Tag Archives: Windows Phone

A lap around Windows Phone 8 SDK: file association – Part 2

Posted on November 29, 2012 by qmatteoq

In the previous post we started to take a deep look to one of the most interesting new features in Windows Phone 8: file association. The example we’re using in this tutorial is made by two applications: in the last … Continue reading →

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Async pack for Visual Studio 2012: why it’s useful also for Windows Phone 8 projects

Posted on November 19, 2012 by qmatteoq

Microsoft has recently released the Async Pack for Visual Studio 2012: it’s a very helpful package and it’s the successor of the old Async CTP that was available for Visual Studio 2010. Its purpose is to add support to the … Continue reading →

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Unit testing in Windows Phone 8 – Asynchronous operations and mocking

Posted on November 11, 2012 by qmatteoq

One of the most common scenarios to test are asynchronous operations: WinRT is heavily based on async methods, both in Windows 8 and in Windows Phone 8. Plus, thanks to the new async and await keywords, it’s now easier for … Continue reading →

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Unit testing in Windows Phone 8 – The basics

Posted on November 9, 2012 by qmatteoq

Unit testing in Windows Phone has never been really supported by Microsoft: the only semi-official way to do unit tests in Windows Phone 7 is using an adaptation of the Silverlight Unit Test Framework made by Jeff Wilcox. This library … Continue reading →

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Azure Mobile Services for Windows Phone 8

Posted on November 8, 2012 by qmatteoq

During the BUILD conference, right after the announcement of the public release of the Windows Phone 8 SDK, Microsoft has also announced, as expected, that Azure Mobile Services, that we’ve learned to use in the previous posts, are now compatible … Continue reading →

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