Beginning Windows 8 Data Development: Using C# and JavaScript

Book Description

This book introduces novice developers to a range of data access strategies for storing and retreiving data both locally and remotely. It provides you with a range of fully working data access solutions and the insight you need to know when, and how, to apply each of the techniques to best advantage.

Focussing specifically on how the Windows 8 app developer can work with the Windows Runtime (often called Windows RT) framework this book provides careful analysis of the many options you have open to you, along with a comparision of their strengths and weaknesses under different conditions. With the days of a single database being the right choice for almost all development projects long gone. You will lean that the right choice for your app now depends on a variety of factors and getting it right will be critical to your customer’s end user experience.

We cover a range of data access strategies ranging from storing and retrieving data locally using the JET API, to using the most popular open and closed source database products like SQLite and SQL Server. We look at how lightweight HTML and JavaScript apps work well with  equally feather-weight data stores like IndexedDB. We’ll also introduce you to more advanced data access techniques like REST (JSON), WCF RIA Services, ASP.NET MVC 4 Web API and Windows Azure that can hugely expand the horizons of what it is possible for your app to do as storage – and even processing – are taken beyond the confines of your user’s device.

By the time you have read this book you will be familiar with the key data access considerations you will need to evaluate as you build you apps and you will be able to confidently select the data access architecture that is most appropriate to the app you want to build.

What you’ll learn

• Understand the data access capability of WinRT
• Explore the various data access strategies
• Understand local storage in Windows 8 Apps
• Discover how to use HTML5 indexedDB as an offline database
• Use SQLite and SQL Server with Windows 8 Apps
• Develop ASP.NET MVC 4 Web API data stores
• Learn how to consume data through a WCF Service
• Integrate your app with Public Web Services using REST
• See how SQL Azure can extend your Windows 8 Apps

Who this book is for

This book is for all the .NET, iOS, Android and Windows Phone app developers looking to develop data driven Windows 8 style apps. You should be comfortable with basic programming concepts and have worked with simple data stores previously.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Windows 8 Development
Chapter 2: HTML5 and JavaScript Apps with MVVM and Knockout
Chapter 3: Windows 8 Modern App Data Access Options
Chapter 4: Local Data Access: I: IndexedDB
Chapter 5: Local Data Access I: JET API and Application Data
Chapter 6: Local Data Access III: SQLite
Chapter 7: ASP.NET Web API
Chapter 8: WCF Services
Chapter 9: Windows Azure Mobile Services
Chapter 10: Windows Phone 8 Data Access

中文：

书名：Beginning Windows 8 Data Development: Using C# and JavaScript

本书向新手开发人员介绍了一系列用于本地和远程存储和检索数据的数据访问策略。它为您提供了一系列完全有效的数据访问解决方案，并提供了您需要了解的洞察力，以便在何时以及如何应用每种技术以获得最佳优势。

这本书专门关注Windows 8应用程序开发人员如何使用Windows Runtime(通常称为Windows RT)框架，仔细分析了您可以选择的许多选项，并比较了它们在不同条件下的优缺点。随着单一数据库成为几乎所有开发项目的正确选择的日子早已一去不复返。你会发现，为你的应用程序做出正确的选择现在取决于各种因素，而正确的选择对你的客户的最终用户体验至关重要。

我们讨论了一系列数据访问策略，从使用JET API在本地存储和检索数据，到使用最流行的开源和封闭源代码数据库产品，如SQLite和SQL Server。我们来看看轻量级的HTML和JavaScript应用程序如何与IndexedDB等同等轻量级的数据存储很好地配合使用。我们还将向您介绍更高级的数据访问技术，如REST(JSON)、WCF RIA服务、ASP.NET MVC 4 Web API和Windows Azure，这些技术可以极大地扩展您的应用程序的视野，因为存储甚至处理都超出了用户设备的限制。

当您阅读本书时，您将熟悉在构建应用程序时需要评估的关键数据访问注意事项，并且您将能够自信地选择最适合您要构建的应用程序的数据访问架构。

你会学到什么

• 了解WinRT的数据访问功能
• 探索各种数据访问策略
• Understand local storage in Windows 8 Apps
• 了解如何将HTML5 IndexedDB用作离线数据库
• 在Windows 8应用程序中使用SQLite和SQL Server
• 开发ASP.NET MVC 4 Web API数据存储
• 了解如何通过WCF服务使用数据
• 使用REST将您的应用程序与公共Web服务集成
• 了解SQL Azure如何扩展您的Windows 8应用

这本书是为谁而写的

本书面向所有希望开发数据驱动的Windows 8风格应用程序的.NET、iOS、Android和Windows Phone应用程序开发人员。您应该熟悉基本的编程概念，并且以前使用过简单的数据存储。

目录表

第1章：Windows 8开发简介
第2章：使用MVVM和Knokout的HTML5和JavaScript应用程序
Chapter 3: Windows 8 Modern App Data Access Options
第4章：本地数据访问：i：IndexedDB
第5章：本地数据访问I：JET API和应用程序数据
第6章：本地数据访问III：SQLite
第7章：ASP.NET Web API
第8章：WCF服务
第9章：Windows Azure移动服务
Chapter 10: Windows Phone 8 Data Access