Weekly roundup 10/12/12

Since I started at Lotic Factor I’ve been sharing a list of links with my coworkers we call “The Weekly Roundup”. There is no set schedule but typically I send out a list about once a week. The links mostly come from Twitter and various newsletters. The concept is nothing new, but it saves them from needing to spend as much time on twitter as I do! I’m sharing them in the hopes that some readers may find them interesting as well, and also as an archive of past links. DISCLAIMER: The only qualification for inclusion is that I found them interesting. In no way are the links or articles vetted, nor does their inclusion constitute agreement with, adherence to, or support of any claim, position, prognostication, or statement contained therein, by either myself or my employer.

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WINDOWS 8

• 100,000 Apps by January 2013?
• Windows 8, Metro, and Mobile Apps Mail, Calendar, and People App Updates
• Windows 8 App Development: A Burdern or a Breeze?
• Casual Game Developer: Windows 8 is Everything My iPad Isn’t
• Using MVVM Light and Windows Store Apps

JAVASCRIPT

• The State of JavaScript
• JavaScript Array Methods Reference
• How DRY Impacts JavaScript Performance (slides only)
• JSPerf

TYPESCRIPT

• TypeScript for Windows Store Apps
• TypeScript Fills a Long Standing Void in JavaScript
• Top 10 Reasons TypeScript Will Be Widely Adopted
• In Browser TypeScript Complier
• Thoughts on TypeScript
• Knockout Declaration File

WEB DEVELOPMENT

• Rethinking Web Caching
• JSON to CSharp
• Web Essentials Update

DESIGN AND CSS

• How to Use Responsive Web Design to Support Older Browsers
• Hey Designer!
• Syncfusion Metro Studio 2 (royalty free Icons and Icon editor)
• CSS3 Microsoft Modern Buttons
• Sliding Forms with jQuery

WINDOWS PHONE 8

• More Rumors of Microsoft Phones
• ATT to Start Taking Pro-Orders for WP8 Devices Oct 21st

LATEST IN WEB COMICS

• Codemonkey Kung Fu
• XKCD
• PartiallyClips
• The Dork Tower

HARDWARE

• Lenovo Announces Windows 8/RT Hybrid Devices and a little more detail and another source
• AMD Eyes Windows 8 Tablets With New Hondo  APUs
• LogiTech Unveils New Windows 8 Mice and Touchpad
• Sony 20″ Windows 8 Tablet
• Sony Viao Duo – A Strange Hybrid

MISCELLANEOUS

• Help your users record and report bugs with the Problem Step Recorder
• Source Code Font Comparisons
• Microsoft: Radical Shift to Devices
• Space Jump Postponed Due To High Winds
• eBay Shows Off New Web Design
• Microsoft’s $1.5 Billion Windows 8 Campaign