Tag Archives: Developers
At GDC, game developers reveal early success on Windows 8
This week is the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. While we’re excited about all of the new titles coming to the Windows Store, what’s most interesting for app builders are the new ways to reach the millions of Windows 8 customers and make the biggest return on your investment. ...
Windows Store now open to all developers in 120 markets
Today’s an especially great day to be a developer. We’re very excited to announce the last significant milestone in the rollout of the Windows Store before the general availability of Windows 8 on October 26. The Store is now open for app submissions from all ...
Windows 8 RTM is available for developers
Two weeks ago we announced that Windows 8 released to manufacturing (RTM). Since then we’ve been preparing builds for distribution as described in the Windows 8 has reached the RTM milestone post on Windows Team blog. I’m happy to let you know that we are now ready with early access ...
App building events for Windows 8 app developers
With the announcement that Windows 8 has been released to manufacturing (RTM) and will be available for customers to buy on October 26, now is the time to build apps. On August 15th, all developers can visit the Windows Dev Center to get access to all the tools and resources ...
What’s changed for app developers since the Consumer Preview
It’s that time again: With the new Release Preview and the new developer tools, Windows 8 is one step closer to final release. And just like in the Consumer Preview, our engineering team has been hard at work polishing the development platform to provide you with the best possible development ...
What’s changed for app developers since //build/ (part 1)
The Consumer Preview is now available and hopefully, you’ve had a chance to see what we’ve been up to. Our engineering team has been working hard since //build/. We’ve been listening to your feedback and using it to improve our development platform. At the same time, we’ve been putting the ...
What’s changed for app developers since //build/ (part 2)
As promised, I’m back to tell you about more of the important work that we’ve done since //build/. In part 1 of this post, I covered DirectX and XAML integration, improvements to the Blend designers, CSS independent animations, and more. But I’m sure you’re eager to dig into more of ...
Windows 8 Now Stable on ARM – On The Way To Developers Soon
Posted on Windows 8 News, Rumors & TipsOne of the biggest changes that’s coming with Windows 8 is the fact that it supports ARM processors rather than the traditional x86 Intel/AMD processors.While Microsoft have given us a few glimpses at tablets with ARM processors running Windows 8 in the past, ...