Pete Brown

Pete Brown is the Microsoft Community Program Manager for Silverlight and WPF. The First Edition was written by independent developers Chad Campbell and John Stockton.

books by Pete Brown

Windows Store App Development: C# and XAML
  • June 2013
  • ISBN 9781617290947
  • 624 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white
catalog / Programming Languages and Styles / Microsoft Technologies / C#

Windows Store App Development introduces the Windows 8.x app model to readers familiar with traditional desktop development. You'll explore dozens of carefully crafted examples as you master Windows features, the Windows Runtime, and the best practices of app design. Along the way, you'll pick up tips for deploying apps, including selling through the Windows Store.

Silverlight 5 in Action
  • May 2012
  • ISBN 9781617290312
  • 1000 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white
catalog / Programming Languages and Styles / Microsoft Technologies / C#

This hands-on guide explores Silverlight from the ground up, covering every feature in rich, practical detail. It is readable and the coverage is comprehensive. You'll master networking, MVVM, and more, with dozens of code samples you can use in Visual Studio or the free Visual Web Developer Express.

Silverlight 5 in Action teaches you how to build desktop-quality applications you can deploy on the web. Beginners will appreciate the progression from simple examples to full applications that employ good design and coding practices. Seasoned . NET developers will love how the sample code embraces and extends what they already know.