Learning Plan

Managed Development

VIDEO: Free C# Training for Beginners and Forgetful Experts
Beginner developers can use this to get a solid introduction to C#.

ARTICLE: Choosing between Visual Basic and C#

XAML development

VIDEO: Comprehensive Blend for Visual Studio training
XAML developers can use this to learn to use Blend.

• ARTICLE: Binding Basics 101
• ARTICLE: Two-way binding inside a User Control
• ARTICLE: Access named controls in DataTemplates
• ARTICLE: Data binding to a Radio Button
• ARTICLE: Decorate your tree with XAML
• ARTICLE: Make it snow with XAML
• ARTICLE: PlaneProjection opens Windows
• ARTICLE: How to use Visual States
• ARTICLE: The Star Trek sample vector path
• ARTICLE: Handling clipping and paths 
• ARTICLE: What’s the future of WPF?
• ARTICLE: Create a whiteboard app
  ARTICLE: Binding to an ENUM
• ARTICLE: Let’s build a timer control
• ARTICLE: Custom Control v. User Control
• ARTICLE: Building a Dial
• ARTICLE: Create a ‘Ratings’ control

Windows 8.x WinRT development

VIDEO: Developing Windows Store 8.1 Apps with C# and XAML
XAML developers can use this to learn Windows Runtime development.

VIDEO: Techniques to Super-Charge Your User Experience
XAML developers can use this to improve their UX skills.

VIDEO: The Windows Runtime for the Windows Phone developer
Windows Phone developers can use this to transition to WinRT.

VIDEO: Background Processing for Windows Apps
WinRT developers can use this learn about Background tasks.

• ARTICLE: Windows 8.1 design & More & More & More
• ARTICLE: The right way to read/write files in WinRT
• ARTICLE: Reordering things in a GridView/Drag and Drop
• ARTICLE: 1,000 modern icons you already have installed
• ARTICLE: Data binding to nullable types in WinRT 
• ARTICLE: Reading and Writing Base64 in the WinRT
• ARTICLE: Handling validation in your app
• ARTICLE: Designing universal experiences
• ARTICLE: Build your own FlipView Page Indicator
• ARTICLE: The two ways to handle orientation
• ARTICLE: Add ItemsSource to the MenuFlyout
• ARTICLE: All about Behaviors in Blend for Visual Studio
• ARTICLE: 5 things you must do BEFORE you publish
• ARTICLE: Manipulations w/Attached Properties & More
• ARTICLE: Windows 8 apps need 28 logos
• ARTICLE: Extended Splash Screen
• ARTICLE: Locking Asynchronous File Operations
• ARTICLE: Dynamically Skinning your App
• ARTICLE: Custom Protocol Activation
• ARTICLE: Monetize with Advertising
• ARTICLE: The AppBar
• ARTICLE: Certification and Publishing & More
• ARTICLE: Adding Text Translation
• ARTICLE: Capturing photos
• ARTICLE: Scheduled Tasks
• ARTICLE: Using the VariableSizedWrapGrid
• ARTICLE: Uniquely identify a device
• ARTICLE: Adding Location, Geocoding, and Bing Maps

VIDEO: Developing Universal Windows Apps with C# and XAML
WinRT developers can use this to learn to build Universal Apps

VIDEO: Building Universal Apps Using Prism
WinRT developer can use this to learn about Prism

ARTICLE: Strongly typed Experiences in Prism