What you need for this book

To follow the recipes in this book, you will need a copy of Visual Studio 2013. Some of the features covered in the recipes may only be available in specific editions of Visual Studio. Whenever possible, any specific version requirements will be noted.

If you wish to follow one of these recipes and you do not have the right edition, trial versions of the premium versions can be downloaded from the Microsoft website enabling you to see if a particular feature would benefit your project.

For any of the recipes that deal with Windows Store applications, you will need to be using Windows 8.1 as your operating system.