Real World Windows 8 Development, 1st ed.

Real World Windows 8 Development is a developer?s handbook - an essential guide to building complete, end-user ready Windows 8 applications on the XAML and C# programming stack from start to finish. Starting with Windows 8 basics and walking through practical aspects of building your Windows 8 application, you'll find step-by-step instructions and practical advice that will leave you with a modern, elegant app written to the highest of standards.  

Author Samidip Basu, an early adopter of Windows 8 app development techniques, breaks down the design, development, and polish of a real-world business application, adding handy tips and tricks around controls, user interface design, storage, navigation, contracts, and more. 

Give your Windows 8 application development efforts a kick-start with Real World Windows 8 Development.

Samidip Basu is a technologist, writer, speaker, gadget-lover and MSFT Mobility Solutions Lead for Sogeti USA working out of Columbus OH. With a strong developer background in Microsoft technology stack, he now spends much of his time in spreading the word to discover the full potential of Windows 8/Windows Phone platforms & cloud-supported mobile solutions in general. He is passionately invested in the developer community and can be found involved in several User Groups/Conferences. If not burning up hours on a hobbyist technology project, his spare times call for travel and culinary adventures with the wife. Find out more at http://samidipbasu.com or connect with him on Twitter at @samidip.

Real World Windows 8 Development is a developer’s handbook - an essential guide to building complete, end-user ready Windows 8 applications on the XAML and C# programming stack from start to finish.