Windows 8 Metro App Development First Look

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Genre: Video Training

This First Look course helps developers get started building Metro style applications for Windows 8. Author David Gassner explores the sample apps provided by Microsoft, and shows how to build new applications from scratch with both HTML/JavaScript and XAML/C#. David also reviews the Microsoft design guidelines and demonstrates how to prepare a Metro app for deployment through the Microsoft Store. This is an ideal course for developers who want to design games and apps for this new mobile and desktop platform.

Topics include:

Downloading the development tools

Writing a basic "Hello World" app in XAML and in HTML

Using the Windows run time

Working with the XAML visual controls

Defining and applying styles to XAML controls

Retrieving data asynchronously

Creating the app bar

Managing page navigation

Initializing and using persistent data

Displaying dynamic data

Sharing data with an application contact

Working with files and folders

Creating logos and splash screens

Testing for certification

Side-loading an app on another development computer