Windows App Developer Links - 2014-05-14

Windows

• What's new in Internet Explorer 11 for Windows Phone (IE Blog)

Windows App Development

• Modern Apps: Design a Cross-Platform Modern App Architecture (MSDN Magazine)

• Talking to robots (or other devices) using Bluetooth from a Windows Runtime app (Building Apps for Windows)

• Applying the lessons of Build 2014 to Windows Phone app development (DVLUP)

• Explaining the AndContinue methods for Windows Phone 8.1 SDK (Windows Store Developer Solutions)

• Converting from Silverlight To Universal Apps - MVVM, ListView and Commands (Johan Danforth)

• MVVM Light and Design Time Data in Windows and Phone apps (Marco Minerva)

• Windows/Phone 8.1-Platform Specific Code in 'Universal' Projects (Mike Taulty)

• Sqlite for Universal Windows and Windows Phone applications (Nick Randolph)

.NET, Cross Platform, & Misc Development

• Async Programming: Patterns for Asynchronous MVVM Applications: Services (MSDN Magazine)

• Asynchronous operations with ReactiveCommand (Paul Betts)

• What are App Links? (Jonathan Dick)

• C#: A C# 6.0 Language Preview (MSDN Magazine)

Tools, Services, Frameworks, & Libraries

• Get the Telerik Windows 8 & Windows Phone Controls for FREE for the Duration of TechEd 2014 [1 yr license] (Telerik)

• Visual Studio 2013: Next-Generation Development with Application Insights (MSDN Magazine)

• Nokia Software Recovery Tool 1.3.1 released, supports Windows Phone 8.1 (WinBeta)

Free Training Materials & Events

• Final Call: Register now for Microsoft //Publish coming to a city near you (DVLUP)

• The Windows Unplugged Tour (Springboard Series Blog)

Other

• How To Get A Great App Icon: The Fiverr Experiment (James Montemagno)