C# Blog Reader - 1 - Introduction to the series
This is the first video in a 9 part video series that walks through creating a Windows Store Blog Reader app. This quick video introduces the series and gives you an overview the content that will be...
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In this video we'll build a set of classes to represent a blog post, a blog, and a collection of blogs that download RSS or Atom feeds from the Web using the SyndicationClient class.Step-by-Step...
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In this video, we'll review the asynchronous programming model for Windows 8 apps, and how to use the async/await keywords to download RSS feeds asynchronously.Step-by-Step tutorial from...
View ArticleC# Blog Reader - 4 - Add pages and navigation
In this video, we'll add all of the pages to the Blog Reader, including the ItemsPage which lists all of the blogs, the SplitPage which lists all of the blogs posts for the selected blog, and the...
View ArticleC# Blog Reader - 5 - Add an app bar, animations, and transitions
In this video, you'll add an AppBar, learn how to use the Segoe UI Symbol font for app icons, and how to add basic animations and transitions.Step-by-Step tutorial from dev.windows.com Blog Reader...
View ArticleC# Blog Reader - 6 - Creating a consistent look with styles
In this video, we'll build custom styles for the ItemsPage and a DateTime ValueConverter class that we'll use in Part 7 to format a custom data template for the items page.Step-by-Step tutorial from...
View ArticleC# Blog Reader - 7 - Adding a control template
In this video, we'll build a custom data template using XAML to format how we display the month, date, and year to match the styling of the Windows blog.Step-by-Step tutorial from dev.windows.com Blog...
View ArticleC# Blog Reader - 8 - Adapting to different layouts
In this video, we'll adapt all of the pages in the Blog Reader app to work in full screen, filled, portrait, and snapped layouts.Step-by-Step tutorial from dev.windows.com Blog Reader complete code
View ArticleC# Blog Reader - 9 - Managing app lifecycle and state
In the final video of the series, we'll use the SuspensionManager class to save the navigation state and session data, like the selected blog post in the SplitPage file as well as customize the app...
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