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One key change that will smooth your transition from ASP.NET to Windows 8 is to think like a designer from the outset.
06/05/2013
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By Tony Champion
A new feature of Windows Store apps, utilizing background tasks will not only help circumvent some challenges from the Windows Store app lifecycle, but they can keep your app responsive to what's going on with the user's device.
05/02/2013
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Eric Vogel covers how to capture video in a Windows Store app by using the MediaCapture API.
04/22/2013
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Eric Vogel demonstrates how to use the Windows Runtime MediaCapture API to record audio.
03/21/2013
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Learn how to play multimedia files with the Windows Runtime media API.
03/20/2013
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No database for your Windows Store app? No problem -- SQLite to the rescue!
02/27/2013
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Although Windows 8 and Windows Phone share the same core, building an app for both isn't as easy as you might think.
01/05/2013
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Eric Vogel covers how to use the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) to extend a Windows Store application.
12/20/2012
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How to use the new Windows Phone 8 SDK to build applications across both Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8.
11/30/2012
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Data binding is central to Windows Phone Development. Here's a refresher for old pros, and an introduction for newbies.
10/02/2012
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Set up and use create a simple Windows Phone program that connects to Azure Mobile Services.
09/24/2012
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In Part 2 of this three-part series on dataflow programming with the Task Parallel Library, Eric Vogel shows you how to create a Windows 8 application that uses a composite parallel data flow.
09/19/2012
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By Michael Crump
If you're an experienced Web developer, you'll love the HTML5/JavaScript/CSS3 options provided by Visual Studio 2012. Here's a step-by-step guide to getting started.
09/02/2012
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By Michael Crump
FlipView, ListView and GridView are new controls for Windows 8 Metro-style applications. They'll become key tools for building great-looking UIs.
08/03/2012
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Learn how to automate the WebBrowser control to display and customize the way Web content appears in your Windows Phone application.
08/01/2012
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How to use lock screen badge and tile notifications in your Windows 8 application.
07/29/2012
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How to schedule live tile and badge updates in a Windows 8 application.
06/25/2012
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In part 1 of his series on advanced live tiles, Eric Vogel shows you how to add secondary tiles to your Windows 8 Metro style applications.
06/18/2012
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This tutorial demonstrates how to give users more power with the ability to customize live tiles in Metro style apps.
06/04/2012
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By Michael Crump
PhoneGap is used for building mobile applications across a range of devices with JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3. Learn how to use PhoneGap to build a Windows Phone application that can be easily ported to another phone.
06/04/2012
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C++ pointers earned a bad reputation for causing memory leaks, but new smart pointers release memory as it stops being referenced.
05/30/2012
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Peter introduces WCF 4.5's support for WebSockets first by describing why you care and then by setting up to build a bi-directional service using Windows Server 8, and Visual Studio 11.
05/04/2012
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Nick Randolph continues to look at building applications across both Windows Phone and Windows 8, this time focusing on the navigation model.
04/24/2012
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Migrating a photo-sharing Windows Phone application to run under Windows 8.
04/16/2012
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Eric Vogel walks through how to send and receive push notifications in a Windows 8 Metro application.
03/25/2012