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Pro Windows 8 Development with HTML5 and JavaScript
Apps are at the heart of Windows 8, bringing rich and engaging experiences to both tablet and desktop users. Windows 8 uses the Windows Runtime (WinRT), a complete reimagining of Windows development that supports multiple programming languages and is built on HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. These applications are the future of Windows development and JavaScript is perfect language to take advantage of this exciting and flexible environment. Seasoned author Adam Freeman explains how to get the most from WinRT and Windows 8 by focusing on the features you need for your project. He starts with the nuts-and-bolts and shows you everything through to advanced features, going in-depth to give you the knowledge you need. Each topic is covered clearly and concisely and is packed with the details you need to learn to be truly effective. The most important features are given a no-nonsense in-depth treatment and chapters contain examples that demonstrate both the power and the subtlety of Windows 8, Windows Runtime and Javascript.
Pro Windows 8.1 Development with HTML5 and JavaScript
Apps are at the heart of Windows 10, bringing rich and engaging experiences to both touch-driven tablet and keyboard-centric desktop users alike. Windows 8.1 uses the powerful Windows Runtime (WinRT) engine to power it’s app ecosystem. It provides developers with a feature-rich modern API that enables you to create sophisticated apps quickly and easily. This fully-revised book by seasoned author Adam Freeman explains how to create the very best Windows 10 apps using JavaScript and HTML5. Beginning with the nuts and bolts you’ll progress through all of WinRT’s features to the most advanced concepts. Each topic is covered clearly and concisely and is packed with the details you need to learn to be truly effective. Fully working code samples are provided throughout the text to showcase the power and subtlety of Windows 8.1.
Building Windows 8 Apps with JavaScript
Author: Chris Sells
language: en
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Release Date: 2012-12-28
Building Windows 8 Apps with JavaScript is the definitive guide for every experienced developer who wants to create, ship, and profit from Windows 8 apps built with HTML5 and JavaScript. Authored by Chris Sells, the former Visual Studio principal program manager who built Microsoft’s official Win8 JavaScript application templates, and Brandon Satrom, expert web/mobile developer, this book covers every facet of development with Microsoft’s new JS framework and WinRT. The authors guide you through building full-featured Windows Store apps that merge the best aspects of desktop, web, and mobile apps into a single user and developer experience. You’ll learn how to leverage the full power of the Windows 8 platform and integrate services ranging from client-side state to offline storage. Leveraging these techniques, you can deliver information to users faster, more clearly, and more concisely, on whatever devices they prefer. Through complete example projects, Building Windows 8 Apps with JavaScript covers Understanding powerful new improvements in Windows 8 developer experience Using Windows 8’s more flexible binding to update the UI as underlying data changes Creating layouts and typography that fit Windows 8 style and leverage its advantages Working with audio, video, captured media, animation, and HTML5 graphics Making your app “connectable” with PlayTo Integrating WinJS navigation services to improve UI control Maintaining app states built up over time, and sharing them across devices Writing highly responsive async apps Supporting true-touch metaphors and interactions, location data, and sensors Designing apps for the Immersive Shell Extending JavaScript code to integrate existing C/C++ code or access Windows capabilities that WinRT doesn’t expose Discovering best practices for monetizing Windows Store apps All of the downloadable examples can be created and run with Microsoft’s free Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8, which includes all you need to build, package, and deploy your Windows Store apps.