Microsoft Windows 8 introduces Windows Store apps (formerly known as Metro apps), which can be built with a variety of programming languages. In this course, David Gassner shows you how to pair XAML with C# to build a simple data-driven application. He provides a tour of the free Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8 and runs through a few Hello World exercises before demonstrating how to perform most of the basic app programming tasks with XAML and C#. The course describes how to acquire and display data, add an app bar, and use Windows 8 contracts to share assets with other applications.
Topics include:
- Installing Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8
- Testing apps with the Windows 8 simulator
- Defining a split-page layout with XAML
- Retrieving and parsing XML files with asynchronous programming
- Displaying data with dynamic bindings
- Sharing data with other apps through contracts
- Displaying command buttons in an app bar
- Creating Live Tile notifications
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