Thursday, March 22, 2012

Metro XAML and HTML Control Sample Packs (Two downloads, bunches of controls sampled, lots of code examples, hours of...)

Microsoft Developer Network - Samples - XAML controls sample pack

A set of Metro style app samples that demonstrate how to use controls.

Description

A set of Metro style app samples that demonstrate how to use controls.

The Windows Samples Gallery contains a variety of code samples that exercise the various new programming models, platforms, features, and components available in Windows 8 Consumer Preview and/or Windows Server 8 Beta. These downloadable samples are provided as compressed ZIP files that contain a Visual Studio solution (SLN) file for the sample, along with the source files, assets, resources, and metadata necessary to successfully compile and run the sample. For more information about the programming models, platforms, languages, and APIs demonstrated in this sample, please refer to the guidance, tutorials, and reference topics provided in the Windows 8 documentation available in the Windows Developer Center. This sample is provided as-is in order to indicate or demonstrate the functionality of the programming models and feature APIs for Windows 8 and/or Windows Server 8 Beta. Please provide feedback on this sample!

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HTML controls sample pack

A set of Metro style app samples that demonstrate how to use HTML and Windows Library for JavaScript controls. The Windows Samples Gallery contains a variety of code samples that exercise the various new programming models, platforms, features, and components available 

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This takes a number of samples and bundles them into just two downloads, one for XAML and one for HTML/JavaScript.

Here's a snap from the XAML download...

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