A number of Metro style apps use a hierarchical system of navigation. This is an intuitive and common pattern used by app developers. In this video tutorial, I’ll show you how to style and customize GroupStyles using Blend and VS. Get information about navigation design
Designing Metro style Apps in Blend and VS: What’s New in the RC?
It’s been a busy spring. After a lot of “yard work”, we are shipping an updated version of all the visual authoring tools for Metro-style apps: Expression Blend with support for both HTML and XAML authoring, and the visual designer in Visual Studio 2012, based
The Nitty Gritty—Detailed List of what’s new in Blend for Visual Studio 2012 RC
If you’ve read our post Designing Metro style Apps in Blend and VS—What’s new in RC? you’ll know that we’ve made some pretty significant improvements in performance and stability, and we’ve invested in new features to increase productivity and usability. If you’re curious for more
Video Demo: Overview of XAML authoring features in Blend and Visual Studio
Now that many of you have had the opportunity to check out Kirupa’s Visual Studio Toolbox episode on Channel 9 for visually building HTML apps using Blend you are probably wondering where is the video for XAML authoring? Look no further! I met with Robert
Designing app bars for HTML Metro style apps using Blend and the WinJS AppBar control
When you are designing new HTML-based Metro style applications, you’ll likely want to add one or more WinJS AppBar controls to your app. In this short tutorial, we’ll cover how to use the HTML authoring tools in Blend to create, interact with, and customize WinJS