Matt Baxter-Reynolds and Iris Classon
Programming Windows Store
Apps with C#
Programming Windows Store Apps with C#
by Matt Baxter-Reynolds and Iris Classon
Copyright © 2014 Matt Baxter-Reynolds. All rights reserved.
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Table of Contents
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
1.
Making the Transition from .NET (Part 1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Why WinRT? 1
Philosophical Differences 2
Objectives 3
The New Project Templates 3
WinRT Metadata 4
Project Settings and Adding References 9
Building a Basic User Interface 11
UI Tracks 11
XAML Parsing Basics 14
Building a Basic Page 15
Implementing MVVM 25
WPF and Silverlight 26
MVVM Structure and Inversion of Control 28
Creating the View-Model and Running the App 38
2.
Making the Transition from .NET (Part 2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Inversion of Control 47
Installing TinyIoC 48
Initializing IoC Defaults 49
Understanding Asynchrony 53
How Asynchrony Works in WinRT 55
Calling the Server 60
Building the Service Proxies 60
Building the Register Method 63
Finishing the UI to Call the Register Server Function 67
Logon 68
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