E-book: Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS and JavaScript – First Preview
With the launch of Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate Microsoft is offering a free copy (PDF) of the first four chapters of the book Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS and JavaScript written...
View ArticleE-book: Metro Revealed – Building Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript
With the launch of Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate, Microsoft is offering a free copy (PDF) of the book Metro Revealed – Building Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript written by Adam Freeman....
View ArticleWhat does “use strict” do in JavaScript?
This is one of the questions I get frequently when delivering workshops on Windows 8 “Windows Store” application development using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The use strict is a new feature of the...
View ArticleGlobal exception handling in Windows Store JavaScript applications
When an unhandled exception occurs in a Windows Store app, this application is terminated immediately, in a silent way and without showing any error message to the user. This is the default behavior,...
View ArticleDetect if the Debugger is attached via JavaScript in a Windows Store app
There are some cases where we want a block of o code or function to be executed only when we are debugging the application, usually to show detailed error messages that are intended only for the...
View ArticleDetect DEBUG build configuration via JavaScript in Windows Store apps
Update (2012-09-29): Now you can use the package WinRT-JsDebugSymbols available via NuGet instead of manually adding the code to your project, and will receive future updates. One of the things I miss...
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