Windows App Developer Links - 2013-10-16

Windows Store App Development

• Raising the Bar with Direct3D (Windows App Builder Blog)

• Windows 8.1 design principles hand developers back their sanity (Jerry Nixon)

• Windows 8.1 (Preview): Flyout, MaxWidth and FlyoutPresenter (Mike Taulty)

• Windows 8.1 Preview: Multiple Windows (Mike Taulty)

• Windows starting template - October 2013 (Rajen Kishna)

Windows Phone App Development

• AdDuplex Windows Phone Statistics Report for October 2013 (AdDuplex Blog)

• How to download Windows Phone 8 GDR 3? (Kunal Chowdhury)

• Get GRD3 now, in just 3 easy steps (Matt Lacey)

• Alternatives to long web requests with long timeouts (Matt Lacey)

• Windows Phone 8 - A simple helper class for working with SkyDrive files using SkyDrive API (Dennis Shchuka)

Tools, Services, Frameworks, & Libraries

• XamlEssentials 3.2.0-RC2 (Robert McLaws)

Visual Studio, Blend, & TFS

• Asynchronous Solution Load Performance Improvements in Visual Studio 2013 (Visual Studio Blog)

Books

• Free ebook: Introducing Windows 8.1 for IT Professionals (Microsoft Press)

• PacktPub - Columbus day 50% off deal (Simon Jackson)