Beginning Windows 8 Application Development - XAML Edition, 1st ed.

Beginning Windows 8 Application Development – XAML Edition introduces you to the Windows 8 modern app design paradigm and the new Windows 8 programming model developed around this paradigm. You'll learn to build rich, immersive applications designed to run on the many devices that will be powered by Windows 8.

With the introduction of Windows 8, once again Microsoft has re-envisioned the way that PCs and devices will be used and applications will be built in a world that has become far more connected. The Windows 8 modern UI style is far more than a programming model and Beginning Windows 8 Application Development – XAML Edition takes you beyond the syntax of any development language. We examine the factors such as UX (User Experience), social integration, and maintaining data and settings across multiple devices.

• Gives an early start to building next-generation connected applications
• Introduces new programming libraries available in Windows 8
• Explores Windows 8 app design concepts

1. Welcome to a Touch-Based World
2. The Metro Design Language
3. Designing Windows 8 Applications for Metro
4. Metro Application Types
5. XAML Controls in the Visual Studio Toolbox – The Common Controls
6. XAML Controls in the Visual Studio Toolbox – Other Controls
7. Building the User Interface
8. Data Binding
9. Introducing MVVM
10. Starting the ViewModel - Data
11. Inversion of Control
12. The Role of Service Agents
13. Asynchronous Programming Model
14. Mocking the ViewModel’s Behavior
15. Connecting to Data in the Cloud 
16. Completing the Service Agents
17. Interacting with Windows Search
18. Notification and Tiles
19. Sensors, Devices and the Location API
20. Windows Marketplace and Deploying Your Metro App

Beginning Windows 8 Application Development – XAML Edition shows you how to start building rich, immersive applications that connect people, applications, and devices with Windows 8.