Read original post at Filip Ekberg's Blog
I really got a nice tingly feeling in my stomach when I first saw that you could use XAML with C++ in Windows 8. But that is not the best part, the best part is that it is fully native!
This means that the designers can make the interface in expression blend and we can dig down into C++ on the backend.
Let us have a look at this! You will need to have Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Visual Studio 11 beta installed (or later) in order follow these examples.