Windows Application Development Cookbook

Over 100 solution-based recipes to help you build applications for desktops, smartphones, and tabletsAbout This Book* Learn to build applications for Windows 10, the latest Windows version* Develop your applications to be cross-platform by making them compatible with desktops, smartphones, and tablets* This guide is packed with recipes covering major solutions to day-to-day problems faced by Windows programmersWho This Book Is ForThe book is dedicated to programmers with various experience of developing applications for Windows-based desktops, smartphones, and tablets-even beginners can find suitable content.What You Will Learn* Start developing different applications* Design user interface in the XAML language* Use the MVVM design pattern with data binding* Store data in files and in a database* Use multimedia content, 2D/3D graphics, and animations* Capture data from built-in sensors* Handle various Internet-based scenarios* Test and submit the application to the Windows StoreIn DetailThe book starts with recipes that will help you set up the integrated development environment before you go ahead and design the user interface. You will learn how to use the MVVM design pattern together with data binding, as well as working with data in different file formats. Moving on, you will explore techniques to add animations and graphics to your application, and enable your solution to work efficiently with multimedia.You will also see how to use sensors, such as the accelerometer and gyroscope, to read data and recognize various user operations, such as swipe. You will make your application ready to work with Internet-based scenarios, such as sending e-mails or downloading files, before finally testing the project and submitting it to the Windows Store. By the end of the book, you will have a market-ready application compatible across different Windows devices, including desktops, smartphones, and tablets.

• | Author: Marcin Jamro
• | Publisher: Packt Publishing
• | Publication Date: Dec 22, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 546 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1786467720
• | ISBN-13: 9781786467720