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Windows 8.1: New Features for C#/XAML Developers

Get to know all the new features added by Microsoft in Windows 8.1. Developers will have many more options to create compelling experiences with the much-extended API.

Intermediate
4h 49m
(43)

Created by Gill Cleeren

Last Updated May 02, 2019

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Windows 8.1: New Features for C#/XAML Developers

Get to know all the new features added by Microsoft in Windows 8.1. Developers will have many more options to create compelling experiences with the much-extended API.

Intermediate
4h 49m
(43)

Created by Gill Cleeren

Last Updated May 02, 2019

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Windows 8.1 brings a lot of new features to the platform which are interesting for developers. Updated contracts such as Search and Share, new controls, new options for data binding, new screen sizes, more tile sizes and much more. To take advantage of these new options in your apps , it’s important that as a Windows 8 developer, you’re on board with all that’s being added by Microsoft to the platform. Also the tooling (Visual Studio and Blend) used for building Windows 8.1 apps has received a number of important updates. This course extends the already existing courses on Pluralsight on Windows 8 by showing the novelties in the different areas.

Windows 8.1: New Features for C#/XAML Developers
Intermediate
4h 49m
(43)
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Gill Cleeren - Pluralsight course - Windows 8.1: New Features for C#/XAML Developers
Gill Cleeren
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Gill Cleeren is a solution architect, author, and trainer in mobile and web technologies. He's also a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP. He lives in Tienen, Belgium.

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