Tag: Sell Apps

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Windows 8 Consumer Preview Download

http://bitly.com/WIN8cp

Windows 8 Consumer Preview download (web installer or ISO’s), videos, and FAQ’s.

Developer downloads for Metro style apps

http://bitly.com/metroDwnld

Visual Studio 11 Express and the Windows 8 SDK + all the extra tools and SDK’s for Metro style app development.

Design assets for Metro style apps

http://bitly.com/MetroUX

100+ Photoshop files with common controls, shell components, tiles, icons, animation clips, color wheel references, and more.

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Windows Dev Center home

http://bitly.com/DevCtr

Links to Metro style app, Desktop app, Hardware, and IE development.

Metro style app development home

http://bitly.com/MetroCtr

Links to key resources for designing, developing, and selling Metro style apps.

Product guide for developers

http://bitly.com/PGwin8

Windows 8 Consumer Preview Product Guide for Developers.

Official documentation

http://bitly.com/MetroDocs

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

Design resources

http://bitly.com/DesignUX

Design principles, UX design patterns, detailed UX guidelines, downloadable design assets, assessing usability.

Selling apps in the  Windows Store

http://bitly.com/W8Store

Windows Store markets, developer agreements, and checklists to prepare.

Developer downloads for Metro style apps

http://bitly.com/DwnldsMetro

Visual Studio Express and the Windows 8 SDK + extra tools and SDK’s for Metro style app development.

Metro style app samples

http://bitly.com/MetroSmpls

Over 200 official samples from Microsoft are available in multiple programming languages. You can copy code inline, upload new code, rate, and leave comments.

Developer forums

http://bitly.com/MetroForums

Developer forums for Metro style apps covering designing, developing, and selling apps.

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Building Windows 8 blog (B8)

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/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.

Windows Store blog for developers

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore

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.

Windows 8 app developer blog (D8)

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsappdev

Explores best practices for coding and designing Metro style apps.  It is written by the team of developers who are building Windows 8.

IE blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/

Windows Internet Explorer Engineering Team Blog.

Inside Windows Live blog

http://windowsteamblog.com/
windows_live/b/windowslive/

The engineering being Hotmail, Messenger, SkyDrive, and Windows Live.

Visual Studio Blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/

The official source of product insight from the Visual Studio Engineering Team.

The Windows Blog

http://windowsteamblog.com/

Consumer and general interest topics.