Building Windows Store Apps Essential Training
English | 8h 10m | AVC1 960x540 29.97 fps | AAC 96 Kbps 48 KHz | 1.20 GB
Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate

Start creating apps to distribute to Microsoft Windows desktops, tablets, and phones. This course lays the groundwork for coding and distributing your very first app for Windows 8. First, explore the XAML and C# syntax and the tools for developing your code, including Visual Studio and Expression Blend.

Then discover how to lay out your app's interface; add color, transforms, and page-to-page navigation; handle orientation changes for mobile devices; respond to events; and accept input via controls and touch gestures. Author and avid developer Walt Ritscher also shows how to configure Windows Tiles, which makes your app accessible, and charms, which allow you to search your app, change its settings, or share app data. Plus, learn advanced techniques for viewing, editing, and storing data and system files.

Topics include:

Understanding the Windows 8 ecosystem
Setting up Visual Studio 2012
Creating a new project
Using app templates to jump-start your project
Working with the device simulator
Debugging your app
Creating layout containers
Controlling the view states
Working with input controls like check boxes, sliders, and progress bars
Understanding the application life cycle
Sending notifications with the Toast API
Creating Live Tiles
Using data binding
Working with sensors and devices