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Introduction
Welcome to Beginning Windows 8 Application Development: XAML Edition. When I was rst asked to produce
a sample table of contents for what my Windows 8 development book would include, I spent a lot of time
thinking about the aspects of Windows 8 development that I felt would be most important to help a developer
just learning to write software in a XAML-based environment. I thought back to when I was rst learning to apply
BASIC to an event-driven, GUI environment and realized that I would have been most helped by being walked
step-by-step through the creation of a simple but complete application. e majority of this book focuses on
introducing you to concepts that should be applied to production Windows 8 applications and then integrating
those concepts into an application that should be relevant to most readers. I hope that you learn as much reading
this book as I did writing it.
Whom is Book Is For
is book is intended for developers who have learned the basics of the C# programming language and the
Microsoft .NET platform and are ready to expand their knowledge by learning how to combine these skills with
XAML and the new Windows 8 platform. is book will also serve as a valuable resource for developers who have
more experience but are new to building XAML-based applications.
How is Book Is Structured
is book can be logically split into three parts. In Chapters 1 through 6, you will learn about the design style
used in Windows 8 applications and the tools that Visual Studio provides to create applications in this style. In
Chapters 7 through 16, core concepts used in developing Windows 8 applications are unfolded and integrated
into a sample application that you will build in exercises. Chapters 17 through 20 introduce additional concepts
that were not integrated into the sample application but will be valuable to the developer beginning to write
Windows 8 applications.
Downloading the Code
e code for the examples shown in this book is available on the Apress web site (www.apress.com). A link can be
found on the book’s information page on the Source Code/Downloads tab. is tab is located in the Related Titles
section of the page.
Contacting the Author
Should you have any questions or comments—or even spot a mistake you think I should know about—you can
contact me through my blog at www.geekswithblogs.com/kyleburns.
