Build Windows® 8 Apps With Microsoft® Visual C#® and Visual Basic® Step by Step by Luca Regnicoli, Paolo Pialorsi -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Build Windows® 8 Apps with Microsoft® Visual C#® and Visual Basic® Step by Step Dedication A Note Regarding Supplemental Files Introduction

Who should read this book Who should not read this book

Assumptions

Organization of this book

Finding your best starting point in this book

Conventions and features in this book System requirements Code samples

Installing the code samples

Acknowledgments Errata and book support We want to hear from you Stay in touch

1. Introduction to Windows Store apps

The Windows 8 experience Charms and App Bars The Windows Runtime Badges, Live Tiles, Toasts, and Lock Screen Background tasks Contracts and extensions Visual Studio 2012 and Windows 8 Simulator Summary Quick reference

2. Windows 8 UI style

Influences

Seeing the Bauhaus style in the Windows 8 UI

Enhance the functionality and the content, not the container

Industrialize the software and user interface, create projects, not products Use clear typography Take advantage of the grid system Prefer photos over drawings Select few and contrasting colors Strive for international language and employ essential iconography

Characteristics of a Windows 8 app

Silhouette Full screen Edges Comfort and touch Semantic Zoom Animations Different form factors Snapped and fill view

Summary Quick reference

3. My first Windows 8 app

Software installation Windows Store project templates Adding UI elements Adding search functionality Summary Quick reference

4. Application lifecycle management

Application manifest Application package The Windows Store Launching Activation Suspension Resume Summary Quick reference

5. Introduction to the Windows Runtime

Overview of the Windows Runtime Windows Runtime under the covers Windows Runtime design requirements Creating a WinMD library Windows Runtime app registration Summary Quick reference

6. Windows Runtime APIs

Pickers Webcam Sharing contracts Summary Quick reference

7. Enhance the user experience

Draw an application using Visual Studio 2012 Create the layout of a Windows 8 application Customize the appearance of controls Summary Quick reference

8. Asynchronous patterns

await and async keywords for asynchronous patterns Writing asynchronous methods Wait for an event asynchronously Handling exceptions in asynchronous code Cancel asynchronous operations Track operation progress Synchronization with multiple asynchronous calls Choose SynchronizationContext in libraries Summary Quick reference

9. Rethinking the UI for Windows 8 apps

Use Windows 8 UI-specific controls Designing flexible layouts Using tiles and toasts Summary Quick reference

10. Architecting a Windows 8 app

Application architecture in general Architectures for Windows 8 apps Implementing the data layer Implementing the communication layer using a SOAP service Implementing the communication layer using an OData service Consuming data from a Windows 8 app Implementing an app storage/cache SOAP security infrastructure OData security infrastructure Summary Quick reference

A. About the Authors Index About the Authors Copyright