Windows App Developer Links - 2013-08-08

Windows Store App Development

• Developing world-ready apps in XAML - Part 1 (Windows App Builder Blog)

• Now that's an Idea [Book]! Windows 8 App Store Idea Books (some with source too...) (Greg Duncan)

• "What platform should I use when creating a WinStore app" Flow Chart (Greg Duncan)

Windows Phone App Development

• App Studio beta, simplified phone registration, support options & more payout markets (Windows Phone Developer Blog)

• Everyone can build an app - introducing Windows Phone App Studio beta (Windows Phone Developer Blog)

• App Studio: a new tool by Microsoft for Windows Phone developers (Matteo Pagani)

• Modifying look & feel of your App Studio generated Windows Phone app using Blend and Visual Studio (Joost van Schaik)

.NET Development

• Wondering why mscorsvw.exe has high CPU usage? You can speed it up. (.NET Framework Blog)

• Got a need for speed? .NET apps start faster. (.NET Framework Blog)

Visual Studio, Blend, & TFS

• Visual Studio 2013: IntelliSense (Zain Naboulsi)

• Visual Studio 2013: Insert a Line (Zain Naboulsi)

Apps to Look At

• Bing AppEx team delivers four apps for Windows Phone (Mary Jo Foley)