Category Archives: Windows 8

Using Caliburn Micro with Universal Windows app – The project setup

One of the most important features that was added in Windows Phone 8.1 is the native Windows Runtime support: this new approach opened the doors to Universal Windows app, a new way to write applications for Windows and Windows Phone … Continue reading

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Some clarifications about Windows Phone, Windows 8.1 and Visual Studio 2013

Yesterday Microsoft has released the much anticipated Windows 8.1 Preview, together with the first Preview of Visual Studio 2013. The Windows team worked really hard in the latest month and I think that the results are really good: Windows 8.1 … Continue reading

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A new SQLite wrapper for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 – Relationships

This post is the second part of a series about a new SQLite wrapper for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8, you can read the first part here. One of the biggest flaws of the sqlite-net library for Windows 8 … Continue reading

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A new SQLite wrapper for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 – The basics

One of the topics that gathered more attention on my blog is SQLite: developing an application without the need to store, somehow, the data locally is almost impossible, so developers are always searching the best way to achieve this objective. … Continue reading

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Lex.db: a new database storage solution for Windows Phone 8

Recently, on my blog, I’ve talked a lot about the database solutions that are available in Windows Phone 8. There are many different ways to manage database, each one with its pros and cons. SQL CE with LINQ to SQL … Continue reading

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