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Welcome to the Windows App Builder Blog
Welcome to the Windows App Builder blog! This is your one stop shop for everything related to developing and selling apps for Windows. We know that building apps is about building businesses; this blog...
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Introducing our one-stop shop for Windows Store app services
Have you ever spent a lot of time looking for an SDK on the web? Interested in an advertisement network? How about controls for your Windows Store app? Want to find that analytics provider that lets...
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Get started building apps on Windows 8.1 Preview
Today is an exciting day for Windows developers. At //build/ 2013 this morning, we announced Windows 8.1 Preview and Visual Studio 2013 Preview are available today. Windows 8.1 Preview has many new...
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The Windows Store for Windows 8.1
Yesterday at Build, we announced improvements we’re making to the Windows Store. With a new design, new developer features and new promotional opportunities, we’re making the Windows Store an even...
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Build 2013 recap
Here in San Francisco Build 2013 is winding down. The last sessions finish up this afternoon and after that we turn it over to you, the developers, to start using all the improvements we’ve talked...
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Build talk of the week: Beautiful apps at any size on any screen
Many tasks performed on slates, laptops, and desktops require using more than one app. As a user, you may have found yourself referencing documentation while writing code, copying a funny quote from a...
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User Experience Design Competency coming to the Microsoft Partner Network
In the past few years, we've focused on improving the user experience and design of our platforms, making them more intuitive, familiar and enjoyable to engage with. Our point of view is embodied in...
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jQuery and WinJS working together in Windows Store apps
The Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS) and Visual Studio templates for Windows Store apps give developers great flexibility when using third-party JavaScript libraries, including the popular...
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Use open source code in your Windows Store apps
When developing apps, it’s essential for developers to be able to reuse their code and build on existing skills, without having to reinvent the wheel. The good news is that you can count on a lot of...
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What’s new in WebView in Windows 8.1
Incorporating web code and content into apps is becoming more the norm for app development. With Windows 8.1 Preview, you have choices in how you do that. Developers might be looking to integrate an...
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Build talk of the week: Design and build a great search experience in your app
Improving the search experience was an important goal for Windows 8.1, both across the OS and inside of every app. The key to delivering a great search experience for your users is to make it as fast...
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Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 Preview starting with the XAML templates
Both Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013 Preview contain a number of project and item templates designed to help you author Windows Store apps. We provide a set of templates that showcase the top...
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Build talk of the week: Building apps that connect with devices
One of the most exciting improvements in Windows 8.1 Preview is opening the floodgates for device access. While Windows 8 supported certain device scenarios like print, sensors, and geolocation, access...
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Windows game developers: Build with Unity 4.2 for a chance to win big!
In case you missed the post over on the Windows Phone Developer Blog, we’re celebrating our collaboration with Unity and the release of Unity 4.2 by sponsoring a game-building contest for Windows 8 and...
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Windows 8.1 for iOS developers
For those of you currently developing apps for iOS, we’ve been adding lots of content to the Windows Store apps Dev Center. We’d like to help you get started building Windows Store apps, so we updated...
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Idea books for commercial and enterprise app design—with sample code!
You can create great Windows Store apps that provide elegant, engaging, consistent and compelling user experiences in Windows. Idea books are a great starting point to inspire you when designing your...
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Developing world-ready apps in XAML (part 1)
The market for apps is global. For example, the Windows Store is available in 230 international markets and more than 106 languages, but only approximately 7% of apps are localized to more than one...
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Developing world-ready apps in XAML (part 2)
This is the second part in a series on creating world-ready apps using XAML. Part 1 covered Font Selection, and Bidi support. In this second part we’ll look at how you can use the resource mechanism...
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Designing and building user interfaces for Windows
Great design helps your Windows Store apps stand out from the crowd. Improvements to the Windows platform in 8.1 Preview, such as an expanded common controls set with greater design flexibility, allow...
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Creating smarter apps with geofencing
Windows 8 introduced the Geolocation API, which let your app get the current location or get regular updates on the current location. We covered some of that functionality in a previous blog post...
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