The Prism library and AdventureWorks Shopper RI demonstrate how to create Windows Store apps using C# and XAML for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1.

Overview

This project provides guidance to developers who want to create a Windows Store business app using C#, Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML), the Windows Runtime, and modern development practices. The guidance comes with source code for the Microsoft.Practices.Prism.StoreApps library, source code for the Microsoft.Practices.Prism.PubSubEvents library, the AdventureWorks product catalog and shopping cart reference implementation, and documentation. The guidance helps you implement MVVM with navigation and app life cycle management, validation, managed application data, implement controls, pages, touch, search, tiles, tile notifications, localization and accessibility. It also provides guidance on testing your app and tuning its performance.

Announcements

• Prism grows up - .NET Blog. Prism will is now open source!

• Prism for Universal Apps is now available on CodePlex.
• Prism for Windows Runtime for Windows 8.1 just released.
  • Blog announcement
  • Documentation
  • Code

Where to get Prism

• Documentation on the Windows Dev Center: aka.ms/prism-winrt-doc
  • Links to individual chapters
• Code: aka.ms/prism-winrt-code
• NuGet packages: Prism.StoreApps, Prism.PubSubEvents, and Prism.Mvvm
• Quickstarts:
  • Validation Quickstart
  • Event aggregation Quickstart
  • Bootstrapping a MVVM Windows Store App Quickstart using Prism
• PDF: aka.ms/prism-winrt-pdf
• Release Notes

Links

• What is Prism for the Windows Runtime?
• Why did the name change from Kona to Prism for the Windows Runtime?
• Knowledgebase Articles including how to get started
• Known Issues
• Brian Noyes' article Getting started with Prism for Windows Runtime
• Channel 9 video
• Mike Tautly Prism for Windows Runtime Video

Blogs and Twitter

• Blaine Wastell's blog and Twitter Account
• Francis Cheung's blog

Previous announcements

• Prism for Windows 8.0 release now available
• Prism for Windows Runtime docs now available in 11 languages