Thinking About the Next Chapter, Apps + Store
Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 5:23PM Here is a very early peek at the next chapter in Windows Phone book, which is preliminarily named App + Store. I’m probably going to make some big structural changes to this one before I get through much more of it.
This chapter started out as “Apps,” though I always intended to cover Windows Phone Store as well. But now, I’m now considering getting rid of the apps coverage and just calling it Store. The preliminary bit about apps that’s in there now just doesn’t feel right, but we’ll see. Perhaps it could go into an introductory chapter.
Certainly, it’s going to change: I’ve been looking for a place to very briefly discuss built-in utilities like Alarms and Calculator, and this isn’t it. I just don’t want to forget.
So…
What we have for now is two not totally related topics, apps and Store. Skipping the apps bit for now since I don’t know what to do with it, I think Store part is pretty well laid out. I’ve only written a few small sections so far, most of the tour section and all of the Install, buy or upgrade an app section. There just isn’t much done yet, sorry.
Feedback, always appreciated. With the understanding that this one is early yet.
Download Apps + Store 0.1 (9 page PDF, 1.02 MB)
Download Windows Phone Book 0.042 (432 page PDF, 25.9 MB)
Reader Comments (1)
Paul -- Thanks a million for all this hard work, and for sharing as-you-go. A suggestion/request: You have now written so much that it's getting harder to navigate. Could you add some/any of
* Table of Contents (Heading 1 would be great, Heading 2 even better)
* Page numbers
* Chapter # / Name in page headers
* Status indicators (Empty, 50% Drafted, 100% drafted) on the chapter headings
* click on the ToC entry to jump to that chapter
AFAIK, while those will take a few minutes to set up, they will then self-maintain as you add/edit. And while I think you know what you've written I am too old to remember all your posts -- so I have to scan page-by-page to see if you have yet written about Topic X.
Yes, this is me being greedy. And Thanks again!
Len