Windows App Developer Links - 2013-01-21

Windows Store App Development

• Security best practices for building Windows Store apps (Windows 8 app developer blog)

• Bind to Method in WinRT XAML (Mikael Koskinen)

• Windows 8 GridView, ListView and SnapView (Jesse Liberty)

• Windows 8 Theme Transitions (Jesse Liberty)

• Building a weather app, part 1 (Slices of Eight)

• Building a weather app, part 2 (Slices of Eight)

• Windows Runtime-what's supported where? (Jim O'Neil)

• Windows Store App: Live tiles and toast- a simple example (Iris Classon)

• Using Dynamic XAML in Windows 8 Store Apps (Diederik Krols)

• Loading States of the WinJS.UI.ListView (Jeremy Foster)

• XNA and Beyond, the notable mentions (Simon Jackson)

• Windows 8 Design is Calm (Jerry Nixon)

• Walkthrough: Dynamically Skinning your Windows 8 App (Jerry Nixon)

• Getting a content rating (Windows Store for developers)

• Referencing the Windows Runtime from Desktop Apps (Jeremy Likness)

• Geolocation: Windows Store Apps JS/HTML and C#/XAML side by side (Iris Classon)

Windows Phone App Development

• Simulation Dashboard for Windows Phone Apps (Windows Phone Developer Blog)

• Network Monitoring for Windows Phone Apps (Windows Phone Developer Blog)

• [Windows (Phone) 8] Using SignalR in Windows (Phone) 8 apps! (Thomas LEBRUN)

• Windows Phone 8 & 7.x Design Cheat Sheet (Matthias Shapiro)

• Windows Phone: How to Easily Store User Settings (Mikael Koskinen)

• How to detect that your app is running in Kid's Corner (Windows Phone Developer Blog)

• Windows Phone 8 Jumpstart Content and Samples (Nick's .NET Travels)

• App submission tips for Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 (Windows Phone Developer Blog)

• Optimizing Battery Consumption of Windows Phone Applications (Windows Phone Developer Blog)

Tools, Samples, Services, Frameworks, & Libraries

• Preview of Immutable Collections Released on NuGet (Base Class Library (BCL) Blog)