Windows^®8 Application Development with HTML5 For Dummies^®

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Who Should Read This Book

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

How to Use This Book

How This Book Is Organized

Part I: Discovering Windows 8

Part II: Working with the Externals

Part III: Digging into the Internals

Part IV: Getting Ready to Publish

Part V: The Part of Tens

Icons Used in This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Part I: Discovering Windows 8

Chapter 1: Introducing Windows 8

Finding the Path

Figuring out where Microsoft is headed

Building a simple Hello World app

Comparing programs from yesterday

Treating Users Right

Setting some design principles

Using the Design Checklist

Convention over configuration

Embracing the Developer Experience

Using the best developer tools on the planet

Folding in WinRT

Chapter 2: Embracing Windows 8 Style

Designing with Windows 8 Style

Content before chrome

Layout

Interactions

Navigation

Keeping It Fast and Fluid

Use animation for a purpose

Design for touch first

Snapping and Scaling Beautifully

Design for multiple views

Design for multiple screen sizing

Deal with pixel density

Using the Right Contracts

Share

Search

Pickers

Settings

Investing in a Great Tile

Brand your tile

Drive traffic with secondary tiles

Keeping Your App Connected and Alive

Bring your tile to life

Use notifications

Roaming to the Cloud

Chapter 3: Getting a Grip on Windows 8 Development ...