End-of-week SilverlightShow Content Recap (10/19/2012)

Below you may find a summary of all new content we've published on SilverlightShow throughout the week October 15 - 19, 2012:

• Day 6 of SilverlightShow Series 'Windows 8 Metro Apps: The 8 Must-Know Tricks!'
• New Article: "Windows 8 Metro - Discovering the Application Bars"
• Last 2 Days to Join the "Worst Class Name" Challenge & Win One of Two $50 Amazon Gift Cards
• 40+ Fresh New Stories by Valued Bloggers and Community Sites

Day 6 of SilverlightShow Series 'Windows 8 Metro Apps: The 8 Must-Know Tricks!'

A while ago, SilverlightShow author Samidip Basu started an article series showing the 8 common tips & tricks towards developing real-world Windows 8 Metro apps. This week we published the next part:

• Windows 8 Metro Apps: The 8 Must-Know Tricks! Day 6

In this article, Samidip is discussing the various data persistence mechanisms available to Windows 8 Store apps and how to leverage different checkpoints in the Application’s Lifecycle to save your content.

New Article: "Windows 8 Metro - Discovering the Application Bars"

• Windows 8 Metro: Discovering the Application Bars

The whole series will gradually be published into a multi-part ebook. Part 1, including the first 7 chapters from the series, is already available on SilverlightShow Ebook Shelf.

Last 2 Days to Join the "Worst Class Name" Challenge & Win One of Two $50 Amazon Gift Cards

A while ago, Gill Cleeren challenged you to share the worst class name you've seen in a Deed challenge.

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Vote (with a Facebook like, a tweet or like inside Deed) for the completions submitted by now and help Gill choose the winner.

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NOTE: In another Deed challenge - Share your headlines from the future - you can win a free pass ($2,095 value) to Visual Studio Live! Orlando conference. Take this challenge!

40+ Fresh New Stories by Valued Bloggers and Community Sites

Top 5:

• The Microsoft Windows 8 Surface and Apple iPad 3 Head to Head
  
• Microsoft Surface: inside the three-year secret project to build the first great Windows tablet
  
• Showing a busy indicator per view in Silverlight using MVVM
  
• Implementing INotifyDataErrorInfo validation in Windows 8 WinRT XAML applications
  
• Slates are Dead...Long Live Tablets

All other news we published:

Monday (October 15th, 2012)

• Day 6 of SilverlightShow Series 'Windows 8 Metro Apps: The 8 Must-Know Tricks!'
• Poor man’s two-way binding in Windows 8 (WinJS)
• File Manipulation in Windows 8 Store Apps
• Slates are Dead...Long Live Tablets
• Walkthrough: The Windows 8 AppBar, you might as well have the coolest! (feat. Expression Design)
• Showing a busy indicator per view in Silverlight using MVVM
• Building a custom control using the Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS)
• Simultan development for Windows 8 and Windows Phone
• Layout and Formatting with Windows 8 XAML Development
• Reserve your copy of Windows 8 Pro and Pre-order Windows 8 PCs today!
• 10 things you should know about designing for Windows 8
• [Windows 8] Monetize your Windows Store apps using the Microsoft Advertising SDK
• Build apps that Windows Phone users will love
• Callisto Dialog Helpers for Caliburn.Micro WinRT

Tuesday (October 16th, 2012)

• SilverlightCream Top 5 News for October 8-14, 2012
• WinRT app guide: Step 12: Async CRUD with SQLite and an awesome piechart
• Diagnosing Memory Leaks in Managed Windows Store Apps
• Localizing the DisplayName of your app in Windows 8
• XNA in Windows 8 from dream to reality
• Reimagining App Development with the Windows Runtime
• Scenario Space: Covering Every Angle of Usability within Your App
• Using ProcDump to Monitor Windows 8 Store Apps
• Building a custom control using XAML and C#
• Async await and OnNavigatedTo #wpdev #win8dev

Wednesday (October 17th, 2012)

• New SilverlightShow Article: "Windows 8 Metro - Discovering the Application Bars"
• WinRT, Navigation, .NET and Sharing Files == AccessDenied
• Converting TimeZones in Store/WinRT apps
• Implementing INotifyDataErrorInfo validation in Windows 8 WinRT XAML applications
• Creating your own file format to import .FBX, .OBJ and .X in your Windows 8 modern UI game (or 3D engine)
• Windows Store app Development Snack: Simulator tips & tricks
• Simulating A Tab Control in a Windows 8 Application – Take 2
• Walkthrough: Monetize Windows 8 with the Microsoft Advertising SDK
• Windows 8 Notifications: Push Notifications
• Part 12 - Windows Store - AppBar using C# and XAML
• Preparing for Windows Phone 8 - Slides
• Microsoft Surface: inside the three-year secret project to build the first great Windows tablet

Thursday (October 18th, 2012)

• Caching images in WinRT
• RadControls for Windows Phone Q3 2012 comes with a new DataForm control
• Microsoft DevRadio: Community Corner – How I created my Windows 8 app for UserGroup.tv
• Getting Started with Visual C# 2010 for Windows Phone
• Windows Store apps Development Tutorial (Part 4) - Navigate between Pages
• Getting websites ready for Internet Explorer 10 on Windows Phone 8
• The Microsoft Windows 8 Surface and Apple iPad 3 Head to Head

Friday (October 19th, 2012)

• [Windows 8] Windows Azure Mobile Services: a backend for your Windows Store
• Windows Store app Development Snack: Dealing with Async warnings
• Toast Notifications in Windows 8
• Updated Windows Phone Store Badge Now Available
• How to Play DVDs on Windows 8 (Even on your tablet that doesn’t have a DVD Player)
• Walkthrough: using Windows 8 Custom Protocol Activation
• RadControls for Windows 8 now official and starting at $99
• An easy solution for improving app launch performance
• Easily Deploy Your LightSwitch Apps to Azure Websites in Minutes

Enjoy your weekend and return at SilverlightShow on Monday for a whole new week full of exciting news and content!