14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 8 is just around the corner, and application developers are gearing up for making their software available for the platform’s early adopters.
When launched, Windows 8 will bring along support for applications designed specifically for its Metro UI, which will all be available for purchase via the Windows Store service.
Metro applications in Windows 8 will differ from the desktop apps that are available for Microsoft’s platform at the moment.
However, it is not a hard task to come up with apps for the OS, Microsoft unveiled. In fact, developers who are familiar with what HTML5 and JavaScrip involve will find it very easy to release apps for the platform.
For those who would like to learn more on what building applications for the platform involves, there is a new book available for pre-order via Amazon, “Windows 8 Metro Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript Unleashed.”
JavaScript and HTML developers can easily come up with fully functional next-generation Windows applications, and the new book is meant to provide them with more info on how they can take advantage of Windows 8 and its Metro UI.
The “Windows 8 Metro Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript Unleashed” book comes from multiple best-selling Microsoft web development author Stephen Walther.
This is a comprehensive, in-depth guide aimed at offering all of the details that web developers need to know for getting the job done.
“Walther thoroughly explains the unique advantages of Metro applications, and demonstrates how to use Microsoft's fully array of new JavaScript technologies to build them - including JavaScript templates, controls, data binding, and the entire new Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS),” the books description on Amazon reads.
“From accessing the Windows Runtime to distributing applications through Microsoft's new App Store, this book brings together all the knowledge needed to build successful production software.
“From start to finish, readers will find the same exceptionally insightful coverage and practical code that made Walther's "ASP.NET Unleashed" the top-selling ASP.NET book of all time.”
The book is listed with a price tag of $34.76 attached to it, but it is available only for pre-order at the moment.