Windows App Developer Links - 2013-04-18

Windows Store App Development

• Startups unveil new apps for Windows 8 at DEMO Mobile (Windows Store for developers)

• App Art (Jeremy Foster)

• Windows 8, Background Tasks and the ‘Noisy' NetworkStatusChange Trigger (Mike Taulty)

• Reading PDF and XPS on your Windows 8 application using WinRT (David Catuhe)

• Construct 2 Tip #1: Implementing Snapped View State (Jim O'Neil)

• Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 5) Using Windows Azure to Build Back-End Services for Windows 8 Apps - Adding Push Notifications (Channel 9)

• Opportunities to use the Resuming Event (Kraig Brockschmidt)

• Does licensechanged fire when an expiration date passes? (Kraig Brockschmidt)

• Testing on a Microsoft Surface and other ARM devices (Kraig Brockschmidt)

• Store Certification Tip #10: Release date and promo codes (Kraig Brockschmidt)

• How to perform horizontal scrolling with mouse wheel in Webview for Windows Store apps? (Thomas LeBrun)

• We need your questions for a Q&A session with Charles Petzold (Microsoft Press)

Windows Phone App Development

• Defining your app's requirements for a great customer experience (Windows Phone Developer Blog)

• Controlling a hardware prototype with your Windows Phone (Windows Phone Developer Blog)

• Windows Phone Series - MVVM and ApplicationBar (Rahul Nath)

Apps to Look At

• Windows Phone App Manager (Nick Randolph)

Tools, Samples, Services, Frameworks, & Libraries

• Repository Pattern with Windows Azure Mobile Services for Windows Phone app and Windows Store app (Nicolas Humann)

• Microsoft.Bcl.Async is Now Stable (Base Class Library (BCL) Blog)

• Windows Azure Infrastructure Services, Virtual Machines and Virtual Network, now are generally available! (Fin Cooper)