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Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript

EARLY ACCESS EDITION
Dan Shultz, Joel Cochran, and James Bender

MEAP Began: February 2013
Softbound print: May 2013 (est.) | 375 pages
ISBN: 9781617290725
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Table of Contents, MEAP Chapters & Resources

Table of Contents         Resources 
PART 1: THE WEB IN WINDOWS?
  1 Enter Windows 8 - FREE
  2 The Anatomy of a JavaScript Windows Store App - AVAILABLE
  3 Design Considerations for writing Windows store applications - AVAILABLE

PART 2: BUILDING WINDOWS STORE APPLICATIONS
  4 Designing and developing Windows store applications
  5 The application templates - AVAILABLE
  6 Porting a Web application to Windows 8
  7 Expression Blend for Visual Studio

PART 3: DIGGING DEEPER WITH WINDOWS 8 WINDOWS STORE APPLICATIONS
  8 Working with the Windows store application manifest
  9 Working with data
10 Implementing contracts
11 Spicing up your app
12 Publishing your application to the Windows store

Appendix A Lessons learned: tips for getting your application through the submission process 		 

DESCRIPTION

Windows 8 gives users a flexible, responsive surface for business applications, productivity tools, photos, games, and music. For developers, the new HTML and JavaScript tools and frameworks for Windows 8 apps offers an equally nimble coding environment. By blending standard lightweight tools with the full power of the Win8 and WinRT platforms, you can create fast, fluid apps for phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops using technologies that are second nature to most web developers. These apps are fully compatible with the Win8 apps you build using C# and XAML, easy to deploy, and ready for the Windows Store where you have instant access to millions of users around the world.

Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript provides a comprehensive tutorial for web developers who want to build Windows 8 apps using development tools familiar to them. It's also a great way for a C#/XAML developer to add a few new tools to his or her belt. The book starts with an overview of the Windows 8 and WinRT frameworks, paying particular attention to newer features like touch, gestures, and other modern UI enhancements. The book the systematically guides you through the most important aspects of Windows 8 app development, including the standard UI components, developing custom controls, connecting to data sources, and integration with existing applications. This practical book provides expert guidance on application design, so you'll learn the emerging patterns and practices for making apps that will work equally well on phones, tablets, and standard screens. Along the way you'll pick up tips for monetizing your apps and deploying to the Windows Store.

WHAT'S INSIDE

Readers should have experience with HTML5 and JavaScript. No prior experience with Windows development is expected.

About the Authors

Dan Shultz is a web and mobile developer now focused on Windows 8 development using JavaScript and HTML5. He regularly presents on PhoneGap, Designer/Developer interaction, and UI development tools. Joel Cochran is a self-described XAML ex-pat living in JavaScript land. James Bender is a developer specializing in Windows and web development.

About the Early Access Version

This Early Access version of Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript enables you to receive new chapters as they are being written. You can also interact with the authors to ask questions, provide feedback and errata, and help shape the final manuscript on the Author Online

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