category.When you install a new app from Windows Store ,it will no longer appear in Start Screen instead you will find the apps under Apps Views as mentioned above and the app is marked as 'new' so that you can choose it to pin in the start screen.

                           

vii.)Improved Windows Store
                    Windows store is much improved now compare to that of Windows 8.It is now easier to find new and interesting apps.Now, there is the feature of automatic installation of App updates in background coming from the store.Also,  there is a search bar at top left side of the store to search the desired apps. Here is the screen shot of the store:

                 
viii.)Easy Search
                   Now you can bing search from start screen without going to the actual app. You can also choose to search from Everywhere, Setting ,Files ,Web Images or Web Videos.

  ix.)Help+Tips App
                   It is the new App introduced in Windows 8.1 ,divided into six different categories, to help new comers to get started easily .

x.) Internet Explorer 11
                     It is the latest version of internet explorer available for Windows 8.1 users. For the detail features of  IE 11 refer to my previous blog post

About Internet Explorer 11

Microsoft Virtual Academy

         Due to advancement in technology , the definition of learning process is also changing. Now, you don't have to merely depend on classical learning process of attending university, sitting the class and listening to the lecturer. The concept of learning process is broadening with availability of internet. You can simply 'Bing' to search the topic you want to learn. But,WAIT...with too many contents over the internet, you may be in dilemma to choose which one is the best.There may be some false information over the internet misguiding you. So, you should be really careful while choosing a proper site. Meanwhile,if you are or trying to be a Developer or an IT pro , then microsoft brings you a great  opportunity to learn online.Microsoft brings you the platform called "Microsoft Virtual Academy".

           Technology is the most dynamic thing in the current scenario. You can't merely depend upon your college/university academy courses to pursue your career as a developer or an IT pro. You have to go beyond it to increase your employability. Microsoft Virtual Academy boost student's employability through various courses and skills not usually taught in your academia. 

             Microsoft is a best platform for students to learn and share knowledge. It provides variety of technologies to boost your career. With "Microsoft Virtual Academy", you can learn variety of courses ranging from C#,XAML, HTML5 to Cloud Services , Sharepoint  Server etc.You can also learn to use visual studio and using it to build Apps for Windows 8.1 , Windows Phone etc.You will get chance  to learn with one of the best instructure in the world.There are thousands of topic you can choose about the technology of your interest.On the completion of a course , you will be provided with a certificate of the respective course. On the basis of your learning , you will get points and ranking.You can win several prizes, based on regional and global ranking, provided by MIC, Nepal (in context of Nepal).

                  So , what are you waiting for? Sign up Here and head toward a next step of your IT career.

                  I will post about some very good courses provided by MVA in my upcoming blog series. Keep subscribing!!

About Internet Explorer 11

       Internet Explore 11 is the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer versions which is featured in Window 8.1 (also known as Windows Blue) .Although the jump from Internet Explorer 10 to Internet Explorer 11 is the fastest ever ,IE 11 comes with fairly amount of new features. The new browser claims to be the fastest browser ever with better touch performance and faster page loads. The new browser confirmed the support up to 100 open tabs at a time without killing browser or battery performance.So we can say IE 11 can produce fast,fluid and best web experience for windows device users.Some of the features it possesses are:

i.) IE11 provides great flexibility to users ,with fast and fluid browsing and excellent touch,keyboard or mouse experiences

ii.)It supports up to 100 open tabs at a time without killing browser or battery performance.

iii.)It can deliver side by side browsing so we can use our favorite sites and Windows Store Apps together.

iv.)It provides the feature of accessing our tabs,favorites,history,usernames/passwords and more from one device to another,syncing in cloud through SkyDrive.

v.)It gives best touch experiences with gestures such as panning ,zooming and swiping by using GPU(Graphics Procession Unit).

vi.) GPU-offloaded image decoding boost battery life and CPU processing dynamic page content.

vii.)We can get frequently used sites quickly and up to date in all our Windows Devices.

viii.) It provides more responsive browsing by prioritizing work and by prefetching content in the     background.Also ,the typing is faster with site suggestions,Bing search suggestions, Windows Store Apps suggestion and also get instant answer for weather and stock prizes from the address bar.

ix.)WebGL support finally arrive in IE11, now security issues that were troubling Microsoft have been sorted out.

You can download and install Windows 8.1 Preview from here to use IE11.

What is Office 2013 App?

             Technology is updating very fast in day to day life. The technology that we use today may be outdated withing few span of time . Traditionally , "Apps" refer to the  applications that are designed for smart phones .But with the pace of time , the meaning of "Apps" is also widening. In the process, many people might be amazed to know about "Microsoft Office 2013 App" or simply "Office App". Then what is "Office App"? Read it below:

         Imagine a situation , you want a calculator to calculate the data you entered in your Excel without going to other application or you are bored and want to play hangman from office itself.Then what might be the solution?The solution is "Apps for office 2013". So ,you can use "Apps for office" to extend your office 2013 applications.

       An "Office App" is  a webpage that is hosted inside an office client application.So It is the application made by developers around the world by using the power of the web and standard web technologies like HTML5 ,XML,CSS3 ,JAVASCRIPT and REST APIs.The basic components of "Office App" are a Webpage and a XML manifest file.The manifest file defines various settings and point to the Webpage file .So developer can use their existing knowledge to these web technologies to build Office Apps. Those apps are very compatible that can run in multiple environments like Office Web Apps,Office Desktop Clients,Mobile Browsers and even in Cloud.

          To download the  Apps for Office 2013,  Simply ,Open Office 2013 (eg.word ,excel etc.),You can see the options for  "Office Apps"in the "INSERT" tab as shown in below

  

       Here is the screenshot of a simple office app developed by me

Editing a PDF file in office 2013

Office 2013 is the latest Microsoft Office version ,compatible with both traditional PCs and touchscreen PCs or tablets.One of the good feature it has is it can be used to edit PDF files easily.Just follow the following simple steps:

i.)Right click a PDF file and open with "Microsoft Word".

ii.)Edit the file in Microsoft Word as your requirements.

iii.)Now save it again as PDF file . If it's read only file then you can change it's name(for eg:if your original file name is "hello.pdf" , you can change to "hello1.pdf").

Now done :)


PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN EDIT A PDF DOCUMENT ONLY WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE 2013 VERSION. PREVIOUS VERSIONS DO NOT WORK FOR THIS .

How to download huge collection of files as .zip file from google drive site?

Imagine, you have a huge collection of pictures shared by someone in google drive site, how will you download it? Manually?No that may not be a correct solution , you can download all files at once as. zip .Just follow the following instructions :

i.)Click the link of the google drive shared by someone and sign in with your google (gmail) account

ii.) Click "Open in Drive" located at right top corner as shown in figure:

iii.) Check the tickmark  beside "Title" at left top(you can deselect file which you don't want to include on the .zip file) as shown below

iv.)Click "More"just above the title and from dropdown list , click "Download"

v.)Finally from new the window that appear, click download , your file will be zipped and you can download the zip file.

8085 microprocessor simulator same as that of your lab

Are you tired of searching 8085 microprocessor simulator same as that of your microprocessor lab? Don't worry , here is the one which is  exact same microprocessor simulator as that you find in your lab , enjoy it :)

Thanks to Kapil Dahal for finding the awesome software :)

Click  Here to download it

SLC result out, 41.57% pass

SLC Result 2069/2070 has been published today by MOE. Congratulation to all those who pass the exam.
Pass Percentage:41.57%
Total Appeared : 547,165
Total Passed :176253
Distinction : 16924
First Division : 76282
Second Division : 75678
Third Division : 7369

You can see your result here

Read the Article of ekantipur.com to get detail

BHAKTAPUR, JUN 11 - The Office of the Controller (OCE) of Examinations, Sanothimi, has published the results of School Leaving Certificate (SLC) exams for the academic year 2069 on Tuesday.

According to OCE, 41.57 percentage of the total 547,165 students have passed the examination, more commonly known as the 'Iron Gate' among the students.

A total of 547,165 students had appeared at the 79th edition of the SLC exams held on March 13-24 earlier this year. Of them, 430,097 are regular and 117,068 are exempted students.

The pass rate has plummeted by 6 percent compared to the last year. This year's SLC result is the second worst of this decade.

The decline in the pass rate could seriously impact the education sector, claim the education policy analysts.

Organising a press conference after the announcement of the results, Examinations Controller Khagraj Baral said among the total passed, there were 96,454 boys and 71,481 girls.

Of those who passed, 16,924 have secured distinction while 76,165 secured first division, 69,830 the second and 5,016 passed in the third division.

OCE said that the result of 818 students was withheld while 6,067 students failed to appear the SLC exam while those of 230 were cancelled.

For those who failed up to two subjects, the supplementary exam will be held from August 4 to 11.

The OCE had set up 1,786 exam centres across the country with an equal number of superintendents and 2,655 assistant superintendents. Similarly, 21,890 invigilators, 7,297 peons and 19,860 security personnel were mobilised for the exams. The answer sheets were marked at 60 centres under tight vigilance.

A board meeting of the OCE that took place this morning had decided to publish the results today.

OCE has already stated that it will not publish the results in newspapers citing budget constraints. However, the newspapers can publish them if they make it free of cost.

The results can also be viewed on www.ekantipur.com.

Likewise, the results can also be viewed at OCE's site www.soce.gov.np, Education Ministry's site www.moe.gov.np, Education Department's www.doe.gov.np and Nepal Telecom's slc.ntc.net.np. Results can also be known through telephone by dialing 1600 and following the instructions.

Big Impact on me by small act of MIC Nepal

  It's been nearly one and half year since  i have been associated with MIC Nepal in one or other way. I came to know about MIC Nepal through our previous MSP Aashish Acharya, when we were in 1st semester .I  attended "MTA Training in Networking Fundamental" as a first event in MIC Nepal.It has not been much fruitful to me as i realized then my field of interest is being developer rather than in networking. Thanks to MIC Nepal ,i realized my field of interest early in 1st semester. After that i keep on involving in many activities related to MIC Nepal like Install Fest , Tech Explosion , DBA  programs etc.  which boost my knowledge as well confidence.
       Now comes the dramatic change part in my life. I attended windows 8 app development camp organized by joint effort of MIC Nepal , our previous MSP Aashish Acharya and current MSPs Chandan Gupta , Puja Shrestha and Alisha Thapaliya.Till then ,i know nothing about visual studio or C# .But amazingly i learned and  I developed a nice app within 5 days training ,which would have been impossible without their supports.It was my first app but get nice response from others. It develop confidence on me like "I CAN ALSO DO SOMETHING" and MIC Nepal provides the platform for me.
       Again  i attended recently conducted "OFFICE APP DEVELOPMENT CAMP" at MIC Nepal . As before, i have almost zero knowledge on HTML5 , Javascript, Jquery and CSS3. But again i learned and develop an app.This time my app stood second in the camp  and got a cool "waterbag" from Allen sir.It was  one of the happiest moment of my life. Since then, i am working on developing another cool app . Thanks to MIC Nepal , now i have confidence that i can develop cool apps not only in MICROSOFT platform but others too.
        MIC Nepal consist of bunch of experienced and cool teams .Allen sir , Junu mam ,Purnima mam , Sonika Mam ,Nairisha di,Prashish dai etc. are the bunch of friendly people over  there.They are always helpful and cooperative . I feel like "my own office"  when i visit MIC Nepal :D due to their friendly behaviour. It means a lot to me. Thanks MIC Nepal for having "BIG IMPACT ON ME DUE TO YOUR SMALL ACT".

Plugged in, not charging problem in laptop battery?

This is the problem most of the laptop users suffer once or more. Here is a simple solution of it . Follow the instructions in exact order :

i.)Shutdown the laptop

ii.)Disconnect the AC power supply

iii.)Remove the battery from laptop

iv.)Connect the AC power supply and turn on the laptop

 v.)Go to Control Panel & goto Device Manager

vi.)Under Batteries ,right click  Microsoft ACPI- Compliant Control Method Battery and uninstall it.

vii.)Shut down the computer

viii.)Remove the AC power supply 

ix.)Insert the battery and connect the AC power supply again

x.)Turn on the computer ( Microsoft ACPI- Compliant Control Method Battery will be automatically installed,if not ,go to device manager and click scan for hardware changes)

xi.)Problem Solved. :)
  

Unable to activate windows store app?

Are you facing the the problem like this while trying to run your windows 8 app in visual studio?
The message such as
"Unable to activate Windows Store app 'AppName'. The ProcessName process started, but the activation request failed with error 'ErrorNumber'" 
It appears like this

I will show you how to solve it in simple way , just follow as given below:

Go to Solution Explorer , then click  "bin" ,inside "bin"  right click "Debug" and delete it . Now run the app and see what happens.
 Simple isn't it?
Try it , it worked for me , if it doesn't work let me know in comment .
Here is the screen shot

Good Luck