End-of-week SilverlightShow Content Recap (8/24/2012)

Below you may find a summary of all new content we've published on SilverlightShow throughout the week August 20-26, 2012:

• New Ebook Added to SilverlightShow Shelf: Windows 8 and the Future of XAML
• Part 2 of Our New Windows 8 Series Published: Working with REST, oData & RSS from Win8 apps
• We challenge you: share the most illogical piece of code you've seen, win SilverligthShow T-shirts & ebooks!
• 40+ Fresh New Stories by Valued Bloggers and Community Sites

New Ebook Added to SilverlightShow Shelf: Windows 8 and the Future of XAML

Almost one year passed since we launched SilverlightShow Ebooks Shelf and we now have 30+ ebooks authored by recognized MVPs and technology enthusiasts. And the last one that was added to the shelf will surely be of interest to the fans of Windows 8:

Windows 8 and the Future of XAML

This ebook actually collects the 7 parts of SilverlightShow article series 'Windows 8 and the future of XAML', together with source code.

In this ebook, Silverlight MVP Gill Cleeren will introduce you to what is known at this point about Windows 8 and will explain how (XAML) developers can swiftly adapt to the new platform. Learn more »

Part 2 of Our New Windows 8 Series Published: Working with REST, oData & RSS from Win8 apps

Last week Gill Cleeren started a new Windows 8 article series in which he's discussing the options you have to connect your Windows 8 apps to services.

The second part from the series was published a few days ago, read it here:

• Connecting Windows 8 applications with services: Part 2: Working with REST, oData and RSS from Windows 8 applications

Interested in Windows 8 apps development? Join the upcoming SilverlightShow webinar 'Windows 8 Metro Questions and Answers' presented by Gill Cleeren. Date & time: September 19, 10 am PST (your local time ).

We challenge you: share the most illogical piece of code you've seen, win SilverligthShow T-shirts & ebooks!

Here, at the SilverlightShow/CompletIT office, you can often here the following (rhetorical) question flying out from a colleague's mouth: "Did he/she seriously write that piece of....code? Epic Fail!". It's usually followed by an angry/ironical comment or a big laugh.

As a programmer, you've surely come across some third person code or documentation that is stupid, illogical or even crazy. Share this masterpiece in this challenge in the challenge portal Deed and you can be awarded SilverlightShow Tshirts and ebooks.

Read the full rules of our challenge here:

• Share the most illogical piece of code
  

Challenge is ON until Sept 9. Winners will be announced inside this challenge and on SilverlightShow.net on September 10.

Or join SilverlightShow channel in Deed to be the first to know when new challenges are posted.

NOTE: Deed (www.ideedit.com) is a new portal created by SilverlightShow team for communicating through challenges. Watch Deed's video | Pick a challenge for you or your friends

40+ Fresh New Stories by Valued Bloggers and Community Sites

Top 5:

• Most people are doing MVVM all wrong. Are you?
• Develop Windows 8 Apps without Windows 8? Yes, you can!
• The consequences of declaring WPF is dead
• Windows Store-apps: WinRT XAML vs. Silverlight XAML
• Windows 8 dev: Standard AppBar button styles

All other news we published:

Monday (August 20th, 2012)

• Bring Your Apps to Life with Tiles and Notifications
• Windows 8 & Data Binding, Part 4 - Data Conversion
• How to terminate your Windows Phone application programmatically?
• Unit Testing WinJS: First Steps
• Windows Phone vNext Collateral Damage – A Developer Story…
• Bing App for Windows 8 Introduced & Artist Series Mice Unveiled

Tuesday (August 21st, 2012)

• Windows 8 Upgrade offer now open for registration
• WinRT/Xaml/AKA Metro DataTemplate selection based on Data Types
• Silverlight Testing Resources: A SmartBear Guide for Testers
• Using SVG with Windows 8 HTML/JavaScript apps
• Silverlight 5 Modal Windows
• Testing Windows 8 apps using Visual Studio 2012
• Announcing the Windows Phone Monthly Photo Contest
• Jumping in feet first: Setup, Resources and Fundamentals #Win8Dev
• Yet Another Podcast #73 – Dan Wahlin on Windows 8 Programming
• Communicating Between Views in WPF and Prism

Wednesday (August 22nd, 2012)

• Winners of Free SilverlightShow Ebooks and T-shirts from Our Funny Code Comment Challenge
• Help Windows Phone Central help you promote your Windows Phone apps
• DataStateBehavior for Windows 8 XAML Applications
• Windows 8 HTML5 WinRT App: How to create a small RSS reader in 30min (part 1/2)
• Updating a Windows 8 JavaScript app from RC to RTM
• Creating a Bar Chart with RadCartesianChart, part of Telerik Windows 8 UI Controls
• Windows 8 & Data Binding, Part 5 – Binding to Lists
• The Unofficial Windows 8 Developer FAQ

Thursday (August 22rd, 2012)

• Unity 4 bringing code together on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 as well
• Get Windows 8 design and development help through Generation App
• But WHY do we pan horizontally?
• WinRT app guide: Step 2: The Plan
• Demonstration Video: Mass Storage for Windows Phone
• Yet Another Podcast #74 - Adam Kinney - Windows 8 and JavaScript and HTML5
• Build Single Page Apps - Part 7 - MVVM and KnockoutJS
• Common error when upgrading Windows 8 Apps from VS2012 RC to RTM

Friday (August 24th, 2012)

• First Look at Telerik RadNumericBox for Windows 8 - HTML
• Integrating with Windows 8 Experiences
• Windows 8 Beauty Tip: Using a VariableSizedWrapGrid in a GridView makes Grids Prettier
• Windows 8 Tells Microsoft About Everything You Install, Not Very Securely
• What you need to know about playing media to make your app shine in Windows 8
• How to display the system tray when you open the application bar
• Another way to close Windows Phone application from code
• New Visual Studio 2012 Debugging Features for the Windows 8 App Lifecycle Model

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