Development for Windows Phone 8+. Where to start and what to choose?

Question

JavaScript

I am a programmer at the level of "I know many languages ​​and algorithms, but did nothing serious" .
There is a desire to devote himself to development on WP.

• Are there any good resources on the subject? (possible in English). So far, I'm getting acquainted only on the off-site microsoftvirtualacademy.
  
• What is the development priority? C# or JS? What related technologies should be considered?
  

I would be extremely grateful for any insight or advice! All good! ::)

Answer 1

1. The main resource msdn.com (links lead to it from dev.windows.com), everything else is secondary
2. Priority, of course, C #. Related technologies: universal app, entity framework (they promise support for universal app in the fall so you can train on other technologies such as WPF), sqlight, XAML, IoC, MVVM

Answer 2

You can try cordova hybrid solution (phonegap/ionic/etc) at JS
cordova.apache.org/docs/en/4.0.0/guide_platforms_w...

Answer 3

WPF(XAML) is enough.