Lynda - Building Windows Store Apps Essential Training torrent

Author:
Walt Ritscher

Subject:
Developer, Desktop Apps

Software:
Windows 8

Level:
Intermediate |
Duration:
8h 10m |
Released date:
Mar 28, 2013

Start creating apps to distribute to Microsoft Windows desktops, tablets, and phones. This course lays the groundwork for coding and distributing your very first app for Windows 8. First, explore the XAML and C# syntax and the tools for developing your code, including Visual Studio and Expression Blend. Then discover how to lay out your app’s interface; add color, transforms, and page-to-page navigation; handle orientation changes for mobile devices; respond to events; and accept input via controls and touch gestures. Author and avid developer Walt Ritscher also shows how to configure Windows Tiles, which makes your app accessible, and charms, which allow you to search your app, change its settings, or share app data. Plus, learn advanced techniques for viewing, editing, and storing data and system files.
Topics include:

Understanding the Windows 8 ecosystem
Setting up Visual Studio 2012
Creating a new project
Using app templates to jump-start your project
Working with the device simulator
Debugging your app
Creating layout containers
Controlling the view states
Working with input controls like check boxes, sliders, and progress bars
Understanding the application life cycle
Sending notifications with the Toast API
Creating Live Tiles
Using data binding
Working with sensors and devices
Introduction

Welcome
Using the exercise files
1. Getting Started

Understanding the Windows 8 ecosystem
Understanding Windows Store apps
Exploring features common to all Windows Store apps
Windows Store Apps for the Silverlight or WPF developer
Setting up your developer computer
Setting up Visual Studio 2012 for this course
Preparing a Windows 8 tablet for development
2. Windows Store App Fundamentals

Creating a Windows Store app project with Visual Studio 2012
Familiarizing yourself with the Visual Studio interface
Knowing when to use Expression Blend instead of Visual Studio
Using app templates to jump-start your new project
Exploring the file structure for an app project
Exploring the XAML syntax
Working with C#
Working with the device simulator
Debugging your code
Understanding screen resolution and image resources
Understanding animation in modern user interfaces
3. Page Navigation

Working with the frame
Page-to-page navigation
Dialogs and pop-ups
4. Layout Containers and Brushes

Understanding layout
Understanding Microsoft layout guidelines
Using vibrant colors for elements
Getting colorful with gradient brushes
Exploring sophisticated layout with the grid
Absolute positioning with the Canvas panel
Manipulating elements with transforms
5. Async Programming

The async API
Working with C# await and async
Showing progress during an async operation
Cancelling pending operations
6. View States

Understanding the view states
Handling orientation changes
Working with the snapped state
Why Visual State Manager is the best tool for view states
7. Understanding the Event Model

Understanding routed events
Wiring up event handlers
Exploring keyboard events
8. Exploring the Touch System

Understanding the touch system
Using pointer events
Gestures
Manipulations
9. Input and Controls

The application bar
Working with text
Toggling states with checkbox and toggle controls
Gathering numerical data with a slider
Showing web content and HTML with WebView
Creating custom user controls
10. The Application Life Cycle

Surveying the application life cycle
Writing and debugging life cycle events
Startup and custom splash screens
Managing application settings
11. Tiles and Toast

Configuring basic tiles
Understanding live tiles, toasts, and the notification system
Creating live tiles
Adding secondary tiles to the Start screen
Sending messages via the toast API
12. Data Binding

Using data binding to work with data
Element-to-element binding
Binding a business class to an element
Converting data with ValueConverters
Change notification and observable collections
What about MVVM
Debugging your XAML bindings
13. Viewing Lists with List Controls

Choosing a control for listing data
Understanding basic binding in list controls
Creating vertical lists with ListView
Creating horizontal lists with GridView
Flipping through lists with FlipView
Switching views with Semantic Zoom
14. Charms and Contracts

Searching your application with the Search charm
Sharing app data with the Share charm
Changing app settings with the Settings charm
15. Working with Sensors

Working with sensors and devices
Moving elements with the accelerometer
Exploring Bing Map and the Location and Compass APIs
Capturing still images and video
16. Working with Files

Getting file access permission for your app
Working with storage files
Querying files
Choosing content with file pickers
Understanding URI file paths
17. Printing

Working with printers and the Charm bar
Print layout and paging
Conclusion


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