Developing Windows Store Applications
Dan Clark · Apress eBooks · 2013
SummaryIn the previous chapters, you learned how to build a data-centric application based on a traditional Windows client (WPF) user interface and a web-based (ASP.NET) user interface. In this chapter, you will learn how to build a user interface using the new Windows Store app. Windows Store apps are designed to run on Windows 8 devices. Windows Store apps have a new look and feel designed to dynamically support different display sizes and devices. As tablets and phones increasingly become the most popular devices for interacting with information, business users are demanding the ability to use these devices for interacting with their information stores. Fortunately, Microsoft offers a variety of application programming interfaces (APIs) that can be used to create applications to run on these devices. They have exposed a managed .NET framework that allows you to use C# for the code behind and a XAML framework for developing the user interface. Developing these apps is a cross between developing WPF apps and web apps.