Building Windows 8 Apps with JavaScript (Microsoft .Net Development)

Microsoft's Windows 8 and Metro offer developers many exciting new opportunities. One of the most exciting is their support for full-fledged application development with HTML/JavaScript. In this friendly, conversational, and completely authoritative tutorial, long-time Microsoft insider Chris Sells and pioneering Metro programmer Brandom Satrom show how to make the most of JavaScript to build cutting-edge Metro apps that run on Windows 8 -- and beyond. Writing both for experienced Microsoft developers and web developers comfortable with HTML/JavaScript, the authors show how to build full-featured Metro/JS apps that meet Windows 8's new style guidelines and leverage the platform's full power. Through a complete case study project, Sells and Satrom cover all this, and more:

* Binding, templates, and controls

* Layout and styling

* Async and responsiveness

* Media and networking

* PLM and App State

* App design for the Immersive Shell and human interaction

* Publishing and monetizing Metro apps

* Extending JavaScript Metro apps with C++ and C#, and much more