Developing Windows Store Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript

The Windows store is growing in popularity and with this step-by-step guide it's easy to join the bandwagon using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. From basic development techniques to publishing on the store, it's the complete primer.

Overview

• Learn about the powerful new features in HTML5 and CSS3
• Quick start a JavaScript app from scratch
• Get your app into the store and learn how to add authentication

In Detail

Windows 8 has already been launched and been installed on millions of devices while the store is getting populated with apps, and soon enough everyone will want a Windows Store app. So start now and learn how to develop apps for Windows 8 using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript and you will be killing two birds with one stone by getting introduced to important features in HTML5 and CSS3 at the same time. You will gain the advantage of utilizing your web development skills to transform your website into an app or the other way round.

Developing Windows Store Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript is a practical, hands-on guide that covers the basic and important features of a Windows Store App along with code examples which will show you how to develop these features, all the while learning some of the new features in HTML5 and CSS3 which you can utilize in other areas of development.

This book starts with the new features in HTML5 and CSS3 that are incorporated with Windows 8 development, and then moves on to creating a blank Windows Store app and add features to it as we move through the chapters till we package the app and make it ready for publishing. Finally, we will have a look at how similar it is to develop the same app with XAML.

You will also learn how to add and use new controls dedicated for Windows 8 and then see how to fetch data for the app and bind it to the controls. We will also take a look at making the app adapt to change in screen sizes and rotation as well as how to make the app live with tiles and allow users to sign in using their email accounts. Also you will learn how to add an app bar, and lastly you learn how to finalize the app and publish it. If you want to leverage your web development skills and utilize it in developing for Windows 8, then you came to the right place. Developing Windows Store Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript is packed with examples and screenshots which will make it easy for you to implement all the things you learned throughout the book.

What you will learn from this book

• Using HTML5 elements
• Styling with CSS3
• Using Windows Library for JavaScript controls
• Getting data via web URLs and binding it to controls
• Creating a blank Windows Store JavaScript app
• Understanding view states and making the app responsive
• Adding live tiles and notifications for the app
• Creating a basic app using XAML
• Adding user sign-in features via email accounts
• Understanding the Windows Store and publishing the app

Approach

This book is a hands-on guide that follows a step-by-step tutorial approach which discusses Windows 8 application development with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.

Who this book is written for

This book is great for developers who want to start developing for Windows 8 and it also targets developers who want to get introduced to powerful advancements in standards-based web technology, while using it to build Windows Store apps, as well as leveraging their existing skills and code assets in web development.

Windows Store在人氣上不斷增長，這本逐步指南將教你如何使用HTML5、CSS3和JavaScript加入這個潮流。從基本開發技巧到在商店上架，這是一本完整的入門指南。

概述:
- 學習HTML5和CSS3中強大的新功能
- 從頭開始快速建立JavaScript應用程式
- 將你的應用程式上架並學習如何添加驗證

詳細內容:
Windows 8已經推出並安裝在數百萬設備上，而商店中也正在填滿各種應用程式，很快每個人都會想要一個Windows Store應用程式。所以現在就開始學習如何使用HTML5、CSS3和JavaScript開發Windows 8應用程式，同時還能了解HTML5和CSS3的重要功能。你將能夠利用你的網頁開發技能將你的網站轉換為應用程式，或者反過來。

《使用HTML5和JavaScript開發Windows Store應用程式》是一本實用的實作指南，涵蓋了Windows Store應用程式的基本和重要功能，並提供代碼示例，展示如何開發這些功能，同時學習HTML5和CSS3的新功能，這些功能在其他開發領域也能派上用場。

本書首先介紹了與Windows 8開發相結合的HTML5和CSS3的新功能，然後逐步創建一個空白的Windows Store應用程式，並在後續章節中添加功能，直到將應用程式打包並準備上架。最後，我們將研究使用XAML開發相同應用程式的相似性。

你還將學習如何添加和使用專為Windows 8設計的新控件，以及如何從網址獲取數據並將其綁定到控件上。我們還將研究如何使應用程式適應屏幕尺寸和旋轉變化，以及如何使用磚塊和通知使應用程式活躍，並允許用戶使用電子郵件帳戶登錄。最後，你將學習如何添加應用程式工具欄，並最終完成應用程式並上架。如果你想利用你的網頁開發技能並將其應用於Windows 8開發，那麼你來對地方了。《使用HTML5和JavaScript開發Windows Store應用程式》中充滿了示例和截圖，讓你能夠輕鬆實現書中所學的所有內容。

你將從本書中學到:
- 使用HTML5元素
- 使用CSS3進行樣式設計
- 使用Windows Library for JavaScript控件
- 通過網址獲取數據並將其綁定到控件上
- 創建空白的Windows Store JavaScript應用程式
- 理解視圖狀態並使應用程式具有響應性
- 添加磚塊和應用程式通知
- 使用XAML創建基本應用程式
- 通過電子郵件帳戶添加用戶登錄功能
- 理解Windows Store並上架應用程式

這本書以實作教學的方式進行，遵循逐步指南的方法，討論了使用HTML5、CSS3和JavaScript進行Windows 8應用程式開發的相關內容。

這本書適合以下讀者:
- 想要開始開發Windows 8應用程式的開發人員
- 想要了解基於標準的網頁技術的強大進展，並使用它來構建Windows Store應用程式的開發人員
- 希望利用現有的網頁開發技能和代碼資產進行開發的開發人員