Daily Links 29 Jan 2013

App submission tips for Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8

Creating Spinning progress Animation in Windows Phone

How to use the Light Sensor in Windows 8 C#/XAML applications

Windows Phone 8: Contacts Integration

Windows Phone 8 and 7.x Design Guidelines

Lex.Db
Platform independent data store solution

Start Button 8
Free start button software for win 8

Now Available: Windows Phone SDK Update for 7.8

Mangopollo
"easily take advantage of new windows phone tiles (cyclic, flip, iconic) if your application is run from a Windows Phone 7.8 or 8 as well as new launchers if your application is run from a Windows Phone 8 while remaining compatible with windows phone 7."

Getting more visibility for your Windows Store app Part 1: Create great apps

Windows Phone 8 SDK on a Virtual Machine with Working Emulator

Using async/await with WebClient in Windows Phone 8 (or: TaskCompletionSource saves the day)

Send Email with attachments without using EmailComposeTask with MailMessage

Handling Resuming in your Windows 8 Applications

Tips and tricks when using voice recognition in a Windows Phone 8 app

Building High Performance Windows Phone Apps

Handling unhandled exceptions with async/await on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8

Daily Links 16 Jan 2013

WinRT’s default “save on suspend” isn’t good enough

How to detect that your app is running in Kid’s Corner

How to Become a Software Architect

Setting up your Windows Store payout account (South Africa)

Splash Screens in Windows Phone 8–Who moved my cheese?

silverPDF - Silverlight PDF library

Getting WP7 Device Info

From the MVPs: Different deployment options in Windows 8

Live Tiles in Windows Phone 8 Part2: Lock screen notifications

Windows Phone 8: Localization

Reversi XAML/C# Windows Store Sample Game

Windows Phone 8 Emulator Skin Switcher 1.0 released on codeplex

Windows 8 Design Templates is now ready for all the developers

Daily Links 2 Jan 2013

Geoposition advanced tracking scenarios for Windows Phone 8

Windows Phone 8 SDK - Deploying Multiple Enterprise Applications

Windows Phone 8: Multiple Screen Resolutions

Changing the name of a Windows 8 Store app

10 Things Silverlight Devs Need to Know About the Windows Runtime

AvalonDock for WPF
Docking control lib for WPF

Player Framework for Windows Phone 8

Using the adcontrol from code in Windows Phone 8
Minimum capabilities you need to run the ad control in WP8

Building a Shooter Game Walkthrough Using C#, XNA and MonoGame 3.0 – Part 1

QuickLight
"C# to Javascript compiler allows a developer to write C# code and then compile it to Javascript which can be run in any web browser. This makes it possible to write applications in C# that target any platform."

Awaitable critical section

The 4 Most Important Skills for a Software Developer

An AnimatedFlipView to use in your Windows Store apps!

Draggable markers with Windows Phone maps API

10 Scrum Methodology Best Practices