Building Your First Windows Store App with XAML and Visual Basic (2013)
with David Gassner
Microsoft Windows 8 introduces Windows Store apps (formerly known as Metro apps), which can be built with a variety of programming languages. In this course, David Gassner shows you how to pair XAML with Visual Basic to build a simple data-driven application. He provides a tour of the free Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8 and runs through a few Hello World exercises before demonstrating how to perform most of the basic app programming tasks with XAML and Visual Basic. The course describes how to acquire and display data, add an app bar, and use Windows 8 contracts to share assets with other applications.
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Topics include:
Installing Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8
Testing apps with the Windows 8 simulator
Defining a split-page layout with XAML
Retrieving and parsing XML files with asynchronous programming
Displaying data with dynamic bindings
Sharing data with other apps through contracts
Displaying command buttons in an app bar
Creating Live Tile notifications
author
David Gassner
subject
Developer, Desktop Apps
software
Windows 8, Visual Studio 2012
level
Beginner
duration
1h 49m
released
Mar 15, 2013
Introduction 7m 52s
Welcome 1m 2s
What you should know before watching this course 3m 43s
Using the exercise files 3m 7s
1. Getting Started 30m 49s
Installing Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8 2m 1s
Hello World with XAML and Visual Basic 8m 34s
Exploring design principles of Windows Store apps 7m 33s
Applying themes and styles 5m 35s
Testing apps with Visual Studio and the Windows 8 Simulator 7m 6s
2. Creating a Cloud-Connected Windows Store App 38m 22s
Creating a split-screen app project 8m 12s
Exploring the app's data feed 2m 13s
Asynchronous programming with Async and Await 4m 49s
Retrieving, processing, and RSS data feeds 8m 57s
Displaying a list of data with XAML and bindings 8m 33s
Displaying detailed data with bindings 5m 38s
3. Integrating Windows 8 Features 31m 39s
Adding an app bar 6m 11s
Using the sharing contract 11m 3s
Customizing splash screen and start screen icons 4m 16s
Creating Live Tile notifications 10m 9s
Conclusion 40s
Where to go from here 40s 
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