Writing code for Windows Store apps (C#/C++/VB)

This section explains some of the things you need to know about writing C#, C++, or Visual Basic code for Windows Store apps.

Topic	Description
Porting Silverlight or WPF to Windows Store apps	Describes high-level differences you should be aware of between Windows 8 and other XAML-based platforms such as Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Microsoft Silverlight or Silverlight for Windows Phone.
Asynchronous programming (general topic)	Describes asynchronous programming in the Windows Runtime and its representation in JavaScript, C#, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, and Microsoft Visual C++.
Asynchronous programming in C# and Visual Basic	Describes how to use asynchronous methods from the Window Runtime in C# or Microsoft Visual Basic.
Asynchronous programming in C++	Describes how to consume asynchronous methods using the task class defined in ppltasks.h.
Using the thread pool in Windows Store app	Describes how to use the thread pool to do parallel work.

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