August, 2012

In the previous articles of this series, we have touched on quite a few important aspects of Windows 8 application development. In part 6, we looked at tiles. We saw that live tiles are a way of allowing your application to displaying up-to-date information...

Windows 8’s biggest novelty is without a doubt “Apps”. Microsoft is entering the world of apps and is for the first time introducing a “real marketplace”, named the Windows 8 Store where developers can publish, market and sell their applications. This...

Watch a recording of Part 1 of the webinar ' Advanced Windows 8 Metro ' delivered by Silverlight MVP Gill Cleeren on July 18th, 2012. Download the slides ( .ppt / .pptx ) | Get the demos Join part 2 next Wednesday, July 25 at 10 am PST . Webinar summary...

This is Day # 2 in the Windows 8 development article series on common tips & tricks towards developing real-world Metro apps.  Over the next several weeks, you’ll see 8 articles talk about some must-do things for Windows 8 Metro app developers...

You’re at a chic coffee shop or on a plane.  Just like everyone around you, you have a tablet. Watch a movie, play a game, do the social stuff. And then while everyone starts getting bored, you flip part of your tablet and out comes a thin keyboard...

This ebook collects the first 7 parts of SilverlightShow article series 'Windows 8 Metro' , together with source code. In this first part (2 more parts expected to be released, following the development of the series) Andrea introduces the basic concepts...