Performance (Windows Store apps)

General best practices for performance

To deliver great performance for your Windows Store apps for Windows 8, think of performance as a feature. Plan for performance, and measure it early and throughout the lifecycle of your project. Users of Windows 8 expect their apps to remain responsive and feel natural. Treating performance as a feature will help you deliver on this expectation. We discuss general best practices for Windows Store apps using JavaScript and Windows Store apps using C++, C#, or Visual Basic.

Best practices using JavaScript

Describes how to improve the performance of your Windows Store app built for Windows using JavaScript by using the best techniques for JavaScript coding, layout, graphics, networking, and animation.

Best practices using C++, C#, and Visual Basic

Windows 8 users expect their apps to remain responsive and feel natural when they use them. Therefore, good performance is a must for a Windows Store app using C++, C#, or Visual Basic. One way to think of performance is in terms of user experiences. This topic describes common user experiences and lists some goals that can improve the performance of each experience.