Beginning Windows 8 Application Development - XAML Edition introduces you to the Windows 8 modern app design paradigm and the new Windows 8 programming model developed around this paradigm. You'll learn to build rich, immersive applications designed to run on the many devices that will be powered by Windows 8.

With the introduction of Windows 8, once again Microsoft has re-envisioned the way that PCs and devices will be used and applications will be built in a world that has become far more connected. The Windows 8 modern UI style is far more than a programming model and Beginning Windows 8 Application Development - XAML Edition takes you beyond the syntax of any development language. We examine the factors such as UX (User Experience), social integration, and maintaining data and settings across multiple devices.

• Gives an early start to building next-generation connected applications
• Introduces new programming libraries available in Windows 8
• Explores Windows 8 app design concepts

1. Welcome to a Touch-Based World


2. The Metro Design Language


3. Designing Windows 8 Applications for Metro


4. Metro Application Types


5. XAML Controls in the Visual Studio Toolbox ¿ The Common Controls


6. XAML Controls in the Visual Studio Toolbox ¿ Other Controls


7. Building the User Interface


8. Data Binding


9. Introducing MVVM


10. Starting the ViewModel - Data


11. Inversion of Control


12. The Role of Service Agents


13. Asynchronous Programming Model


14. Mocking the ViewModel¿s Behavior


15. Connecting to Data in the Cloud 


16. Completing the Service Agents


17. Interacting with Windows Search


18. Notification and Tiles


19. Sensors, Devices and the Location API


20. Windows Marketplace and Deploying Your Metro App

Kyle Burns is a Technical Architect with Perficient living in Indianapolis, IN. He first discovered a love for writing computer applications when his father brought home their first Apple II computer and he would spend hours transcribing programs from BASIC magazine to see what they would do. After serving as a Tuba and Euphonium player in the Marine Corps Band, Kyle realized that people were writing software for pay and he started his professional career. During his career, Kyle has worked in companies ranging from a six person startup to a Fortune 100 company and is constantly looking for new ways to explore solving problems with people, process, and technology.