Last updated: April 14, 2010

This post is an update to the first Windows 7 Programming Guide – Libraries post. It provides an index to the recent Windows 7 Libraries series, including new relevant Channel 9 videos and links to additional sources of information, as well as code examples for programming Windows 7 Libraries.

In addition, we have added 4 new How-to videos (created by Sasha Goldstein, one of the Introducing Windows 7 for Developers authors) showing how to use both native and managed APIs to work with Windows 7 Libraries.

Please note that the some of the videos include advanced patterns for listening to library structure changes, allowing you to update you application’s UI. Each video also includes the source code for its demos.

Posts

• Windows 7 Libraries .NET Sample Library – an Overview
• Understanding Windows 7 Libraries
• Libraries Under the Hood
• Light Up with Windows 7 Libraries
• Consuming the Contents of Windows 7 Libraries
• Stay in Sync with Windows 7 Libraries
• Windows 7 Libraries Helpers
• Windows 7 Libraries – Managed Code
• Inside Windows 7: Introducing Libraries - MSDN Magazine article by Yochay Kiriaty and Alon Fliess

Resources

• Windows 7 Libraries: Developer Resources on MSDN
• Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers – Complete set of Hands-On-Labs and presentations
• Windows 7 Libraries Hands-On-Lab on Channel 9
• Windows 7 Federated Search Provider Implementer’s Guide

Videos

• Windows 7: Find and Organize Part 1 - The User Experience
• Windows 7: Find and Organize Part 2 - Building Federated Search Applications
• Windows 7: Empower users to find, visualize and organize their data with Libraries and the Explorer
• New: Introduction to Windows 7 Libraries (updated April 13^th, 2010)
• New: Integrating with Shell Libraries, Part 1 (updated April 13^th, 2010)
• New: Integrating with Shell Libraries, Part 2 (updated April 13^th, 2010)
• New: Federated Search (updated April 13^th, 2010)