Code sharing strategies with MVVM
On September 25th and November 21st I talked about MVVM as a pattern to build apps, as well as code sharing strategies for Windows and Windows Phone projects through either Portable Class Libraries o...
Tag Archives: windows 8
Windows starting template (October 2013)
UPDATE December 2, 2013: Sander van de Velde pointed out two small bugs in the template that prevented proper usage out of the box (thanks, Sander!). These have been fixed in the updated template (fo...
Build apps for a device
UPDATE December 11, 2013: Good news: a small additional batch of 10 extra Lumia 925’s made available to us, which we want you guys to benefit from, of course! We’ve extended the deadline ...
ReviewNotifier NuGet package
One of the things I’ve seen a lot of blog posts about and heard a lot of buzz around lately is the ability to ask users to review an app automatically after a number of launches. This is a real...
StorageHelper NuGet package
UPDATE June 22, 2014: Version 1.1.4 of StorageHelper is now available through NuGet, adding settings APIs for Windows Store (Windows 8.1, Windows Phone 8.1 and Universal) apps. Please note that there...
Windows starting template
Back in February, I posted my Windows Phone starting template, which serves as a helpful base to start developing Windows Phone apps. It provides some useful basics, such as review reminder, storage ...
Creating a smooth extended splash screen experience
It’s common practice to implement an extended splash screen when your Windows Store app has a long or unpredictable start-up time, because it’s loading data off the web for instance. Abou...
Reuse skills and frameworks in JavaScript apps
As mentioned in the previous post in the collaboration series with Arian from Zilverstede, web developers can reuse skills and frameworks to create native Windows 8 apps in JavaScript. Last time we d...
Using jQuery in JavaScript apps
One of the major pros in using WinJS for Windows 8 apps is the ability to leverage your existing web development skills to create native Windows 8 apps. Using libraries you’re familiar and comf...
Remember the scroll position in JavaScript apps
One of the things that can be a major annoyance in an app does not remember the scroll position in a list when returning to a page. An example of a good implementation would be the Windows Store app,...