Windows App Developer Links - 2012-10-25

posted on 25 Oct 2012 | App Developer Links

Windows 8 App Development

  • Introducing Windows Store App Labs for app builders (Windows 8 app developer blog)

    • "Today we introduce Windows Store App Labs in more than 30 cities around the world for all app builders - developers, designers, and entrepreneurs. Windows Store App Labs are places where you can access the newest Windows 8 devices, get technical help from Windows experts, and receive design guidance from leading edge designers and digital agencies. All for free!..."

  • Windows 8 Metro: Understanding globalization (Andrea Boschin)

    • "Since the .NET Framework born, localization has always been something that developer manages using a big set of tools that make his life easier. ... Microsoft-Style applications do not differ in this, but they also introduces a completely new way of handling this matter, changing to a model that differs from the past, almost as it is effective in its way of working..."

  • JavaScript for Windows Store Apps: Error Handling (Michael Palermo)

    • "Do you wonder if traditional JavaScript error handling techniques still apply when developing for Windows Store apps? Does the Windows Library for JavaScript provide additional support for error handling? Do you deal with errors differently when writing asynchronous code? This entire post is dedicated to addressing these questions!..."

  • Windows 8 apps: Make your GridView parallactic (Andrea Boschin)

    • "Few months ago I wrote a post about a way to apply a parallactic effect to a GridView. Given that I explained the meaning of the "parallactic" term in that post, I assume you already know it. Unfortunately, the solution I explained was based on the use of a ScrollViewer to wrap a GridView..."

  • Async Task mechanism and OnNavigatedTo Part 2 (Hermit Dave)

    • "Previously i discussed issues i had with #win8dev and #wpdev and using async task mechanism... With #wpdev you have to consume that mechanism as long as you use async CTP. So how does one go about doing it in #win8dev #winrt correctly? We start by marking all methods as async (in this case OnNavigatedTo..."

  • Windows Store apps Dev Tutorial (Part 6) - Integrating Settings Panel in Charm Bar (Kunal Chowdhury)

    • "Many of us need to integrate settings page in our applications. All we generally do is by creating a separate page in our project. But Windows 8 provide us a separate settings panel in Charm bar which you can use for your settings page..."

  • Windows 8 App Store Submissions (Mike Taulty)

    • "I wanted to just highlight a couple of links that I wish I'd paid more attention to before I started to write and publish my first Windows 8 app (I have more apps coming, if I can just find some of that spare time)..."

Tools, Services, Frameworks, & Libraries

  • 101 WinRT Controls and Frameworks (Eric Nelson)

    • "Ok, not quite 101 but I'm sure we will get there. If I have missed something, please share with a comment. Enjoy!..."