BrockschmidtProgramming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and javascript Second Edition Preview

In celebration of the one-year anniversary of this book’s first edition, I’m delighted to offer you this second preview of Programming Windows Store Apps in HTML, CSS, and javascript, Second Edition. It’s been a huge year for both the book and the platform that it supports. With the general availability of Windows 8.1 earlier this month (October 2013), the capabilities of the Windows platform have grown dramatically, which is clearly in evidence by the expanded size of this second edition! Even in this preview (12 chapters and three appendices), the book is not far from the length of the first edition, and there are still eight chapters (and one appendix) to go. Nevertheless, it’s my pleasure to provide you with a comprehensive volume on Microsoft’s latest operating system. Reimagined for full-screen and touch-optimized apps, Windows 8 provides a platform for reaching new users in new ways. In response, programming legend Charles Petzold is rewriting his classic Programming Windows—one of the most popular programming books of all time—to show developers how to use existing skills and tools to build Windows 8 apps. Programming Windows, Sixth Edition focuses on creating Windows 8 apps accessing the Windows Runtime with XAML and C#. The book also provides C++ code samples. The Sixth Edition is organized in two parts: Part I, “Elementals,” begins with the interrelationship between code and XAML, basic event handling, dynamic layout, controls, templates, asynchronous processing, the application bar, control customization, and collections. You should emerge from Part I ready to create sophisticated page-oriented collection-based user interfaces using the powerful ListView and GridView controls. Part II, “Specialties,” explores topics you might not need for every program but are essential to a well-rounded education in Windows 8. These include multitouch, bitmap graphics, interfacing with share and search facilities, printing, working with the sensors (GPS and orientation), text, obtaining input from the stylus (including handwriting recognition), accessing web services, calling Win32 and DirectX functions, and bringing your application to the Windows 8 app store. Programming legend Charles Petzold is rewriting his classic Programming Windows - one of the most popular programming books of all time - to show developers how to use existing skills and tools to build Windows 8 apps.