Description

The book contents includes the following:

• An introduction to the Windows SDK and Windows 8
• Setting up the development environment
• Building your first Windows 8 application
• User interface design
• Touch and event driven design elements
• Usage of special effects and graphics
• Leveraging windows based services
• Offline applications development with HTML 5
• Creating C# applications for the Windows 8 system
• Yes, C++, you too can play
• XNA 4 and Silverlight 5 considerations
• Debug, certify and deploy
• Leveraging the new Winows 8 app store to sell and market your new program

Special Features

• This is the first book on the market covering the exiting new development tools and platform for Microsoft Windows development.
• Web developers can use web programming languages to write these apps or C#.
• This book is a complete, start to finish tutorial on creating applications for the new Windows 8 system, written in an easy-to-read style and perfect for developers new to the Windows 8 SDK.
• The text is packed with reusable examples that showcase the endless possibilities of the Windows SDK.
• The key advantage of harnessing this new SDK is utilizing the powerful new app store that will be available in Windows for selling and marketing apps on millions of desktops.