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Build Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript Dino Esposito Francesco Esposito Published with the authorization of Microsoft Corporation by: O’Reilly Media, Inc. 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, California 95472 Copyright © 2013 by Dino Esposito All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-0-7356-7594-0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 LSI 8 7 6 5 4 3 Printed and bound in the United States of America. Microsoft Press books are available through booksellers and distributors worldwide. If you need support related to this book, email Microsoft Press Book Support at [email protected]. Please tell us what you think of this book at http://www.microsoft.com/learning/booksurvey. Microsoft and the trademarks listed at http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/en/us/IntellectualProperty/ Trademarks/EN-US.aspx are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. All other marks are property of their respective owners. The example companies, organizations, products, domain names, email addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, email address, logo, person, place, or event is intended or should be inferred. This book expresses the author’s views and opinions. The information contained in this book is provided without any express, statutory, or implied warranties. Neither the authors, O’Reilly Media, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, nor its resellers, or distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused either directly or indirectly by this book. Acquisitions and Developmental Editor: Russell Jones Production Editor: Christopher Hearse Editorial Production: S4Carlisle Publishing Services Technical Reviewer: Russ Mullen Indexer: Angela Howard Cover Design: Jake Rae Cover Composition: Karen Montgomery Illustrator: S4Carlisle Publishing Services To Michela and Silvia, who are stronger and smarter than they think. —Dino To Grandma Concetta, for providing free calories through amazing quantities of unbeatable homemade prosciutto. —Francesco Contents at a glance Introduction xiii CHApTer 1 Using Visual Studio 2012 express edition for Windows 8 1 CHApTer 2 Making sense of HTML5 23 CHApTer 3 Making sense of CSS 47 CHApTer 4 Making sense of JavaScript 73 CHApTer 5 First steps with Windows 8 development 97 CHApTer 6 The user interface of Windows Store applications 121 CHApTer 7 Navigating through multimedia content 147 CHApTer 8 States of a Windows 8 application 177 CHApTer 9 Integrating with the Windows 8 environment 201 CHApTer 10 Adding persistent data to applications 235 CHApTer 11 Working with remote data 265 CHApTer 12 Accessing devices and sensors 291 CHApTer 13 Adding Live tiles 319 CHApTer 14 publishing an application 335 Index 351 Contents Introduction ....................................................xiii Chapter 1 Using Visual Studio 2012 Express edition for Windows 8 1 Getting ready for development .....................................2 The software you need .......................................2 Configuring Visual Studio 2012 ................................5 Start playing with Windows 8 apps ............................9 The “Hello Windows 8” application ...........................10 Adding a bit more action ....................................16 Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Chapter 2 Making sense of HTML5 23 Elements of a webpage ...........................................24 Building the page layout with HTML5 .........................24 Miscellany of other new elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Collecting data ..................................................34 Adjusting input fields .......................................35 Form submission ...........................................38 Multimedia elements .............................................41 The audio element ..........................................41 The video element ..........................................42 Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 What do you think of this book? We want to hear from you! Microsoft is interested in hearing your feedback so we can continually improve our books and learning resources for you. To participate in a brief online survey, please visit: microsoft.com/learning/booksurvey vii Chapter 3 Making sense of CSS 47 Styling a webpage ...............................................47 Adding CSS information to pages .............................48 Selecting elements to style ..................................51 Basic style commands ............................................55 Setting colors ..............................................55 Controlling text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 HTML display modes ........................................60 Spacing and the boxing model ...............................63 Advanced CSS scenarios ..........................................66 CSS pseudo-classes .........................................66 Media Queries .............................................70 Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Chapter 4 Making sense of JavaScript 73 Language basics .................................................74 The JavaScript type system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Dealing with variables .......................................77 Dealing with objects ........................................79 Dealing with functions ......................................81 Organizing your own JavaScript code ...............................89 Linking JavaScript code to pages .............................89 Practices and habits .........................................92 Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Chapter 5 First steps with Windows 8 development 97 The Windows 8 Runtime (WinRT) ..................................98 Windows Store apps and other apps ..........................98 An overview of the WinRT API ...............................100 The Windows Store app user interface ............................102 Aspects of the Windows 8 UI ................................102 Inspiring principles of the Windows 8 UI ......................104 viii Contents

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