Thought I’d pass this list along for anyone wanting to get started with Windows 8 and Metro style.
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview Download |
Windows 8 Consumer Preview download (web installer or ISO’s), videos, and FAQ’s. |
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Developer downloads for Metro style apps |
Visual Studio 11 Express and the Windows 8 SDK + all the extra tools and SDK’s for Metro style app development. |
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Design assets for Metro style apps |
100+ Photoshop files with common controls, shell components, tiles, icons, animation clips, color wheel references, and more. |
Metro style app developer content
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Windows Dev Center home |
Links to Metro style app, Desktop app, Hardware, and IE development. |
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Metro style app development home |
Links to key resources for designing, developing, and selling Metro style apps. |
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Product guide for developers |
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Product Guide for Developers. |
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Official documentation |
Comprehensive docs, articles, quickstarts, roadmaps, tutorials, checklists, developer agreements, and whitepapers covering all aspects of app design, development, and selling: · Getting started · Planning apps · Designing UX for apps · Developing apps · Packaging apps · Debugging and testing apps · Selling apps · API reference · Concepts and architecture · Language reference · End-to-end apps |
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Design resources |
Design principles, UX design patterns, detailed UX guidelines, downloadable design assets, assessing usability. |
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Selling apps in the Windows Store |
Windows Store markets, developer agreements, and checklists to prepare. |
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Developer downloads for Metro style apps |
Visual Studio Express and the Windows 8 SDK + extra tools and SDK’s for Metro style app development. |
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Metro style app samples |
Over 200 official samples from Microsoft are available in multiple programming languages. You can copy code inline, upload new code, rate, and leave comments. |
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Developer forums |
Developer forums for Metro style apps covering designing, developing, and selling apps. |
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Building Windows 8 blog (B8) |
An inside look at how, what, and why different features of Windows 8 are being built. This blog is written by Windows President Steven Sinofsky together with members of the Windows engineering team. |
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Windows Store blog for developers |
All about doing business in the Windows Store. Members of the engineering team who’ve built the Windows Store write posts along with Antoine Leblond, Vice President of Windows Web Services. |
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Windows 8 app developer blog (D8) |
Explores best practices for coding and designing Metro style apps. It is written by the team of developers who are building Windows 8. |
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IE blog |
Windows Internet Explorer Engineering Team Blog. |
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Inside Windows Live blog |
The engineering being Hotmail, Messenger, SkyDrive, and Windows Live. |
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Visual Studio Blog |
The official source of product insight from the Visual Studio Engineering Team. |
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The Windows Blog |
Consumer and general interest topics. |
Tom on Tech 