If you’re one of the many sticking with Windows 8.x for the foreseeable future, you should take a look at the following free-for-personal-use (and cheap-for-corporate-use) tool application. They may even be enough to tide you over until Microsoft pries Windows 7 from your cold, dead keyboard.

1. Tools You Can Use for Windows 8 Store App
Development
If you’re one of the many sticking with Windows 8.x for the foreseeable future, you
should take a look at the following free-for-personal-use (and cheap-for-corporate-use)
tool application. They may even be enough to tide you over until Microsoft pries
Windows 7 from your cold, dead keyboard.
Tools
The following are a few Windows Application development tools or related products
that you can use to develop Windows 8.x Store application or improve upon your
already existing Windows 8.x applications.

2. 1. Visual Studio 2012 / 2013
Microsoft Visual Studio is probably the best development tool to use to develop
applications for Windows 8.x. With Visual Studio you can develop Windows 8.x
application with VB.NET, C#, or even JavaScript. It provides a lot of templates for the
programming languages. It allows you to design your application Interface easily, and it
provides the XAML code for all the controls you have placed on your page. You can
design, write, and test all your application in one place.
2. MonoGame
MonoGame is the Open Source equivalent to Microsoft's XNA Framework found on
CodePlex. CodePlex has to be the best place to find any Open Source code. With
MonoGame however, XNA development is not limited to only Microsoft; it can be
ported to iOS, Android, Mac OS X, Linux and Windows 8. It is 100% free and you can
start creating your game now. There are a lot of examples and documentation available
on the MonoGame site
3. SharpDX
SharpDX is an open-source project encompassing DirectX and the .NET Platform. This
enables you to create high performance 2D and 3D graphics for all Windows Platforms.
All you have to do is to download the code and start building your applications using
high-performance graphics. There is a ton of documentation available
4. Ignite UI
Ignite UI, formerly known as NetAdvantage, allows developers to create mobile and
desktop experiences that are touch-enabled and browser based. Ignite UI is a set of
jQuery Core, jQuery UI and jQuery Mobile JavaScript libraries which can be used with
HTML 5 (client-side) or ASP.NET MVC (server-side) applications. Some of its controls
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Data Chart
Geospatial Mapping
Data Grid
Hierarchical Data Grid
OLAP / Multi-Dimensional Pivot Grid
Date Picker
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