Hi
SO ...its been a while …….
How crazy is the new windows 8 App model .....
I have had a bit of time to mess around with the App model for building Windows 8 Store Apps.
I am currently armed with a lenovo Thinkpad 2 for testing and a memory hungry VM for DEV'ing.
I will share some of my starting hiccups to make it easier for anyone who wishes to get started and hit the ground running.
Im using Windows 8.1 and Visual Studio 2013 Preview …. I feel like a kid on christmas morning J
To download Windows 8.1 click here
To download Visual Studio 2103 Preview click here
You will also need to get a Developer license and your VM needs to be online so it can validate your developer license key before the app will debug ... after you get the developer key you dont need to be online.
Here is a link to get you started and also some useful code samples .
I would also suggest that you go to youtube and check out the MSDN channel 9 podcasts … this is an excellent source of information.
Once you start there are a lot of page layouts that you can use so you just have to pick the one that’s closest to your needs …but more on this when you create your first app …just choose you programming style ...
I will try to update this more regularly …… and happy coding .. J
