Windows 8.1 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript Unleashed

Book Description

Take advantage of your existing JavaScript and HTML skills to build apps for Windows 8.1 and add them to the Windows Store. It’s a remarkable opportunity—and best-selling Microsoft web development author Stephen Walther will show you how to take full advantage of it.

Offering the same deep insight and practical code that has made his ASP.NET Unleashed the #1 ASP.NET book of all time, Walther covers everything you need to build outstanding Windows Store apps with JavaScript and HTML5.

He guides you through using Microsoft’s WinJS 2.0 library to develop apps for Windows 8.1—you learn how to use JavaScript templates, controls, and data binding. You’ll find in-depth coverage of everything from displaying data with a ListView control to supporting SkyDrive cloud storage, creating games to using IndexedDB and HTML5 forms.

Extensively updated for the release of Windows 8.1, this book covers all of the new features of the WinJS 2.0 library such as the Repeater, SearchBox, WebView, and NavBar controls and the new WinJS Scheduler. This book has been updated with a new sample app that demonstrates how to build a Windows Store app that interacts with Windows Azure Mobile Services.

If you’re a web developer, Windows 8 gives you millions of new potential customers to buy your apps—and you already have many of the skills you’ll need to reach them. Get this book, master the tools and techniques you don’t already know—and go after that huge new market!

Detailed information on how to…

• Get your app published in the Windows Store
• Use JavaScript controls such as the Tooltip, Rating, DatePicker, and FlipView controls
• Thoroughly master using the WinJS ListView control to display, sort, and filter data
• Use new controls introduced with Windows 8.1 such as the Repeater, WebView, NavBar, and SearchBox controls
• Implement Windows Search and Share contracts
• Use HTML5 Canvas to build arcade games
• Store data on the local file system, via Windows Azure Mobile Services or in IndexedDB databases
• Use Live Services to authenticate users, retrieve user profiles, and interact with SkyDrive
• Create custom WinJS controls with Page Controls
• Build apps that gracefully adapt to different screen resolutions and orientations
• Take pictures from your computer’s webcam and play sounds 8.1 Apps

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Building Windows Store Apps
Chapter 2 Winjs Fundamentals
Chapter 3 Observables, Bindings, And Templates
Chapter 4 Using Winjs Controls
Chapter 5 Creating Forms
Chapter 6 Menus And Flyouts
Chapter 7 Using The Itemcontainer, Repeater, And Flipview Controls
Chapter 8 Using The Listview Control
Chapter 9 Creating Data Sources
Chapter 10 Using Windows Azure Mobile Services
Chapter 11 App Events And States
Chapter 12 Page Fragments And Navigation
Chapter 13 Creating Share And Search Contracts
Chapter 14 Using The Live Connect Api
Chapter 15 Graphics And Games
Chapter 16 Creating A Task List App

中文：

书名：发布带有HTML5和JavaScript的Windows 8.1应用程序

利用你现有的JavaScript和HTML技能为Windows 8.1构建应用程序，并将它们添加到Windows应用商店。这是一个难得的机会–畅销书微软网络开发作者Stephen Walther将向你展示如何充分利用它。

Walther提供的深刻见解和实用代码使他的ASP.NET发布了有史以来排名第一的ASP.NET书籍，涵盖了使用JavaScript和HTML5构建出色的Windows应用商店应用程序所需的一切。

他将指导您使用Microsoft的WinJS 2.0库为Windows 8.1开发应用程序–您将学习如何使用JavaScript模板、控件和数据绑定。从使用ListView控件显示数据到支持SkyDrive云存储，再到创建游戏，再到使用IndexedDB和HTML5表单，您将发现各种内容的深度报道。

本书针对Windows 8.1的发布进行了广泛的更新，涵盖了WinJS 2.0库的所有新功能，如Repeater、SearchBox、WebView和NavBar控件以及新的WinJS Scheduler。本书已更新为一个新的示例应用程序，该应用程序演示如何构建与Windows Azure移动服务交互的Windows应用商店应用程序。

如果你是一名网络开发人员，Windows 8会为你带来数百万新的潜在客户来购买你的应用程序–而且你已经具备了接触他们所需的许多技能。拿到这本书，掌握你还不知道的工具和技术–然后去追求那个巨大的新市场！

有关如何…的详细信息

• 在Windows应用商店中发布您的应用程序
• 使用诸如工具提示、评级、日期选择器和FlipView控件等JavaScript控件
• 完全掌握使用WinJS ListView控件来显示、排序和筛选数据
• 使用Windows 8.1中引入的新控件，如Repeater、WebView、NavBar和SearchBox控件
• 实施Windows搜索和共享合同
• 使用HTML5画布构建街机游戏
• 通过Windows Azure移动服务或IndexedDB数据库将数据存储在本地文件系统上
• 使用Live Services对用户进行身份验证、检索用户配置文件以及与SkyDrive交互
• 使用页面控件创建自定义WinJS控件
• Build apps that gracefully adapt to different screen resolutions and orientations
• 使用8.1应用程序从计算机的网络摄像头拍照并播放声音

目录表

Chapter 1 Building Windows Store Apps
第二章武士基础
第3章观察值、绑定和模板
Chapter 4 Using Winjs Controls
第五章创建表单
第6章菜单和弹出按钮
第7章使用Itemtainer、Repeater和Flipview控件
第8章使用Listview控件
第9章创建数据源
Chapter 10 Using Windows Azure Mobile Services
第11章应用程序事件和状态
第12章页面片段和导航
第13章创建共享和搜索合同
第14章使用Live Connect Api
第15章图形和游戏
第16章创建任务列表应用程序