Windows App Developer Links - 2013-09-09

Windows Store App Development

• Updating your JavaScript apps to use the new Windows.Web.Http API (Windows App Builder Blog)

• What's New in Windows 8.1 Background Tasks - Visual Studio Magazine (Tony Champion)

• Developing a Windows 8.1 application (4/8): Windowing (Loïc Rebours)

• Locking orientation: how "Supported Rotations" in the manifest really work (Kraig Brockschmidt)

• Yet Another Podcast #107 - Windows 8.1 For Developers (Jesse Liberty)

Windows Phone App Development

• Windows Phone - Upgrading Windows Phone 7.1 Apps to Windows Phone 8 (Michael Crump)

• Using different WMAppManifest files for release and debug builds - part deux (Toni Petrina)

Cross Platform App Development

• Data Extraction in Mobile Apps (Xamarin Blog)

Tools, Services, Frameworks, & Libraries

• ReSharper 8.0.1 is Available (JetBrains .NET Tools Blog)

Other

• Six Great UI Design Pattern Resources - Visual Design (Infragistics)