Building Windows 8 Apps with JavaScript

Microsoft's Windows 8 and Metro offer developers many exciting new opportunities. One of the most exciting is their support for full-fledged application development with HTML/JavaScript. In this friendly, conversational, and completely authoritative tutorial, long-time Microsoft insider Chris Sells and pioneering Metro programmer Brandom Satrom show how to make the most of JavaScript to build cutting-edge Metro apps that run on Windows 8 -- and beyond. Writing both for experienced Microsoft developers and web developers comfortable with HTML/JavaScript, the authors show how to build full-featured Metro/JS apps that meet Windows 8's new style guidelines and leverage the platform's full power. Through a complete case study project, Sells and Satrom cover all this, and more: * Binding, templates, and controls * Layout and styling * Async and responsiveness * Media and networking * PLM and App State * App design for the Immersive Shell and human interaction * Publishing and monetizing Metro apps * Extending JavaScript Metro apps with C++ and C#, and much more