Below you may find a summary of all new content we've published on SilverlightShow throughout the week November 12 - 18, 2012:
Back in July, we published the first part of Andrea Boschin's ebook "Introduction to Windows 8 Metro". Now we are happy to announce that Part 2 of this ebook is also available. You can purchase your copy from here:
In this part, Andrea introduces search and contracts, explains how to add settings to your app, use tiles, animations and transitions, application bars, apply globalization and more.
Our 'futuristic' challenge for a free pass ($2,095 value) for
Visual Studio Live! Orlando 5-day conference ended this week! See who got the pass:
Take advantage of a special discount for the Live! 360 events. Get $500 off the 
Visual Studio Live! Orlando 5-Day Package by using code UGVS1 and $500 off the
Cloud & Virtualization Live! 360 5-Day Package by using code UGCV1. Both of the codes are exclusive to SilverlightShow readers and members.
This week we published a new video supported article by Braulio Diez on building a sample drag & drop puzzle application in Windows 8. Read it here:
In this post, Andrea explains how to demystify Expression Blend for developers and takes a look at some basic features that will show you how you can boost your productivity.
We are glad to announce that Gill Cleeren's Windows 8 article series in which he's discussing the options you have to connect your Windows 8 apps to services is now finished.
The last part from the series is available here:
Now that this series is finished, we'll soon convert and release it as an ebook (PDF, Word, MOBI & EPUB formats + source code). Stay tuned!
Top 5:
- Sinofsky and Silverlight
- Why Steven Sinofsky is out at Microsoft
- Windows 8 UI Mistakes – Khan Academy
- Seven days with the Microsoft Surface: The good and the bad
- Small Primary Live Tiles Not Updating in Windows Phone 8
All other news we published:
Monday (November 12th, 2012)
- OData Security Using The Command Table Pattern And Permission Elevation
- The Windows Phone Quirks Mode And 3rd Party Libraries
- Fast app resume for Windows Phone 8
- Increase monetization by adding in-app purchase to your Windows Phone apps
- Sometimes coding a solution is faster than finding one: Simple Webcam app in Silverlight 5
- 31 Days of Windows 8 | Day 10#: Toast Notifications
- Windows 8 - Controlling The DataTemplate
- A CoverFlow Control for Windows 8 and Your Surface RT
- Building Enterprise Smartphone App – Part 2: Platforms and Features
- Building quality Windows 8 apps: Important pre-submission checks for your Windows Store apps
- Unit testing in Windows Phone 8 – The basics
- DOWNLOAD: Windows 8 Gestures Guide
Tuesday (November 13th, 2012)
- Windows Phone 8 - Fast app resume
- Installing an application on Windows RT for testing is simple pimple
- Creating a custom async dialog for your Windows 8 apps Part 2: CustomDialog
- Yet Another Podcast #81 – Mary Jo Foley on /Build & Windows 8
- 31 Days of Windows 8 | Day #12: Background Tasks
- When Making Apps, It’s the Little Things That Matter…
- Building Enterprise Smartphone App – Part 3: Key Concerns
- Introduction to UI Design Patterns for Windows 8 Apps
- Unit testing in Windows Phone 8 – Asynchronous operations and mocking
- How outraged should you be about ads in Windows 8 apps? Not at all
Wednesday (November 14th, 2012)
Thursday (November 15th, 2012)
- Sending In-Application Toast Notifications in WinRT for C#
- Biggest Windows Phone 8 Feature? Could be C++
- Class Browser Plus - A Windows 8 Developer's Utility
- 31 Days of Windows 8 | Day 14: Geolocation
- Computing hashes in WinRT
- From windows to tiles: WinRT sensors – Overview and C# sample
- A WinRT behavior to mimic EventToCommand (take 2)
- Creating A Windows 8 Application From Scratch
Friday (November 16th, 2012)
Enjoy your weekend and return at SilverlightShow on Monday for a whole new week full of exciting news and content!