Windows 8 Development Resources

I found following set of resources which gives more in depth knowledge about Windows 8 Development which include metro apps using HTML5 / JavaScript as well.

Here I compile everything into one post for my future reference , hope it might help others as well.


1. Windows 8 Development in 31 Days
    This is series of  blogs by Jeff Blankenburg about windows 8 development, new chapter every day. It is great to follow his tutorial kind of post which small and clear to understand. 

http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/category/31-days-of-windows-8/


2. Programming Windows 8 App With HTML, CSS and JavaScript, a free ebook

http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.sg/2012/10/windows-8-apps-with-html-css-and.html

Except this http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.sg/   contains many .net and windows related great stuff coming out every day. Worth to check this blog every day.

3. Windows 8 Design Handbook
     A grade developer guide for designers, a lot of nice things

http://www.windows8designhandbook.com/


These are few of my top reading list at the moment, but you can still find a lot from this site, Dan Rigby  compiled a lots of resources into one post, need to look into them as well

http://danrigby.com/2012/11/05/windows-8-developer-links-2012-11-06/


Thanks

Getting start with windows 8 Development

Windows 8 is the MicroSoft's next operating system which will be used innTraditional desktop and laptops, tablets and smart phones. Windows 8 provides a new platform and concepts to develop software and apps, called metro style apps.

This blog post compiles most of the resources needed to start developing applications in windows8 using XAML, C#, C++, HTML5 and JavaScript.

http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2012/08/24/getting-started-with-windows-8-development/

Cross platform mobile app using HTML5 , CSS , JavaScript : phonegap SDK

PhoneGap is open source SDK which supports mobile app developement for 7 different  mobile platform including iOS , Andriod and Windows.

PhoneGap enable the developers to write code in open standards using HTML5, CSS and JavaScript and run it on any platform. The PhoneGap manages how to generate the native code for each for the platform on which the app is running.

This is Codeproject article which gives a sample application developed using PhoneGap and installed in three different mobile platforms.

""There has been a growing trend in the use of HTML5 for development of cross-platform mobile applications. This technology allows a developer to write an application using platform-neutral web technologies that can be delivered to a broad range of smartphone devices. This capitalises on modern smartphones generally having highly capable browsers, with good support for HTML5 / CSS3 features.

This article uses Apache Cordova (previously called PhoneGap), an open source framework, that provides a mechanism for packaging HTML5 content (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, images) as a native executable for Windows Phone, iOS, BlackBerry and Android. Cordova also provides a JavaScript interface for native phone functionality that is not accessible using HTML5 technologies (e.g. camera, accelerometer, compass)."

iPhone & iPad screen sharing over the internet

http://mgalligan.com/post/29978268510/screen-share-iphone-live-on-internetInternet

This is an excellent post about iPhone and iPad screen sharing using Reflection App and Skype or google group.

http://mgalligan.com/post/29978268510/screen-share-iphone-live-on-internet

Become a Programmer in 8 weekends, a good experience sharing

This is one of blog I read in recently, I would like share this in my blog space and keep for future reference

To a lot of non-developers, learning to code seems like an impossibly daunting task. However, thanks to a number of great resources that have recently been put online for free - teaching yourself to code has never been easier.

I started learning to code earlier this year and can say from experience that learning enough to build your own prototype is not as hard as it seems. In fact, if you want to have a functioning prototype within two months without taking a day off work, it’s completely doable.

Below, I’ve outlined a simple path from knowing nothing about software development to having a working prototype in eight weekends that roughly mirrors the steps I took.

Reference :

http://tech.yipit.com/2012/08/21/how-i-taught-myself-to-code-in-8-weeks/