Seems this is being published later this year.
Can anyone point to any good resources for a mostly Unix-based programmer getting up to speed with all the new technology coming in Windows 8 that are available now?
Can anyone point to any good resources for a mostly Unix-based programmer getting up to speed with all the new technology coming in Windows 8 that are available now?
On WPF (the latest on .Net UI) I'd recommend Matthew MacDonald's "Pro WPF in C# 2010: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 4".
On Win32 programming (the native code API to Windows) the best source is Petzold himself. It is the Windows equivalent of W. Richard Stevens books for Unix.
The Metro interface is covered in materials on Windows Phone 7. XAML is also covered there and elsewhere as it relates to Silverlight as a programming environment (rather than a browser plugin). Books on .NET are legion - and are the place to start if you are not familiar with the Windows platform.