Windows App Developer Links - 2012-09-04

posted on 03 Sep 2012 | App Developer Links

Windows 8 App Development

  • Windows 8 Apps With HTML 5 (Michael Crump)

    • "If you're an experienced Web developer, you'll love the HTML5/JavaScript/CSS3 options provided by Visual Studio 2012. Here's a step-by-step guide to getting started..."

  • Using vector data for AppBar icons in XAML (Tim Heuer)

    • "... he received the vector data from Syncfusion's Metro Studio product. We then began to examine the vector data. ... It led me down a path to see how easy it was to use vector data with the default AppBarButtonStyle definition. Turns out it wasn't as simple as I thought. Let me first explain the core issue then walk through a step on how to do this with vector data..."

  • Toast Notifications (Dan Boris)

    • "There is one other type of notification that I didn't cover in my original articles on WinRT application notification, that is the toast notification. In this article I will explain how to use these with the NotficationsExtensions that I introduced in my last post. Unlike tile notifications and badges, toast notifications show up in the application UI instead of on the start screen tile, and will even show up if they user is in a different app. The notification tile appears on the upper right corner of the screen and will stay visible for a short period of time or until the user closes it..."

  • How to Use iFrames in WinRT Apps (Michael Palermo)

    • "Did you know you could use iframes in WinRT apps developed using JavaScript? Is this suppose to be exciting? Why would you care? For the answers, follow along as I take a journey of discovery attempting to add live Twitter feeds to my app. To set the stage for what I want to do, you must first understand what a Twitter Widget is..."

  • Looking at Windows Azure Mobile Services with Fiddler (Shayne Boyer)

    • "... I went through the initial walkthrough for a Windows 8 application, and during this I wanted to see the data that was going back and fourth so I opened my favorite tool Fiddler to see the HTTP calls, which then lead me to see that I could easily use these services for Windows Phone 7 now! Here is a quick walk through a how to get setup..."

  • Tools for creating a Windows Store Game using HTML and JavaScript (David Isbitski)

    • "This is the seventh in a series of short screencasts that will teach you Windows Store App development in a fun and immersive way via casual gaming. This screencast shares some tooling tips I picked up while creating my own Windows Store Games using HTML and JavaScript..."

Tools, Services, Frameworks, & Libraries

  • WiX v3.6 released (Rob Mensching)

    • "It is my pleasure to announce that WiX toolset v3.6 is now officially declared Production/Stable. The final build number is v3.6.3303.0. You can download it from here. WiX v3.6 delivers the much anticipated bootstrapper: Burn. I look back at my introductory blog post about Burn in 2009 and can't help but be impressed. Every feature in that list exists now plus features like package reference counting, related bundles and support for software tagging (ISO/IEC 199770-2)..."

  • Xaml Formatter (Visual Studio Gallery)

    • "Formats Xaml the way I want it formatted. Focusing entirely on spacing and leaving the decision of what belongs on what line up to you..."