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Windows 8 Recipes with Data is the missing cookbook for developers who want to build content-first Windows Store apps. Taking a problem-solution approach with easy-to-follow examples, this book guides you from basic data handling topics towards more advanced themes, focusing heavily on fetching and handling data and communicating with web services, so you can put the content and effectiveness of your app first and provide a great experience for your users.
This book will give you the solutions and insight you need to:
Create touch-enabled, data-driven apps with the great performance your users will expect and appreciate.
Familiarize yourself with the advantages and potential pitfalls of working with data, content and services in Windows 8 on the device, on the web and in the cloud.
Build apps based on enterprise-proven architectural patterns.
Communicate with a wide range of web services and APIs, from REST services in XML or JSON to Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft SkyDrive. Whatever scenarios you come up against on the Windows 8 platform, Windows 8 Recipes with Data is your one-stop handbook, written by professional developers with a wealth of expertise to share to help you get ahead in Windows 8.
List of contents
Introduction
Data Binding in Windows 8
Data Controls in Windows 8
Working with Data on the Device
Communicating with Web Services
Advanced Service Communication
Integrating with Windows 8 Features
Working with MVVM
Advanced Topics
Windows Phone 8
About the author
Gill Cleeren is a Microsoft regional director, Silverlight MVP and Telerik MVP. He lives in Belgium where he works as .NET architect at Ordina. Passionate about .NET, he is always playing with the newest features. In his role as regional director, Gill has given many sessions, webcasts and training sessions at conferences on new as well as existing technologies, such as Silverlight, ASP.NET and WPF . He's also the author of many articles and he organizes the yearly Community Day event in Belgium. He also leads Visug, the largest .NET user group in Belgium. Gill has written two books on Silverlight technology in the past. You can find his blog at www.snowball.be.
