Windows 8 Application Development with HTML5 For Dummies

The fast and easy guide for creating Windows 8 apps using popular technologies! This book offers a primer for building HTML5, CSS3 and javascript applications for Windows 8. It includes an up-to-date guide for dusting off an aging HTML skill set and adapting to the Windows 8 apps and provides a reference for Windows and .NET programmers not familiar with HTML 5. The overall design principles of MetroUI (the new design paradigm for Windows) are discussed. The book also addresses visual design with HTML and CSS, which are the visual design languages to bring MetroUI applications to the screen. Finally, there is a section on using javascript for inter- and intra-functional components. Contains the design principles for MetroUI, the new design paradigm for Windows The author is an enterprise architect, seasoned programmer and web developer who specializes in implementing Microsoft solutions at his client sites Shows how to develop HTML5, CSS3, and javascript applications for Windows 8 This is the ideal resource for current Microsoft developers who need a primer or refresher for developing in HTML and javascript for Windows.