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Build a great Windows Store library and become the most popular kid in school!

Build a great Windows Store library and become the most popular kid in school!. Jason Olson, Program Manager 4-142. There’s never been a better time to be a library developer. Partner Spotlight. http://services.windowsstore.com.

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Build a great Windows Store library and become the most popular kid in school!

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  1. Build a great Windows Store library and become the most popular kid in school! Jason Olson, Program Manager 4-142

  2. There’s never been a better time to be a library developer

  3. Partner Spotlight http://services.windowsstore.com

  4. Make it easy to acquire and use your library for Windows Store apps by integrating into Visual Studio

  5. Demo: DevExpress • Mark Miller

  6. Agenda • Simplifying acquisition of your library • Providing a great development experience • Gotchas, Tips, and Tricks

  7. Simple Success

  8. Get Library Dependencies Versioning/Updates Development Item Templates Samples Write Code Project Templates • Acquisition Menus Toolbox Reach Package Manager Visual Studio Gallery Extension Manager Windows Runtime

  9. Library Acquisition

  10. What is NuGet? • A tool to simplify the distribution of libraries. Library/ Application NuGet

  11. Demo: In walks NuGet

  12. Providing a great development experience

  13. Visual Studio SDK Project Templates Item Templates Visual Studio Package Wizards Menus Toolbox Controls Editor Extensions Tool Windows VSIX

  14. NuGet + Visual Studio = Better Together • NuGet projects can be added to Visual Studio project templates and item templates NuGet Packages Create Project / New Item Update

  15. Demo: Extending Visual Studio

  16. Tips and Tricks

  17. The promise of backwards compatibility impacts SDK authors

  18. [Tip] The “Quirking Boundary”

  19. Test your SDK with Windows 8.1 apps and release a new version for Windows 8.1 if necessary.

  20. Applications should not become unstable due to mismatched system components and libraries

  21. [Tip] VCLibs.11 versus VCLibs.12

  22. Release a new version of your SDK for Windows 8.1 built with Visual Studio 2013 tools.

  23. [Tip] Language runtimes and performance impact

  24. If targeting several target language environments, leverage native code where possible

  25. Quick Start Challenge at //Build • Come visit “Platform Enablers” booth and try out partner SDKs on a simple Windows Store app for a chance to win exciting prizes*” • Follow the team on Twitter: @windevs • * Clocky, Sphero, Surface RT, Surface Pro

  26. Takeaways • It’s a great time to build libraries for Windows Store apps • Simplify acquisition of your library • Provide a great development experience

  27. Resources • Partner Spotlight - http://services.windowsstore.com • Work with @windevs to become a member • Platform Enablers booth at //build and the Quick Start Challenge • http://nuget.org • http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/ • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd885119.aspx (Developing Visual Studio Extensions)

  28. Required Slide *delete this box when your slide is finalized Your MS Tag will be inserted here during the final scrub. Evaluate this session • Scan this QR codeto evaluate this session and be automatically entered in a drawing to win a prize!

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