Programming Windows: Writing Windows 8 Apps With C# and XAML (Developer Reference)
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (974 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0735671761 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1136 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Windows Pioneer Award winner, Petzold is author of the classic Programming Windows, the widely acclaimed Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, Programming Windows Phone 7, and more than a dozen other books.. Charles Petzold has been writing about Windows programming for 25 years
Apps are more than UI Redmond Geek I have to take exception to the glowing reviews of this book. While it demonstrates Petzold's formidable command of Windows 8 UI programming, this book doesn't really tell you what you need to know to write commercially successful apps. The majority of this book's 1136 pages consist of Petzold rambling on about topics that he, himself, finds interesting: font pitch, pixel placement, obscure XAML attributes.In some sense, the boo. Defective C++ code samples Peter Bergh The book itself seems to be OK (I haven't read more than a couple of chapters). The reason I'm downgrading it is that the C++ code samples do not build with Visual Studio Professional 2015 on Windows 10, due to a missing file App.g.h. It is not acceptable to have code samples that do not build.. zrer10 said Petzold does it again.. Charles Petzold just knows how to write a technical book. If, like me, you learned how to program windows from his previous programming windows books then this book does the same thing for the biggest reworking of windows in half a generation. For me if there was a feature of the new operating system that I saw in another app that I wanted to use, then sure enough there was a chapter for it. xaml, shapes, controls, panels, stret
The book also provides C++ code samples. Reimagined for full-screen and touch-optimized apps, Windows 8 provides a platform for reaching new users in new ways. Part II, “Specialties,” explores topics you might not need for every program but are essential to a well-rounded education in Windows 8. In response, programming legend Charles Petzold is rewriting his classic Programming Windows—one of the most popular programming books of all time—to show developers how to use existing skills and tools to build Windows 8 apps.Programming Windows, Sixth Edition focuses on creating Windows 8 apps accessing the Windows Runtime with XAML and C#. These include multitouch, bitmap graphics, interfacing with share and search facilities, printing, working with the sensors (GPS and orientation), text, obtaining input from the stylus (including handwriting recognition), accessing web services, calling Win32 and DirectX functions, and bringing
About the AuthorCharles Petzold has been writing about Windows programming for 25 years. A Windows Pioneer Award winner, Petzold is author of the classic Programming Windows, the widely acclaimed Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, Programming Windows Phone 7, and more than a dozen other books.