Programming Windows

by Petzold, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780735671768
• ISBN10: 0735671761
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-01-15
• Publisher: Microsoft Press

Summary

NOTE: This book is based on Windows 8 Release Preview; its content and publication date will be updated for final Windows 8 software. Reimagined for full-screen and touch-optimized apps, Windows 8 provides a platform for reaching new users in new ways. In response, programming legend Charles Petzold is rewriting his classic Programming Windows-one of the most popular programming books of all time-to show developers how to use existing skills and tools to build Windows 8 apps. Programming Windows, Sixth Edition will focus on creating Windows 8 apps accessing the Windows Runtime with XAML and C#. The book will also provide C++ code samples. The Sixth Edition will be organized in three parts: Part I, "Elementals," begins with the interrelationship between code and XAML, basic event handling, dynamic layout, controls, the application bar, control customization, and collections. You should emerge from Part I ready to create sophisticated page-oriented collection-based user interfaces using the powerful ListView and GridView controls. Part II, "Infrastructure," examines the level underneath the UI. In these chapters, you'll go deeper into Windows 8 with a complete exploration of the multitouch interface, asynchronous operations for working with files and web services, networking, security, and globalization. You'll see particular emphasis on data sharing, and interfacing with the search panes and contract panes of Windows 8. Part III, "Specialties," explores topics you might not need for every program but are essential to a well-rounded education in Windows 8. It includes working with the sensors (GPS and orientation), vector graphics, bitmap graphics, media, text, printing, and obtaining input from the stylus and handwriting recognizer.

Author Biography

Charles Petzold has been writing about Windows programming for 25 years. A Windows Pioneer Award winner, Petzold is author of the classic Programming Windows, the widely acclaimed Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, Programming Windows Phone 7, and more than a dozen other books.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Part I: Elementals
  • Chapter 1: Markup and Code
  • Chapter 2: XAML Syntax
  • Chapter 3: Basic Event Handling
  • Chapter 4: Presentation with Panels
  • Chapter 5: Control Interaction
  • Chapter 6: WinRT and MVVM
  • Chapter 7: Asynchronicity
  • Chapter 8: App Bars and Popups
  • Chapter 9: Animation
  • Chapter 10: Transforms
  • Chapter 11: The Three Templates
  • Chapter 12: Pages and Navigation
• Part II: Specialties
  • Chapter 13: Touch, Etc.
  • Chapter 14: Bitmaps
  • Chapter 15: Going Native
  • Chapter 16: Rich Text
  • Chapter 17: Share and Print
  • Chapter 18: Sensors and GPS
  • Chapter 19: Pen (Also Known as Stylus)