Windows App Developer Links - 2013-07-23

Windows

• The little things that matter: Top desktop-friendly improvements in Windows 8.1 (Pete Brown)

Windows Store App Development

• Running the Windows 8 App Compatibility Tests (John Guin)

• Small Microsoft Test Manager Exploratory Test Tip for WinRT Apps: Action Log Sliced (Clemens Reijnen)

Windows Phone App Development

• Unity 4.2 released: build a better game, get a chance to win big, $100,000 in prizes (Windows Phone Developer Blog)

• Configuring your WP8 app to indicate that it wants or requires more memory (Matt Lacey)

• Linking to Twitter from within your WP8 app (Matt Lacey)

• Should you create a wide tile for your app? (Matt Lacey)

• Deployment Parts in a Windows Phone App (Peter Foot)

• Sending an Email with an Attachment on Windows Phone (Sort of) (Peter Foot)

Tools, Services, Frameworks, & Libraries

• Parse the salt please (Simon Jackson)

• Telerik Cloud sync and Everlive - the great companions (Simon Jackson)

Visual Studio, Blend, & TFS

• REST API for Team Rooms (Brian Harry)