Programming concepts for Windows Store apps

[ This article is for Windows 8.x and Windows Phone 8.x developers writing Windows Runtime apps. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation ]

Learn about the core programming concepts for developing Windows Store apps.

In this section

Topic	Description
Asynchronous programming
Parallel processing with the thread pool
Cryptography and PKI	Learn more about cryptography and PKI for Windows Store apps.
Performance	Learn about how to get the best performance out of your Windows Store app.
C#, VB, and C++ core concepts
.NET for Windows Store apps overview
Creating Windows Runtime Components
JavaScript core concepts
Extending the Windows Library for JavaScript
Migrating Windows Store apps to Windows 8.1

 

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Resources for other platform developers

Language reference for Windows Store apps