Category Archives: Metro

Creating A Win8 App From Scratch–A Scrolling Home Page

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Jesse Liberty

In a previous article I discussed the project that I’ll be building in Windows 8.  We started with a couple screen mock-ups and then passed these to the designers who came back with preliminary designs.  While these designs were not … Continue reading →

Posted in Essentials, Metro, Mini-Tutorial, Patterns & Skills, Windows 8 | Tagged | 2 Comments

Windows 8–Search Suggestions

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Jesse Liberty

I recently started a series of postings from my tour of presentations in Europe and the UK.  Today I’d like to return to Searching (which I started to cover here), and this time take a look at what it takes … Continue reading →

Posted in Data, Essentials, Metro, Mini-Tutorial, Windows 8, WinRT | Tagged | 8 Comments

Windows 8 App Bars

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Jesse Liberty

In my previous posting I said that I’d be distilling parts of my presentations into blog posts.  This post continues that idea, focusing on the App Bar.  If we are going to place Content Before Chrome and remove as much … Continue reading →

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Searching in Windows 8

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Jesse Liberty

Windows 8 Store Applications can take advantage of the shared “Charms” that you see when you swipe in from the right edge of your Windows 8 device (or press Win-C).  The top charm is searching and it provides tremendous functionality … Continue reading →

Posted in Contracts, Essentials, Metro, Mini-Tutorial, Windows 8, WinRT, XAML | Tagged | 3 Comments

Yet Another Podcast #77–Charles Petzold on Windows 8

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Jesse Liberty

Talking with Charles Petzold and Jon Galloway about Charles’ newest edition of his iconic  book Programming Windows (6th Edition).    Charles Petzold may be one of the best known writers in the .NET industry because of his book Programming Windows.  … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Podcast #75–Jon Galloway on ASP.NET/ MVC/ Azure

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Jesse Liberty

Talking with Jon Galloway – Microsoft Evangelist – about ASP.NET/ MVC/ Windows 8 and Azure Listen | Yet Another Podcast  

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Is XAML Part of the Future?

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Jesse Liberty

In recent months I’ve had a number of folks on my podcast talking about Windows 8.  Whether they prefer to program W8 in XAML/C#  or in HTML/Javascript, I always ask the same question: does XAML have a real future or … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, HTML5, JavaScript, Languages, Metro, Observations, Opinion, Podcast, Windows 8, WinRT | 22 Comments

Yet Another Podcast #74–Adam Kinney–Windows 8 and JavaScript and HTML5

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Jesse Liberty

Talking with Adam Kinney, Independent Design Developer and former Microsoft Evangelist and Jon Galloway, Microsoft Technical Evangelist, about programming for Windows 8 using JavaScript, CSS3 and HTML5.   Adam’s Blog Adam on Twitter Jon’s Blog Jon on Twitter Win 8 … Continue reading →

Posted in Blend, Essentials, JavaScript, Languages, Metro, Observations, Podcast, UI, Visual Studio, Windows 8, WinRT | Tagged | 2 Comments

Yet Another Podcast #72–Chris Bowen On Windows 8 Programming

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Jesse Liberty

Talking with Chris Bowen, Microsoft Technical Evangelist, on Windows 8 Programming and resources for programmers. 30 Days To Launch Chris’ Blog Top 10 Windows 8 Secrets of App Success Building Windows Blog Windows Team Blog Windows Store Blog VS 2012 … Continue reading →

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Win8, WinRT, Metro, Oh My

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Jesse Liberty

There has been a great deal of confusion about the differences between and among WinRT, Windows 8, Metro, Metro Applications and etc. [ Click on the image for full size ] While there is no reason to be absolutist or … Continue reading →

Posted in Metro, Windows 8, WinRT | 21 Comments