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Bob reviews the topics discussed in this series of lessons, and provides some additional resources and guidance on how you should approach your career as a software developer. ResourcesWindows 8 UX Fundamentals Training Workshop 2012 Azure Mobile Services Bob's Website, LearnVisualStudio.NET Download the entire series' source code
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In this final Hands On Lab, we use the CurrentAppSimulator class to simulate interaction with the Windows Store API. Here we simply use the configuration file to declaratively modify the user interface. This simulates the data retrieved from the Windows Store.
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Continuing from the previous lesson, this lesson demonstrate how to utilize push notifications from Windows Notification Services to provide information or state updates to the user from the cloud on the Windows 8 start page. ResourcesAzure Mobile Services Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8 Download the entire series' source code
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In this lesson we use the ToggleSwitch element to capture a user's preference on how to deal with remembering the state of the app prior to it being terminated. We talk about the different special folders and objects we can use to save user data, and discuss roaming and how to utilize it in our app.
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In this lesson, Bob explains how Windows 8 manages the resources of the computer in regards to our apps. We learn how to respond to Suspend notifications from Windows 8 so that we can store state or data information and restore it when the app is re-launched. Resources ApplicationExecutionState enumeration Supporting your app with background tasks Download the entire series' source code
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In this lesson we add an AppBar, and using the Callisto controls from Tim Heuer to provide a Flyout menu that displays when the user selects an AppBar icon. Bob demonstrates how to use NuGet to utilize the latest version of the open source toolkit in our app. ResourcesCallisto: A toolkit for XAML Metro style apps Download the entire series' source code
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In this lesson, we learn how to respond to the user's request to search using the Search charm in Windows 8. We see all of the changes to our app that are automated by including a search results page template. We also demonstrate how to enable apps to provide spelling suggestions to items in our app as the user types in the search phrase. Download the entire series' source code
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In this lesson, we allow users to use the reverse-pinching motion to see a high-level overview of the different groups of recipes we offer, referred to as "Semantic Zooming". This allows the user to get context and drill into those items on our start page that interest them. Download the entire series' source code
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In order to make our declarative controls and data binding work smoothly, we look at implicit XAML type converters, type converters added to our project template, then implement our own custom type converter and explain its purpose. ResourcesQuickstart: Adding FlipView controls Download the entire series' source code
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