Top 11 Reasons to Visit the Hilo Docs in the MSDN Library

Eric Battalio

Top 11 reasons to vist Developing an end-to-end Windows Store app using C++ and XAML: Hilo (Windows):

• Provides a practical example you can use to kickstart your Windows 8 modern app development.
• Async programming patterns and tips.
• Have fun with tiles and splash screens.
• Example of the repository pattern
• Page navigation!
• Working with the Using touch interface
• Examples of suspend, resume, and activation.
• Performance pointers.
• See how Hilo was tested and deployed.
• Get the answer to the question “Why XAML?”

And the number one reason?

• Meet the Hilo team (and rate the content using the Library rating/feedback control)!

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*edited 11/13/2012, fixed the link to the article (https://aka.ms/hilocpp-doc).

Eric Battalio

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