Start Here! Build Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript,9780735675940

Start Here! Build Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780735675940
ISBN10: 0735675945
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2013-05-15
Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
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Summary

Learn the fundamentals of HTML5 and JavaScript-and begin creating Windows apps for desktops, laptops, tablets, and other devices. If you have absolutely no previous experience, no problem-simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and getting-started techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises. Then you'll put it all together by creating your first Windows 8 apps. Here's where you start learning Windows 8 app development Build apps using HTML5 and JavaScript Design for touch, mouse, and keyboard input Incorporate video, graphics, and other multimedia Create an accessible user interface Help secure apps using cryptography and authentication Deliver your apps to the Windows Store

Author Biography

Dino Esposito is a well-known web development expert. He speaks at industry events, including DevConnections and Microsoft TechEd, contributes to MSDN Magazine and other publications, and has written several popular Microsoft Press books, including Microsoft ASP.NET and AJAX: Architecting Web Applications.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1: Using Visual Studio 2012 Express edition for Windows 8
  • Chapter 2: Making sense of HTML5
  • Chapter 3: Making sense of CSS
  • Chapter 4: Making sense of JavaScript
  • Chapter 5: First steps with Windows 8 development
  • Chapter 6: The user interface of Windows Store applications
  • Chapter 7: Navigating through multimedia content
  • Chapter 8: States of a Windows 8 application
  • Chapter 9: Integrating with the Windows 8 environment
  • Chapter 10: Adding persistent data to applications
  • Chapter 11: Working with remote data
  • Chapter 12: Accessing devices and sensors
  • Chapter 13: Adding Live tiles
  • Chapter 14: Publishing an application
  • About the authors

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