Hey, for all those developing Windows Phone 8 applications; Have a look at Colin Eberhardt’s post on Enhanced WP8 Map Gestures (Someting I’m eager to try) and also Kenneth Truyers’ post on must have NuGet packages. I must say, I was expecting to see sqlite-net in the list.

Then for all the Windows 8 haters, take a gander at Ian Barker’s post. Again, Sean Sexton brings us some really awesome C# goodness! Finally, Shemeer NS on The Code Project has an extensive post on Date and Time data types and functions. Bookmark that one!

I hope that everyone is having a great Thursday (yes, this week has flown past). Here is The Daily Six Pack!

• Date and Time Data Types and Functions – SQL Server (2000, 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012), Shemeer NS
• Four Steps to create first WCF Service: Beginners Series, Dhananjay Kumar
• A Nested Factory Class Implemented as a Singleton, Sean Sexton
• Why I love Windows 8, Ian Barker
• Enhanced Windows Phone 8 Map Gestures, Colin Eberhardt
• Must-have NuGet packages for Windows Phone and Windows 8, Kenneth Truyers

Bonus

• A workaround to use SQLite in a Windows Phone 8 application, qmatteoq
  

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