Building Great Windows 8 Apps (Channel 9)

Building Great Windows 8 Apps

Posted: Mar 06, 2013 at 8:06 AM

By: Robert Green

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In this show, John Papa and Pete Brown join Robert for a freewheeling discussion about building great apps. They cover a range of topics including your icon and tile, how you app looks in the Windows Store, how you display information in an app layout, gestures, design, and more.

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Duncanma "yeah that's awful close, but that's not why I'm so hard done by"

Mar 06, 2013 at 8:35 PM

John Papa's in the house?!?! crazy, and he never even stopped by to say hi
Atif Shahzad

Mar 07, 2013 at 1:05 AM

Hello John welcome back we are missing you anyhow you are doing a great job on building trainings and I am loving your trainings and blogs.
Naqash Ahmed

Mar 11, 2013 at 12:48 AM

i am a student. Beginner in programming. i want to be a part of app development in windows 8. guide me please
rogreen

Mar 11, 2013 at 8:58 AM

@Naqash Ahmed: A good place to start is the Windows Developer Center. In addition, there are some very good series on Channel 9. Check out Windows Store apps for Absolute Beginners with C# and Windows Store apps for Absolute Beginners with JavaScript.
Robert
Dirtbagg

Mar 11, 2013 at 2:48 PM

Great video, I will re-watch, as I am a beginner. I've finished the Windows store apps for the beginner, it's great. It got me thinking for I actually have a couple of cook books I was going to post, however, after seeing this I will wait I rebrand them.
Thanks,
Dave
jopapa Development Shaker

Mar 11, 2013 at 3:27 PM

@Duncanma: Hey Duncan! WIsh I had the time but I was only there in Bellevue, other than the 2 hours at B20. Would have loved to see all you guys again. I miss Channel 9! You guys should build me a studio in Florida so I can start a show here
MustansirSabir

Apr 07, 2013 at 8:27 AM

Hey Robert, I'm a new to developing windows store apps and i'm trying to implement data virtualization in my application. I did a research on the same and found quite a lot articles, including msdn forums that tried to cover the topic however for a beginner developer like me i found those article quite confusing, could you help me in the topic and if possible an episode on the same would be fantastic.
Thanks