This book will help web developers quickly get up-to-speed with developing next-generation "Metro" apps for Windows 8 with HTML and CSS. Microsoft Windows 8 Principal Evangelist Jaime Rodriguez guides developers through constructing a real Windows 8 Metro app from start to finish, using expert techniques and Microsoft-recommended coding patterns and practices. Along the way, Rodriguez shares unprecedented insider insights into Windows 8 and Metro, making this an outstanding introduction to the platform for any developer. Readers will start by taking a "lap" around a typical Windows 8 Metro-style application, understanding its elements, how they fit together, and how Metro development differs from what they've done before. Rodgriguez introduces Microsoft's development tools and resources for Windows 8 Metro development, including Visual Studio 11, Expression Blend, and Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS). Readers learn how to integrate data with REST, JSON, and XmlHttpRequest; use Microsoft's new Metro controls and Store API; manage views; provide notifications; provide multi-touch interface support; integrate with hardware, the shell, and the Windows 8 OS, and much more. Useful reference appendices present HTML5 and CSS3 standards, Metro design principles for developers, and more.

Table of Contents

1. A Lap Around Our Windows 8 Metro Style Application 2. Tools of the Trade 3. Introducing WinJS 4. Bring in the Data 5. Metro Controls 6. Show Me the Money 7. Managing the Views 8. Is It Running (An Introduction to PLM) 9. Always Running (Notifications and Background) 10. Touch Your Users 11. Integrating with Hardware 12. Integration with Shell and the OS 13. Yes, you C++an Appendix I: HTML 5 and CSS3 Appendix III: Metro Design Principles (for Developers)