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Learn to use exciting new development tools and createapplications for Windows 8 If you're a beginning developer, there's no better place to getup to speed on the Windows 8 SDK than this Wrox guide. A team ofMicrosoft experts provides a complete course in Windows 8programming, helping you take full advantage of the innovative newSDK. Written in an easy-to-read style, this book is packed withreusable examples that showcase the endless possibilities of theWindows SDK and also introduces the new Windows 8 app store. It explains how to set up the development environment and coversuser interface design, using special effects and graphics, workingwith C# and C++, and much more. * Provides a complete introduction to the Windows SDK and Windows8, starting with setting up the development environment andbuilding your first application * Covers user interface design, touch- and event-driven designelements, leveraging windows-based services, and offlineapplication development with HTML 5 * Explores creating C# applications for the Windows 8 system, XNA4 and Silverlight 5 considerations, and the role of C++ * Shows how to debug, certify and deploy your applications * Introduces the new Windows 8 app store and offers advice onmarketing your apps Beginning Windows 8 Application Development is perfectfor anyone who's ready to get started developing apps for theexciting new Windows 8 OS.

Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION xix PART I: INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS 8 APPLICATIONDEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF WINDOWS APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT3 CHAPTER 2: USING WINDOWS 8 25 CHAPTER 3: WINDOWS 8 ARCHITECTURE FROM A DEVELOPER S POINTOF VIEW 61 CHAPTER 4: GETTING TO KNOW YOUR DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT 89 PART II: CREATING WINDOWS 8 APPLICATIONS CHAPTER 5: PRINCIPLES OF MODERN WINDOWS APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT121 CHAPTER 6: CREATING WINDOWS 8 STYLE APPLICATIONS WITH HTML5,CSS, AND JAVASCRIPT 165 CHAPTER 7: USING XAML TO CREATE WINDOWS 8 STYLE USER INTERFACES231 CHAPTER 8: WORKING WITH XAML CONTROLS 271 CHAPTER 9: BUILDING WINDOWS 8 STYLE APPLICATIONS 313 CHAPTER 10: CREATING MULTI-PAGE APPLICATIONS 357 CHAPTER 11: BUILDING CONNECTED APPLICATIONS 391 CHAPTER 12: LEVERAGING TABLET FEATURES 431 PART III: ADVANCING TO PROFESSIONAL WINDOWS 8DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 13: CREATING WINDOWS 8 STYLE APPLICATIONS WITH C++465 CHAPTER 14: ADVANCED PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS 493 CHAPTER 15: TESTING AND DEBUGGING WINDOWS 8 APPLICATIONS 525 CHAPTER 16: INTRODUCING THE WINDOWS STORE 541 PART IV: APPENDICES APPENDIX A: ANSWERS TO EXERCISES 559 APPENDIX B: USEFUL LINKS 573 INDEX 577

About the Author :
Istvan Novak is a Microsoft MVP and RegionalDirector who is an associate of SoftwArt Ltd., a Hungarian ITservices company. Gyorgy Balassy is a Microsoft MVP, RegionalDirector, and ASPInsider who is a founding member of the local MSDNCompetence Center. Zoltan Arvai is a Microsoft MVP who is a front-endarchitect and a user experience designer of NextGenSolutionsLtd. David Fulop is a professional developerand software development trainer contracted by multiple companiesand universities.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781118012680
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Wrox Press
  • Height: 230 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1040 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1118012682
  • Publisher Date: 02 Oct 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 30 mm
  • Width: 187 mm


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