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Perspectives

Why developing apps for Windows Phone can be good for your career

Watch a new video interview with Keith Ward from Visual Studio Magazineand Nick Landry of @Infragistics, telling app developers why having an app in the Windows Phone store is good for your career.

By Richard Milton

Windows Azure: Major updates for mobile backend development

Microsoft has recently released some great updates to Windows Azure that make it significantly easier to develop mobile applications that use the cloud.

By Scott Guthrie

Great British chefs – an app with the user at its core

Despite having hugely successful GBC apps in the iOS and Android Stores, UI Centric were charged with creating no less than the best app in the Windows 8 Store.

By Sara Allison

App developers head for success on Windows 8.1

Following presentations of Windows 8.1 at the recent Build conference, momentum is growing for developers around the large market opportunity for their apps.

By Tim Acheson

Windows mobile development: the promising future ahead

Studies forecast that Windows Phone apps development and Windows Phone app developers will see a huge demand over the next few years. Read more on the future of Windows Phone development.

By udithanda865

Events view all

Windows Phone Camp - August: Willkommen bei “Microsoft.Phone.Tasks”

Wien / Austria

8/16/2013

Windows Phone Camp - August: Neues für Entwickler

Wien / Austria

8/16/2013

Microsoft DevCamps - August

Wien / Austria

8/16/2013

Windows Camp - August: Das Windows 8 App Ökosystem