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Chuck Norris Joke API XAML/C#, XAML/VB Starter Kits

#Chuck Norris Joke API ##Windows App Starter Kit ###Date: 9/7/2013 ###Version: v1.0.0 ###Authors: Bob Familiar and Dave Noderer

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##Description Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8 App Starter Kits that leverage the Internet Chuck Norris Joke Database API. Both XAML/C# and XAML/VB language implementations are provided.

##Projects

1. Windows 8 XAML/C#
2. Windows 8 XAML/VB
3. Windows 8.1 XAML/C#
4. Windows Phone 8 XAML/C#
5. Windows Phone 8 XAML/VB

##Related Blog Posts

• The Chuck Norris Starter Kit for Windows
• The Chuck Norris Starter Kit for Windows Phone
• Creating Compelling Windows 8 Apps using API's
• JSON Deserialization for C# Developers
• APIMASH on Channel 9

chucknorrisapi's Issues

Windows Phone 8 version doesn't compile

The Windows Phone 8 verison doesn't compile out of the box. I downloaded the source code, opened the WP8 version in Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Phone and got this message:

"Warning 1
This async method lacks 'await' operators and will run synchronously. Consider using the 'await' operator to await non-blocking API calls, or 'await Task.Run(...)' to do CPU-bound work on a background thread.

The error points to the async private void apiInvoke_OnResponse(object sender, APIMASHEvent e) line