Gill Cleeren has just released part 6 from his SilverlightShow article series on Windows 8 and XAML. As usual, the whole series will be released as a SilverlightShow ebook when completed, so stay tuned on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to find out when the ebook is out. Read part 6
Welcome to part 6 already in this Windows 8 series. Since the goal of this articles is bringing you in touch with all the important aspects of Windows 8 development, we need to dive into tiles.
Tiles are therefore the main topic of this very article. If you’re coming from a Windows Phone 7 background, the concept of tiles is probably already familiar to you. However, Windows 8 brings quite a few new things to the table, including the concept of badges. Toasts are also covered here; conceptually, these already existed in Windows Phone 7 development as well but have been adapted for use in a Windows 8 environment.