Windows Store apps for Absolute Beginners with C# (MP4) - Channel 9

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 ServicesBob's Website, LearnVisualStudio.NET Download the entire series' source code

Finally, we learn how to enable in-product purchases to unlock certain features or allow for the purchase of in-app items allowing us to use a "freemium" business model. Download the entire series' source code

Continuing on from the previous lesson, now we learn how to unlock the app and its features by allowing the user to purchase a full version of the app directly from the app. Download the entire series' source code

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. Download the entire series' source code

This lesson demonstrates the use of scheduled toasts to remind or notify the user of some task or change in the app.Download the entire series' source code

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

The Windows 8 start page is one of it's most distinctive features, and this lesson demonstrates how to implement secondary tiles to allow "deep linking" into functionality or data in the app. Download the entire series' source code

In this lesson we follow the instructions of the Hands On Lab to tie up the loose ends and actually implement the desire functionality. Download the entire series' source code

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. Download the entire series' source code

In this lesson, we learn how to add Settings Flyouts using the Callisto controls.  These are used to respond to the Settings charm in Windows 8, and can be used for About pages, Preferences or other related purposes. ResourcesGuidelines for app settings Download the entire series' source code