Windows 8 – From Start to Store
A detailed course on everything you need to know to create Windows 8 Store Applications using XAML and C#.
What you'll learn
Everything you need to know about creating Windows 8 Store applications. The course begins with an overview of Windows 8 and its principle design features, continues with a discussion of the principal controls used to build apps, and takes you all the way through submitting an application to the store. Along the way there is in-depth coverage of the presentation and manipulation of data, including data storage and data binding. You'll also come to understand and control the application lifecycle and handle asynchronous operations. Finally, you'll see how to implement charms with contracts and how to keep your application alive and engaging.
Table of contents
- Introduction 1m
- GridView introduction 2m
- GridView demo 9m
- ListView introduction 1m
- ListView demo 3m
- FlipView introduction 1m
- FlipView demo 4m
- Semantic Zoom Introduction 3m
- Semantic Zoom demo 6m
- SplitView introduction 1m
- SplitView introduction part 2 2m
- SnapView demo introduction 2m
- SnapView demo 6m
- Introduction to Templates 1m
- Demonstration of GridApp template, part 1 3m
- Demonstration of GridApp template, part 2 7m
About the author
Jesse Liberty is a senior mobile developer, specializing in .NET MAUI, git and C#. Liberty hosts the popular Yet Another Podcast and he is the author of two dozen best-selling books.He is also the author of numerous Pluralsight and LinkedIn Learning courses on everything from Angular to Xamarin. Liberty is a Certified Xamarin Developer, a Xamarin MVP and a Microsoft MVP. Jesse was a Technical Evangelist for Microsoft, Distinguished Software Engineer at AT&T; Software Architect for PBS and Vice P... more