Brockschmidt Kraig. Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

2nd Edition. — Microsoft Press, 2014. — 1311 p. — ISBN: 978-0735672611.Microsoft Press is pleased to offer the second edition of Kraig Brockschmidt’s in-depth ebook on writing Windows Store apps using HTML, CSS3, and JavaScript on the Windows 8.1 platform. The ebook includes 20 chapters and 4 appendices. We’re delighted to welcome you into a world of Windows Reimagined!This book is about writing Windows Store apps using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Our primary focus will be on applying these web technologies within the Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Preview platform, where there are unique considerations, and not on exploring the details of those web technologies themselves. For the most part, then, I'm assuming that you're already at least somewhat conversant with these standards. We will cover some of the more salient areas like the CSS grid, which is central to app layout, but otherwise I trust that you're capable of finding appropriate references for most everything else.The Life Story of a Windows Store App: Characteristics of the Windows Platform
Quickstart
App Anatomy and Performance Fundamentals
Web Content and Services
Controls and Control Styling
Data Binding, Templates, and Collections
Collection Controls
Layout and Views
Commanding UI
The Story of State, Part 1: App Data and Settings
The Story of State, Part 2: User Data, Files, and OneDrive
Input and Sensors
Media
Purposeful Animations
Contracts
Alive with Activity: Tiles, Notifications, the Lock Screen, and Background Tasks
Devices and Printing
WinRT Components: An Introduction
Apps for Everyone, Part 1: Accessibility and World-Readiness
Apps for Everyone, Part 2: The Windows Store
Appendices:
Demystifying Promises
WinJS Extras
Additional Networking Topics
Provider-Side Contracts
About the Author