Beginning Windows 8 Application Development - XAML Edition

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.

• * Welcome to a Touch-Based World * The Metro Design Language * Designing Windows 8 Applications for Metro * Metro Application Types * XAML Controls in the Visual Studio Toolbox - The Common Controls * XAML Controls in the Visual Studio Toolbox - Other Controls * Building the User Interface * Data Binding * Introducing MVVM * Starting the ViewModel - Data * Inversion of Control * The Role of Service Agents * Asynchronous Programming Model * Mocking the ViewModel's Behavior * Connecting to Data in the Cloud * Completing the Service Agents * Interacting with Windows Search * Notification and Tiles * Sensors, Devices and the Location API * Windows Marketplace and Deploying Your Metro App