An updated version of the Windows 8 Hands-on labs was released on 10 September 2012. There are two versions of the labs. The first version is using C# and XAML while the other set is using JavaScript and HTML.
Over the last few days, I have worked my way through an older version of the C# Windows 8 Hands-on labs. I feel the older version gave me a solid base of knowledge to build on. I am looking forward to reviewing the new labs.
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