Building Windows 8 Apps with JavaScript

by Sells, Chris; Satrom, Brandon; Box, Don

• ISBN13: 9780321861283
• ISBN10: 0321861280
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-12-29
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Summary

Microsoft's Windows 8 and Metro offer developers many exciting new opportunities. One of the most exciting is their support for full-fledged application development with HTML/JavaScript. In this friendly, conversational, and completely authoritative tutorial, long-time Microsoft insider Chris Sells and pioneering Metro programmer Brandom Satrom show how to make the most of JavaScript to build cutting-edge Metro apps that run on Windows 8 -- and beyond. Writing both for experienced Microsoft developers and web developers comfortable with HTML/JavaScript, the authors show how to build full-featured Metro/JS apps that meet Windows 8's new style guidelines and leverage the platform's full power. Through a complete case study project, Sells and Satrom cover all this, and more: * Binding, templates, and controls * Layout and styling * Async and responsiveness * Media and networking * PLM and App State * App design for the Immersive Shell and human interaction * Publishing and monetizing Metro apps * Extending JavaScript Metro apps with C++ and C#, and much more

Author Biography

Chris Sells is the VP of the Developer Tools Division at Telerik. He's written several books, including Programming WPF, Windows Forms 2.0 Programming, and ATL Internals. In his free time, Chris makes a pest of himself on Microsoft forums and mailing lists. More information about Chris and his various projects is available at http://www.sellsbrothers.com.

 

Brandon Satrom (@BrandonSatrom) is Program Manager for Kendo UI at Telerik and is based in Austin, Texas. A long-time web developer, Brandon loves to talk about HTML, JavaScript, CSS, open source, and whatever new shiny tool or technology has distracted him from that other thing he was working on. Brandon speaks at events all around the world, and he loves hanging out with and learning from other passionate developers, both online and in person. He also loves writing and has had several articles featured in publications like MSDN Magazine, The Architecture Journal, and .net Magazine. Brandon can be reached online at his blog http://www.UserInExperience.com.

 

Don Box is a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft. At Microsoft, Don has worked on platform and developer technologies for .NET, SQL, and most recently, Xbox. Prior to Microsoft, Don roamed the earth helping developers come to terms with COM, Including writing Essential COM for Addison Wesley.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Welcome to Modern Windows
1. Hello, WWA
2. Binding, Templates and Controls
3. Layout and Styling
4. Async and Responsiveness
5. Media
6. Networking
7. PLM and App State
8. Designing for the Immersive Shell
9. Human Interaction
10. Making Money
11. Extending w/ C++/C#
Appendix A. JavaScript for C family programmers (C++/C#/Java)
Appendix B. Styling and Presentation at a Glance (HTML and CSS as declarative UI)