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TechDays demo: Windows 8 list controls
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Pontus Wittenmark has all the code up for a Windows 8 example of working with all the list controls
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TechDays demo: Windows 8 metro with ASP.NET Web API & EF
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Pontus Wittenmark has another WIndows 8 demo up, using EF, exposing it through the ASP.NET Web API and consumed from the client. The client then persists the results to roaming storage and 'integrates' it into Windows 8 by implementing the Search contract.
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Rounding Numbers in JavaScript
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Kirupa Chinnathambi has an interesting post up about rounding numbers in JavaScript... even if you think you know this... check it out.. I think you'll find some surprises
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Part 85 - Windows Phone - Tilt effect on HubTile and other Controls
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Sumit Dutta demonstrates taking the Tilt effect into the HubTile, image, and textblock
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Designing app bars for HTML Metro style apps using Blend and the WinJS AppBar control
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Ruben Rios demonstrates using Blend to add an app bar to an HTML app, changing placement, adding content, creating a button... all good stuff
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Silverlight 5 Validation
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Steven Hollidge has a great tutorial up on using INotifyDataErrorInfo for validation... check out the 'Tricks' section to see what all he's covering... explanation, all the code, and a live demo
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A Generic Boolean Value Converter
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If you haven't already stumbled upon doing this, Anthony W. Jones has a write-up on creating a generic Boolean to value converter and letting the value be specified in XAML
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Custom Effects - Ripple Effect (Pixel Shader)
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Jose Fajardo continues discussing 'effects' with this post on HLSL and building a ripple effect... check out the demo video and grab the source
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How to create a small RSS reader for Windows 8 in HTML5 Metro in 30 minutes (part 1/2)
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This great tutorial by David Rousset was originally in French. My link is a Google translated version... very nice Windows 8 RSS reader done in HTML5 and JS... this is part 1 of 2
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Metro Theme Resources and Templates
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Nigel Sampson has a quick post up explaining where to find the resource dictionaries for metro themes... always a good source of information
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Windows 8 Metro Style - Bits of Binding
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Mike Taulty has a big ol' post up developing a Metro app in both HTML and XAML, with both projects available for download... good for comparison!
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Dynamic Search with LINQ, the Entity Framework and Silverlight - Part 2
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Paul Sheriff revisited his previous post of a similar name and re-wrote the app using lambda expresssions instead of SQL strings
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GridView Control in Windows 8
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Jesse Liberty tackles the GridView control in WIndows 8 this time out... in typical Jesse fashion... lots of info, lots of code
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