Windows Store App Development: C# and XAML

eBook Details:

  • Paperback: 624 pages
  • Publisher: WOW! eBook (June 11, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1617290947
  • ISBN-13: 978-1617290947

eBook Description:

Windows Store App Development: C# and XAML

Windows Store App Development: C# and XAML introduces C# developers to working with Windows Store apps. It provides full coverage of XAML, and addresses both app design and development. Following numerous carefully crafted examples, you’ll learn about new Windows 8 features, the WinRT API, and .NET 4.5. Along the way, you’ll pick up tips for deploying apps, including sale through the Windows Store. And, of course, you’ll find the same deep and unique insights Pete provides in his Silverlight books.

The Windows Store provides an amazing array of productivity tools, games, and other apps directly to the millions of customers already using Windows 8.x or Surface. Windows Store apps boast new features like touch and pen input, standardized app-to-app communication, and tight integration with the web. And, you can build Windows Store apps using the tools you already know: C# and XAML.

Windows Store App Development: C# and XAML 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.

This book requires some knowledge of C#. No experience with Windows 8 is needed.

What’s Inside

  • Designing, creating, and selling Windows Store apps
  • Developing touch and sensor-centric apps
  • Working C# examples, from feature-level techniques to complete app design
  • Making apps that talk to each other
  • Mixing in C++ for even more features

Windows Store App Development: C# and XAML introduces C# developers to working with Windows Store apps. It provides full coverage of XAML, and addresses both app design and development. Following numerous carefully crafted examples, you’ll learn about new Windows 8 features, the WinRT API, and .NET 4.5. Along the way, you’ll pick up tips for deploying apps, including sale through the Windows Store. And, of course, you’ll find the same deep and unique insights Pete provides in his Silverlight books.

The Windows Store provides an amazing array of productivity tools, games, and other apps directly to the millions of customers already using Windows 8.x or Surface. Windows Store apps boast new features like touch and pen input, standardized app-to-app communication, and tight integration with the web. And, you can build Windows Store apps using the tools you already know: C# and XAML.

Windows Store App Development: C# and XAML 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.

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