End-of-week SilverlightShow Content Recap (11/9/2012)

Below you may find a summary of all new content we've published on SilverlightShow throughout the week November 5 - 11, 2012:

• New Ebook Added to SilverlightShow Shelf: 'Windows 8 Apps - The 8 Must-Know Tricks'
• 3 More Days to Join Our Simple Challenge for a VS Live! Orlando Pass
• Part 6 of Gill Cleeren's series on building connected Win8 apps: Integrating the cloud through the Live SDK & roaming data
• 2-Part Article by Andrea Boschin on Implementing push notifications in Win8
• 50+ Fresh New Stories by Valued Bloggers and Community Sites

New Ebook Added to SilverlightShow Shelf: 'Windows 8 Apps - The 8 Must-Know Tricks'

More than a year passed since we launched SilverlightShow Ebooks Shelf and we now have 30+ ebooks authored by recognized MVPs and technology enthusiasts. And the last one that was recently added to the shelf will surely be of interest to the fans of Windows 8:

• Windows 8 Apps - The 8 Must-Know Tricks: Ebook

This ebook actually collects the 8 parts of SilverlightShow article series 'Windows 8 Metro Apps: The 8 Must-Know Tricks!'.

In this ebook, Samidip Basu will introduce you to 8 common tips & tricks towards developing real-world Windows 8 Metro apps. He talks about some must-do things for Windows 8 Metro app developers. Simple, to the point, with some code examples on XAML/C# stack. Learn more »

3 More Days to Join Our Simple Challenge for a VS Live! Orlando Pass

Just 3 more days left to join our contest with Visual Studio Live! Orlando, in which you can win a free 5-Day Package pass ($2,095 value) for this and 3 more co-located events (December 10-14, 2012).

How to join? Take the challenge 'Headlines from the Future' in the challenge portal Deed. Add your headline, and click I deed it!. Encourage others to like your entry. And that's it!

The winner to be announced on November 14th - this may be you! We look forward to your contest entries!

Join our challenge | Read the full contest rules

Part 6 of Gill Cleeren's series on building connected Win8 apps: Integrating the cloud through the Live SDK & roaming data

A while ago, Gill Cleeren started a new Windows 8 article series in which he's discussing the options you have to connect your Windows 8 apps to services.

The 6th part from the series was published this week, read it here:

• Connecting Windows 8 applications with services: Part 6: Integrating the cloud through the Live SDK and roaming data

Interested in Windows 8 development? Watch recording of the webinar "MVVM in Windows 8" that Gill Cleeren recently delivered for SilverlightShow. 

2-Part Article by Andrea Boschin on Implementing push notifications in Win8

This week Andrea Boschin finished his Windows 8 Metro series with a 2-part article on implementing push notifications:

• Windows 8 Metro: Implementing push notifications (part 1)
• Windows 8 Metro: Implementing push notifications (part 2)

Now that this series is finished, we'll soon convert and release the second part of the Windows 8 Metro ebook (PDF, Word, MOBI & EPUB formats). Part 1, including the first 7 chapters from the series, is available on SilverlightShow Ebook Shelf.

50+ Fresh New Stories by Valued Bloggers and Community Sites

Top 5:

• Free SilverlightShow Webinar: An Overview of the Windows Phone 8 SDK
• DirectX and XAML in Windows (Phone) 8 – part 1 of N – Simple 2D surface
• WinRT app guide: Step 14: Adding layout awereness and snapped view, disabling portrait view
• 8 days of Windows Phone 8 | Days 6: Speech API
• What’s New in Windows Phone 8 (5 out of 8)–Quick tip: creating hybrid applications

All other news we published:

Monday (November 5th, 2012)

• MDown: Jesse Freeman's First Windows 8 App
• First Look at Windows Phone 8 - Project Template and Manifest File
• Windows Phone 8 SDK: Accessing Content from an SD Card
• Windows 8 Print Contract – Create Your Own Print Document Source
• 31 Days of Windows 8 | Day #4: New Controls
• Windows Phone 8 Multi-Touch Behaviors available on CodePlex
• Using WrapPanel in Silverlight 4

Tuesday (November 6th, 2012)

• Windows Phone 8 developer platform highlights
• Problem: Unable to activate Windows Store app
• Touring the Windows Phone 8 Dev Center
• [Windows 8] Add people tagging feature to your Windows Store application
• 31 Days of Windows 8 | Day #5: Settings Contract
• Windows Phone 8 – Tiles and lock screen notification
• Fun with the Accelerometer on Your Surface RT
• Windows Phone 8: App Capabilities are now in Your Hands
• The story behind the Windows Phone 8 Start screen

Wednesday (November 7th, 2012)

• On focus: Details on 2 of the Upcoming in December Live! 360 Sessions by Greg Levenhagen
• 8 days of Windows Phone 8 | Day 8: Wallet and In-App purchases
• Styling Windows 8 – 3 Implicit and explicit styling
• What’s new in photos and video for Windows Phone 8
• Adding a settings panel in charms in Windows 8 App– About and Privacy Policy
• 31 Days of Windows 8 | Day #6: Search Contract
• It’s a Wrap on Windows Phone at BUILD 2012
• User experience integration testing for Windows 8 apps
• What’s New in Windows Phone 8 (6 out of 8) – Location services and maps
• Working with RadNumericBox in JavaScript Windows 8 Application

Thursday (November 8th, 2012)

• Join the 'Windows Phone 8 for Developers' Event in London, UK - November 13th, 2012
• Windows 8 Notifications: Push Notifications via Windows Azure Web Sites (Part 1)
• Animations and Gestures in a Windows 8 app using WinJS
• Are you SLAT Compatible? Windows Phone 8 SDK Tip 01
• 31 Days of Windows 8 | Day #7: Share Contract
• Developing Games for Windows 8
• DNS Client for Windows and Windows Phone
• Building User Controls for Windows 8 Store apps
• What’s new in the Windows Phone Store - a developer perspective
• LINQ To Twitter Now Supports Windows 8 And Windows Phone 8

Friday (November 9th, 2012)

• Windows 8 Notifications: Push Notifications via Windows Azure Web Sites (Part 3)
• Windows Store apps Development Tutorial (Part 8) - Handling Files and Folders
• Windows Phone 8: Evolution of the Runtime and Application Compatibility
• 31 Days of Windows 8 | Day #8: Local and Roaming Data
• A non-traditional “Hello World” app with Windows 8
• What’s New in Windows Phone 8 (8 out of 8) – Wallet
• WinRT XAML GridView Performance Problems on Windows RT Tablets
• Internet Explorer 10 brings HTML5 to Windows Phone 8 in a big way
• Azure Mobile Services for Windows Phone 8

Enjoy your weekend and return at SilverlightShow on Monday for a whole new week full of exciting news and content!