Windows App Developer Links - 2012-08-03

posted on 02 Aug 2012 | App Developer Links

Metro App Development

  • App building events for Windows 8 app developers (Windows 8 app developer blog)

    • "With the announcement that Windows 8 has been released to manufacturing (RTM) and will be available for customers to buy on October 26, now is the time to build apps. On August 15th, all developers can visit the Windows Dev Center to get access to all the tools and resources they need including the RTM release of Visual Studio 2012. In the meantime, check out a selection of free events to help jumpstart your app development..."

  • Windows 8 Notifications: Overview (Jim O'Neil)

    • "... Windows 8 design with its touch-first philosophy are front and center in creating that personal experience, but just as important is how your application proactively interacts with your users, keeping them informed of changes in application state like, say, the arrival of a new social media update. As you build applications for the Windows Store, consider ways your application can anticipate and thereby delight your users by using key paradigms such as tiles and notifications. There are two primary dimensions in which to classify notifications: the user experience and the delivery method..."

  • Caliburn Micro for WinRT - MVVM Magic Pixie Dust for everyone (Keith Patton)

    • "When something you love goes away, you find it hard to live without it. You can't stop thinking about it, nothing else comes close. And so it was with Caliburn Micro. Our much loved convention-based magic pixie fairy dust MVVM framework of choice wasn't fully usable on WinRT, and only just did the basics of what we were used to on Windows Phone. So, we've forked and ported Caliburn Micro to WinRT! ..."

  • Windows 8 application certification, watch out for these rules (Michiel Post)

    • "When submitting your application to the Windows 8 store, you'll have to comply with these certification guidelines: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh694083.aspx. Make sure your application passes and specifically watch out for these: 4.1.1 Your app must have a privacy statement if it collects personal information ... 4.5 Your app must protect customers from unintentional large data transfers over metered networks ... 6.2 Your app must have a Windows age rating, and you must submit third-party ratings for your app if you have them ..."

  • WinJS Event Aggregators And Observable/Evented Objects (Derick Bailey)

    • "In a previous post, I showed a very brief intro to using an application level event aggregator in WinJS. At the end of that post, I hinted at an option I was looking in to for creating localized event aggregators - basically, objects that can be observed. It turns out the path I was heading down was right, and it's super simple to implement an evented object in WinJS..."

Office 2013

  • The new Outlook Web App extends to tablets and phones (Office Next)

    • "Continuing with our focus on cloud investments, today Kristian Andaker, Principal Group Program Manager of Exchange joins Office Next to discuss the new Outlook Web App. Last week, we shared information about The New Exchange. Today we're delighted to share some of the exciting new developments in Outlook Web App (OWA)..."