Windows 8 Apps With HTML5 and Javascript Unleashed

Windows 8 Apps With HTML5 and Javascript Unleashed

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<i>Already comfortable with JavaScript and HTML?</i> Microsoft has just empowered you to build breakthrough apps for Windows 8. It’s a remarkable opportunity--and best-selling Microsoft web development author Stephen Walther will show you how to take full advantage of it. <br> <br>Offering the same deep insight and practical code that has made his <i>ASP.NET Unleashed</i> the #1 ASP.NET book of all time, Walther covers everything you need to build, test, and distribute outstanding Windows 8 software with JavaScript and HTML5.<br> <br>Walther clearly demonstrates the unique advantages Windows 8 offers to web developers. He guides you through using Microsoft’s new WinJS library to develop apps for Microsoft’s brand-new version of Windows--you learn how to use JavaScript templates, controls, and data binding. You’ll find in-depth coverage of everything from displaying data with a ListView control to supporting SkyDrive cloud storage, creating games to using IndexedDB and HTML5 forms.<br> <br>If you’re a web developer, Windows 8 gives you millions of new potential users--and you already have many of the skills you’ll need to reach them. Get this book, master the tools and techniques you don’t already know--and go after that huge new market!<br> <br>Detailed information on how to...<br> <ul> <li>Get your app published in the Windows Store</li> <li>Create apps that work great with touch, keyboard, stylus, and mouse</li> <li>Use JavaScript controls such as the Tooltip, Rating, DatePicker, and FlipView controls</li> <li>Thoroughly master using the WinJS ListView control to display, sort, and filter data</li> <li>Use HTML5 Canvas to build arcade games</li> <li>Store data on the local file system, via remote web services, or in IndexedDB databases</li> <li>Use Live Services to authenticate users, retrieve user profiles, and interact with SkyDrive</li> <li>Create custom WinJS controls with Page Controls</li> <li>Build apps that gracefully adapt to different screen resolutions and orientations</li> <li>Take pictures from your computer’s webcam and play sounds</li> </ul> <br>