Windows 8 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed (Paperback)

Windows 8 enables you to build stunning applications that integrate with each other, services, and Windows itself like never before. And you can sell them in the Windows Store for tablets such as Surface, laptops, and traditional desktop PCs! Now, world-renowned Microsoft programming guru Adam Nathan shows you exactly how to write first-class apps for this radically new version of Windows.

Clear, accessible, and intensely practical, this guide teaches through concise code examples, fully color-coded to match their appearance in Visual Studio--the same approach that made Nathan’s WPF 4 Unleashed so popular. Writing with unprecedented depth and insight, Nathan guides you through creating advanced user interfaces with XAML and exploiting key Windows 8 features such as touch, sensors, charms, and live tiles. Whether you’re already comfortable with Microsoft programming or relatively new to it, Windows 8 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed will take you to the cutting edge of Windows 8 development.

Detailed information on how to...

• Use XAML to represent state-of-the-art user interfaces
• Ensure app usability on multiple devices and form factors
• Handle touch, mouse, pen, and keyboard input
• Manage the high-performance, low-power Windows 8 app lifecycle
• Use Windows 8 controls for managing lists, rich text, images, multimedia, and more
• Encode, decode, and transcode multimedia content
• Leverage rich XAML vector graphics and animation
• Make the most of styles and templates
• Interact with built-in functionality such as the Camera app, file picker, contact picker, the lock screen, and more
• Exploit the Windows 8 charms bar with contracts and extensions
• Work with the rich set of available sensors: accelerometer, compass, light sensor, location, proximity, and more

Windows 8 讓您能夠建立與其他應用程式、服務和 Windows 本身無與倫比的結合的令人驚豔的應用程式。而且，您可以在 Windows 商店中銷售這些應用程式，適用於 Surface 平板電腦、筆記型電腦和傳統桌上型電腦！現在，世界知名的 Microsoft 編程專家 Adam Nathan 將向您展示如何為這個根本不同的 Windows 版本撰寫一流的應用程式。

這本指南清晰、易懂且實用，通過簡潔的程式碼示例進行教學，並使用全彩色編碼以與 Visual Studio 中的外觀相匹配，這也是 Nathan 的《WPF 4 Unleashed》廣受歡迎的方法。Nathan 以前所未有的深度和洞察力撰寫，引導您通過使用 XAML 創建高級用戶界面，並充分利用 Windows 8 的觸控、感應器、魅力功能和動態磚等關鍵功能。無論您對 Microsoft 編程已經很熟悉還是相對新手， 《Windows 8 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed》都將帶您走到 Windows 8 開發的尖端。

詳細的資訊包括如何：
- 使用 XAML 呈現最先進的用戶界面
- 確保應用程式在多個設備和形狀因素上可用
- 處理觸控、滑鼠、筆和鍵盤輸入
- 管理高性能、低功耗的 Windows 8 應用程式生命週期
- 使用 Windows 8 控制項來管理列表、豐富的文字、圖像、多媒體等
- 編碼、解碼和轉碼多媒體內容
- 利用豐富的 XAML 向量圖形和動畫
- 充分利用樣式和範本
- 與內建功能互動，例如相機應用程式、檔案選取器、聯絡人選取器、鎖定畫面等
- 利用 Windows 8 魅力功能列的契約和擴展
- 使用豐富的可用感應器集合：加速度計、指南針、光感應器、位置、接近感應器等