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Building Windows 8 Applications with JavaScript and HTML

Learn everyting you need to know to get started building Windows 8 JavaScript applications(Based on Windows 8 RTM).

Craig Shoemaker - Pluralsight course - Building Windows 8 Applications with JavaScript and HTML
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Learn how to build Windows Store applications on top of the WinJS platform with JavaScript and HTML. Get acquainted with the design philosophy of the Modern UI and how it affects the design of your application. Work with existing and new WinJS controls to provide interaction, learn how to respond to layout orientation and view state changes. Learn the distinctions between traditional web development and WinJS development, and see how to take existing .NET development skills and apply them to Window Store applications.

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Craig Shoemaker - Pluralsight course - Building Windows 8 Applications with JavaScript and HTML
Craig Shoemaker

Craig Shoemaker is a developer, instructor, writer, podcaster, and technical evangelist of all things awesome.

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