Windows 8 Spotlight #5

· First official details regarding Windows 8.1

· RTM version of HttpClient API for Portable Libraries

· Visual Studio 2013, ALM, and DevOps

Fluid animations are important part of Windows 8 Development in order to increase User Experience. What about Animations will be repeated forever in an application? Here is the solution. First select Animation and right click after that from below popup click “Set to forever” button and you’re done!

SQLite with Windows 8 Apps

Do you have data inside of your application? The SQLite WinRT wrapper is a CodePlex project that offers lightweight Windows Runtime (WinRT) APIs you can use to access the most common SQLite database functionality.

Blend for VS & Animations In this session we'll see how to use “Blend for Visual Studio” in order to customize User Interfaces and create animations in our applications. See how to use customized XAML in your application.

Photosynth	Swissquote
An official app from Microsoft. Photosynth for Windows Phone is the panorama app that makes it easy and fun to capture and share interactive panoramas of the places, people, and events that are important to you.	In terms of UI and simplicity one of the best Win8 App. As a provider of online financial services, Swissquote offers solutions and analysis tools to meet the wide range of demands and needs of its clients. As well as various online trading services, the platform also provides solutions for eForex, ePrivate Banking and flexible saving accounts.

Eiffel Tower– Paris/France