The windows application development is keep evolving. The day from FoxPro, Visual FoxPro, Visual Basic, .Net WinForms, WPF.
Now it is big move for Windows 8. The decade old typical windows app style is replaced with metro style. The OS API are evolved, the world is more connected, the UI interfaces evolved, the devices are evolved. Windows OS is embracing major change in Windows 8.
The transition is trend change and requires completely different approach. Getting started with Windows 8 needs solid understanding. Here is the complete training available from Channel 9.
- Introduction to the Windows 8 platform and the Windows store
- Designing apps with Metro style principles and the Windows personality
- Building Metro style apps with XAML: What .NET developers need to know
- What HTML developers need to know about coding Windows 8 Metro style apps
- Win as One: How Contracts in Windows 8 Help You Build a Killer Metro App
- Bring Your Windows 8 Metro Style Apps to Life with Tiles and Notifications
- Building Windows 8 Metro style casual games using HTML 5