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2. I really don't want to be a grumpy and bitter developer but #microsoft doesn't make it easy to stay enthusiastic as a #wpf dev. 03.02.2011 @microsoft is king of FUD strategy. causes fear, uncertainty and doubt to devs around the world. pity they do it to *their* own devs #wpf 25.08.2011 3. not a single mention of #wpf in #bldwin keynote - it's as if it doesn't exist. the XAML thing they talk about is prop closer to #silverlight 12.09.2011 4. RT @JohnBristowe: Me, attempting to build a Windows 8 app in JavaScript for the past 30 minutes: http://t.co/TwTrwZic 09.03.2012 @JohnBristowe that's me today as well :( although all in all JS in Win8 is surprisingly fun :) 09.03.2012 5. implemented my first 3D transformation animation in CSS yesterday. astonishingly simple. 13.05.2012 it constantly surprises me how easy it is to create fluent animations in HTML/JS in all sort of scenarios. simply not possible in WPF. 22.05.2012 6. Announcement: (Game Dev Tycoon) is the #win8 game I've been working on the past months. Store review is underway :) 04.07.2012 7. Announcement: A new NovaMind app is now available on the Windows Store. #mindmapping http://t.co/aLSPv6bA 27.07.2012 [] I was extremely surprised how pleasant porting code from C# was. JS is also surprisingly fast in IE10. 27.07.2012 8. Couple of months ago I switched from C# to JavaScript. Surprisingly, I don't miss C# one bit. JavaScript is bloody amazing. 10.08.2012 Using HTML5/JS on WinRT is the most rewarding and productive environment Ive ever worked with just now 9. then then Threadpool Advantages 10. using Windows.Media.Capture; async void GetPicture() { var new CameraCaptureUI new Size var await CameraCaptureUIMode if var new BitmapImage await FileAccessMode 11. JavaScript: Promises handle Async Object that is a promise for a later value Hook up to completion with then() or done () method then(completion, error, progress) then() returns another promise Implementation in base.js: WinJS.Promise Common.js promises/A spec http://wiki.commonjs.org/wiki/Promises/A 12. DllImport "avicap32.dll" "capCreateCaptureWindow" static extern int string int int int int int int int DllImport "avicap32.dll" static extern bool int MarshalAs UnmanagedType ref string int MarshalAs UnmanagedType ref string int // more and more of the same 13. using Windows.Media.Capture; var new CameraCaptureUI new Size var await CameraCaptureUIMode if var new BitmapImage await FileAccessMode 14. IReadOnlyDictionaryIMapView IEnumerableIIterable IListIVector IReadOnlyListIVectorView IDictionaryIMap 15. Windows 8 System manages app lifetimeWindows 7 User manages app lifetime 16. App gets 5 seconds to work after suspend message Apps are not notified before they are terminated Apps are notified when they have been resumed 17.

/* Step 2: Call WinJS.UI.processAll() */ /* Step 3: Use the control */ document.getElementById(list).winControl.addEve ntListener (selectionchanged, onSelChanged ); 18. Everyday widgets 19. Presenting data 20.

/* step2: use the Data Template */ ui.setOptions(listView, { oniteminvoked: this.itemInvoked }); 21. Commanding surfaces