The app retrieves RSS feed from a webservice and displays its content into Windows Store App
The app was a project work for an online course from Lynda.com. The course "Building Your First Windows Store App with XAML and C#" by David Gassner covers following topics.
- Installing Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8
- Testing apps with the Windows 8 simulator
- Defining a split-page layout with XAML
- Retrieving and parsing XML files with asynchronous programming
- Displaying data with dynamic bindings
- Sharing data with other apps through contracts
- Displaying command buttons in an app bar
- Creating Live Tile notifications