SilverlightShow articles and ebooks author Gill Cleeren is starting a new series titled 'Windows 8 and the future of XAML'. The first article is already available online:
In this first part, Gill gives you an overview of Windows 8, explains how Windows 8 contains 2 modes and shows you what exactly Metro applications are.
Below you may find the roadmap for this series:
1. Windows 8 introduction
a. Small overview of Metro from the end-user perspective
b. Relation to XAML/Silverlight
2. WinRT introduction
a. Overview of namespaces
b. Learning WinRT
c. Language projections (C#, HTML, C++)
d. Relation to C#
3. More advanced WinRT
4. XAML in Windows 8
a. New controls
5. Converting applications from Silverlight to Windows 8
6. Building an entire app from start to finish in Metro
You are welcome to suggest any topics that you'd like to be further explored. Leave your comments here or email us at editorial[at]silverlightshow[dot]net.
More parts from this series are coming each week so stay tuned (via RSS, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and/or Google+)!