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Learning Windows Azure Mobile Services for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8
Table of Contents
Learning Windows Azure Mobile Services for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Preparing the Windows Azure Mobile Services Portal
Choosing a subscription
Pay-as-you-go subscription
Basic and Standard subscriptions
Free trial
Creating a Windows Azure account
Creating a mobile service
Mobile Services features
Managing keys
Mobile service dashboard
Configure
Scale
Logs
Summary
2. Start Developing with Windows Azure Mobile Services
Preparing our development environment
Requirement for hardware
Setting up the software
Requirement for store accounts
Creating apps from the portal
Connecting existing apps to Windows Azure Mobile Services
Adding a Connected Service in Visual Studio 2013
Manually installing the SDK in Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Phone
Creating a table
Writing a model of the table
Interacting with the table
Summary
3. Securing Data and Protecting the User
Configuring permissions
Rules for choosing permissions
Authentication providers
Authentication
Registering for Windows Live Connect Single Sign-on
Authentication in the app
Logging in
Storing credentials
Logging out
The DataServiceBase class
REST API and the master key
Summary
4. Service Customization with Scripts
Understanding table scripts
Level-insert table script example
Score-insert script example
Score-read script example
API scripts
Creating an API script
High-score API script
Script debugging and logs
Scheduling
Working locally with Git
Pulling the repository
Updating our repository
Adding scripts manually
Pushing back changes
Implementing NPM modules
Summary
5. Implementing Push Notifications
Understanding Push Notification Service flow
Setting up Windows Store apps
Setting up tiles
Setting up badges
Setting up Windows Phone 8 apps
Service scripts
WNS scripts for Store apps
Sending toast notifications
Sending tile notifications
Sending multiple tiles
Sending badge notifications
MPNS scripts for Windows Phone apps
Sending toast notifications
Sending tile notifications
Summary
6. Scaling Up with the Notifications Hub
Configuring the Hub
Setting up Windows Store and Windows Phone 8 apps
Calling the hub from scripts
Creating WNS scripts (for Store apps)
Sending toast notifications
Sending tile notifications
Sending badge notifications
Creating MPNS scripts (for Windows Phone 8 apps)
Sending toast notifications
Sending tile notifications
Backend services
Targeting audience using tags
Summary
7. Best Practices for Web-connected Apps
App certification requirements for the Windows Store
UX guidelines
Implementing a privacy policy
Checking the network connection
Managing notifications settings
Implementing settings pages
Summary
Index
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