Windows App Developer Links - 2012-10-31

Windows 8 App Development

• What iOS developers need to know about Windows 8 development (Jerry Nixon)

  • "If you are an Apple iOS developer, WIndows 8 might be a strange world for you to spelunk. Well, don't miss out on the many resources developed just for you on MSDN!..."

• Styling windows 8 - 2 Text and font styles (Håkan Reis)

  • "Now when you have the basic colors in place it's time to attack the next style issue - texts and fonts..."

• Windows 8: Windows Store apps - Privacy Policy (C. Gerard Gallant)

  • "If you app has the ability to communicate over a network then you need to provide a privacy policy with your app via the Settings charm as well as a link to a web page for use in the Windows App Store gallery..."

• Microsoft DevRadio: Developing for Windows 8 in 1/2 the Time (Part 11) Animations (Channel 9)

  • "Michael Palermo is back for this episode and in today's show he shows us how to implement CSS3 Animations into our Windows 8 apps..."

• Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 platform comparison (Windows Phone Dev Center)

  • "The release of Windows Phone 8 is a significant step toward convergence with Windows 8. Here, we compare the Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 development platforms, and discuss how developers can create apps for both platforms and maximize code reuse..."

• Maximize code reuse between Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 (Windows Phone Dev Center)

  • "In this section, we will help you make the right choices to maximize code reuse in your apps..."

Windows Phone 8

• Announcing the new Windows Phone 8 Developer Platform (Windows Phone Developer Blog)

  • "I'm proud to launch the Windows Phone 8 Developer Platform. After years of planning and development, today we're making available the most important advancement of our dev plat to date, including a new SDK and a refreshed Dev Center now open for Windows Phone 8 app submissions..."

• New tools for Windows Phone 8 save developers time and money (Windows Phone Developer Blog)

  • "Over the past year, we've started collecting these offerings, and we've created a list of Windows Phone Developer partner resources, in which we identify commercial and open-source resources in the following categories..."

• Introducing Windows Phone SDK 8.0 (The Visual Studio Blog)

  • "We have enhanced the existing Visual Studio 2012 developer tools to support development of Windows Phone 8 apps optimized for a variety of resolutions and hardware, introduced ability to simulate and monitor the impact of real life conditions on app quality and also enabled native C++ app development..."

• Announcing the release of the .NET Framework for Windows Phone 8 (.NET Framework Blog)

  • "In this post, we will look at the improvements that have been made for Windows Phone apps in Windows Phone 8. These improvements deliver major benefits in startup time and app responsiveness to end-users..."

Books

• Building Windows 8 Apps with C# and XAML is Here! (Jeremy Likness)

  • "This is my third full-length book and it is still amazing to see the final result..."

• Windows Phone 8 Development Internals (Preview 1) available now (Microsoft Press)

  • "To celebrate Windows Phone 8 and //build/, Microsoft Press is making Windows Phone 8 Development Internals available in two preview digital editions—plus the final ebook, when ready—at special promotional pricing..."