Fast and fluid - making your Windows 8 applications fly

One of the tenants of Modern UI is ‘Fast and Fluid’, delivering buttery smooth and responsive interfaces across a range of devices. However making this happen in practice can sometimes be a bit harder, and figuring out what’s causing any issues can be an endless black hole. In this session we’ll look at some common performance problems in Windows Store applications, what tools are available to help you diagnose issues and how you can best make use of the performance improvements coming in Windows 8.1.