The Definitive Windows 8 Linksheet
With today's release of Windows 8, we decided to put together this gigantic list of Windows 8 links. Whether you're mildly interested in this launch or super excited, you're sure to find a link here to something interesting and useful. In this roundup you will find the most helpful Windows 8 articles on the web in the following categories:
- Tutorials
- By Microsoft
- UX
- Migrating from Windows Phone to Windows 8
- Migrating from Android to Windows 8
- General Tasks
- WinRT
- Windows App Store Development Snacks
- Entertainment
- Windows Store & Making Money
- HTML/JavaScript
- IE10
- Windows 8 & The Cloud
- Power User Tips
- XBox Smart Glass
- XNA
- Positive Reviews
- Critical Reviews
- Retrospectives
Hopefully this list is extensive enough to guide you through your first Windows 8 experiences. Feel free to bookmark this page and come back from time to time as a reference!
Developer Downloads
Windows 8 SDK
VisualStudio 2012 Express (Free Edition)
General Microsoft Tutorials
- Main Guide: Build a Windows 8 App in 30 Days
- Developer downloads for programming Windows Store apps
- Windows Store App Samples
- Learn To Build Windows Store Apps
- Windows Development References
- Downloads for Windows Hardware Development
- Design, Develop, and Certify Hardware for Windows 8
UX Tutorials
WinPhone to Win8 Tutorials
- Migrating Apps from Windows Phone to Windows 8
- Windows Phone to Windows 8 - Part One
- Windows Phone to Windows 8 - Part Two
- WP to W8: API Mapping
- WP to W8: View States Using Visual State Manager
- User Interface from Windows Phone to Windows 8
Android to Windows 8 Tutorials
Port Android Applications to Windows Store App
General Task Tutorials
- XAML Binding Basics 101
- Architecture Diagram for Windows 8 Development
- How to Change The Start Page of a W8 App in Visual Studio 2012
- Walkthrough: Using Windows 8 Custom Protocol Activation
- Windows 8 Notifications: Push Notifications
- Walkthrough: Capturing Photos in Your Windows 8 App
- Read and Write Roamed Applications Setting in Windows 8
- Windows 8 Corrupt Packages
- Working with Isolated Storage Helper for Windows 8
- Windows 8: Windows Store Apps and the WebView Control
- How to Create/Debug a Background Task in Windows 8 - Part 1
- Windows 8: Scheduled Tasks & the Lock Screen
- How to call WinRT APIs in Windows 8 from C# Desktop Applications - WinRT Diagram
- Windows 8 Metro Apps: The 8 Must-Know Tricks! Day 1
- Visual Studio Express 2012 Free Trial
WinRT
- A WinRT Behavior to Start a Storyboard on an Event
- Creating a Direct2D game for WinRT
- Metro and WinRT for the Silverlight/WPF Developer
- WinRT XAML Toolkit - 1.2.1 for Windows 8
- 5 Points Developers Need to Know about WinRT
- WinRT Behavior to Turn FlipView into a Kind of Windows 8 Panorama
- How to Use iFrames in WinRT Apps
Windows App Store Development Snacks by Robert Maclean
- Side Loading Apps for Development Purposes
- Dealing with Async Warnings
- Simulator Tips and Tricks
- What Do You Get From Being A Lock Screen App?
- In-App Feeback Links
- Feedback Links in Your App
- Async & Sharing
- Debugging a Background Task
- App Age Restriction & Developers
- Knowing Your Memory Limits
- A Better Architecture Diagram
- Where is Micorsoft-Windows-TWinUI?
- Localised Resources & the Store
- What to Do Before You Publish your Windows 8 App
Entertainment
Windows Store + Making Money
- What Windows 8 Developers Need to Know about App Certification and Publishing
- Windows 8 Submission - Trials and Tribulations
- Using the Microsoft Ad SDK in Windows 8
- Walkthrough: Monetize Windows 8 with the Microsoft Advertising SDK
- How to Market Yourself with your Windows 8 App Quickly
- Using ProcDump to Monitor Windows 8 Store Apps
- Diagnosing Memory Leaks in Managed Windows Store Apps
HTML/JavaScript
- Creating a Windows 8 Javascript Application [video]
- How to Cook a Windows 8 App with HTML5/Javascript/CSS3: RTM Version
- Referring to Package Files in Windows 8
- A Brief Introduction to WinJS
- WinJS: Unpacking Promises
- Accessing the Accelerometer in a Windows Store App using HTML and Javascript [video]
- Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS and Javascript PDF Available
- 2-Minute Location Awareness with Windows8-HTML
- JavaScript for Windows store Apps: Error Handling
- TypeScript for Windows 8 Store Apps
- Creating a Simple Windows 8 Game with JavaScript: Part 1 - Windows 8 App Basics
- Using IndexedDB in your Windows 8 Game
- Using Notifications for Non-Modal Messages--for C# and Javascript Windows 8
- Windows 8 Apps for the PhoneGap Developer-Files
IE10
- Why All Web Devs Need to Prepare Their Sites for IE10 and Windows 8
- Internet Exploere 10 Training Kit
Windows 8 + Cloud
- Everything Windows 8 Devs Should Know About the Cloud
- Authenticating Your Windows 8 App Users with Azure Mobile Services
- How To Take Photographs From Windows 8 Applications and Automatically Upload Them to the Cloud - Part 1 of 6
Power User tips
- Windows 8 Productivity: Who moved my cheese? Oh, there it is.
- Pinning Useful and Obscure Stuff to the Windows 8 Start Menu
- Windows 8 Power User Keyboard Shortcuts
XBox Smart Glass
XNA
Positive Reviews
- 5 Ways Windows 8 Beats iOS
- Windows 8 Review Part One: Desktop
- Windows 8 Review Part Two: Metro
- Windows 8 Review Part Three: The New Metro Platform
- Windows 8 Review Part Four: Productivity Apps
- Windows 8 Review Part Six: Reliability and Network Security
- Under the Hood of Windows 8, or Why Desktop Users Should Upgrade from Windows 7
- Windows 8 is a Graphic Shift in Computing Habits
Negative Reviews
- Windows 8: Do You Need It?
- Windows 8: Hate it Already? Why Waiting for Windows 9 Won't Help
- Windows 8 Is Not Good for Gamers
Retrospective
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