Bookmarks: code reuse between Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 apps

Here is the list of available resources for reusing code between WP & W8 store apps.

• Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 app development https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windowsphone/develop/jj714089.aspx
• Maximize code reuse between Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/jj681693(v=vs.105).aspx
• Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start: (19) Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 Cross Platform Development https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start-19-Windows-Phone-8-and-Windows-8-Cross-Platform-Develop
• How to Leverage your Code across Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2012/3-043R

If you are able to access techreadytv (e.g. MSFT Employee), the following internal sessions are also great:

• Build It Once For Both: Writing Code and Designing for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 https://tr17.techreadytv.com/sessions/WP302.aspx
• Developing Large-Scale Enterprise Mobile Apps for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Tablets https://tr17.techreadytv.com/sessions/WP304.aspx
• How to Leverage your code across Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 https://tr16.techreadytv.com/sessions/WP304.aspx

In short, to make your project as clean as you can with less duplications, keep remind to

• Separate UI and app logic using the Model-View-ViewModel pattern

• Share functionality using Portable Class Libraries

• Share code with Add as Link

• Share using Windows Runtime Components

• Handling Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 platform differences

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