You have some free time before the end of the world? :) Why not then check this summary of the most interesting content we've published on SilverlightShow throughout the week December 17 - 21, 2012:
This Tuesday (December 18th, 2012), SilverlightShow had the honor to host another great webinar by Michael Crump - An Overview of the New Windows Phone 8 SDK. Those of you who didn't make it to the live session can now watch the recorded presentation online:
Our next webinar - Deeper Dive into the Windows Phone 8 SDK - is scheduled for January 15th. This session will be a deeper dive into the Windows Phone 8 SDK and will dive right into Near Field Communication (NFC), Native Code (C++), In-App Store purchases and Wallet transactions.
Learn more on this webinar | Register | See all upcoming and past SilverlightShow Webinars!
If you have plans to take Exam 70-484: Essentials of Developing Windows Store Apps, then you should check out this new article by Samidip Basu who recently took that test:
Another source that could be of help when preparing for the exam is our Xmas Bundle of 6 Ebooks on Windows 8. Get it here »
December 24th is the last day on which you can complete two of our recent challenges in the challenge portal Deed:
- Find the perfect Christmas gift for a geek!
- Share Your Idea for a Zombie Survival Programming App
In the second challenge, you have a real chance to win a LEADTOOLS Document Imaging Developer Toolkit ($2,495 value!), so make sure to join it now!
Top 5:
- Windows 8: The rumours that just weren’t true
- Prism on .NET 4.5 and the road to Windows 8 apps
- Windows 8 – Grid View
- Review of the ASUS VivoTab RT
- Consumer Reports Weighs in on Windows Phone 8
All other news we published:
Monday (December 17th, 2012)
- Windows Store App with Caliburn.Micro – Getting Started
- Windows Phone 8 – Speech Recognition problem Can’t access network
- Building WinRT components that implement interfaces with C#
- Building Back-end Data and Services for Windows 8 Apps: Windows Azure Mobile Services
- Building a great Windows 8 app Step 3: Installing the SDK & Tools
- Preventing high speed socket communication on Windows Phone 8 going south when using async/await
- Binding MediaElement to a ViewModel in a Windows 8 Store App
- Announcing Visual Studio Achievements For Windows 8 App Development
- How to Crop an Image using the WriteableBitmap class?
Tuesday (December 18th, 2012)
- Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts
- Settings Panes and the Okra App Framework
- The Journey to Windows Phone from Android and iOS
- Windows 8 Persisting Conference Buddy JSON To A File
- From the MVPs: Different deployment options in Windows 8
- Windows Phone StringFormat Binding And Blend
Wednesday (December 19th, 2012)
- Going global: Language support in Windows Phone 8
- Cooking up a great Windows Store app
- Trip Report: Eastern Canada LightSwitch Speaking Tour
- Self Executing model is key of creating namespace in WinJS
- How to support Windows Phone 8 devices in a Windows Phone 7 application
- Multi-Resolution support in Windows Phone 8 Made Easy
- Silverlight game loop - revisited for Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012 RTM
- How to Crop an Image based on a Shape or Path control?
- What Jason Roberts Learned Building His First 4 Windows 8 Apps
Thursday (December 20th, 2012)
Friday (December 21st, 2012)
- Reading the content of the Xap/Appx and IsoStore in Windows [Phone] 8
- Windows Store App and Remote Debugging on a Surface RT
- Bind to Method in WinRT XAML
- [WP8] Debugging and fixing a bug in Windows Phone sync tool
- [Windows 8] How to directly launch a link from the Settings?
- Using Azure Mobile Services in a Windows 8 App
- MVVM in WinJS Part 2 – Observable Collections
- Network Monitoring for Windows Phone Apps
- Using MEF in a Windows Store App
Happy Holidays and a most prosperous New Year from the whole SilverlightShow team!