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Like Windows itself, this classic book has been reimagined for a new world of programming and user experiences. Guided by developer legend Charles Petzold, Programming Windows, Sixth Edition teaches how to use your existing C# skills with XAML and the Windows Runtime to create full-screen, touch apps for Windows 8.
Master the elementals
- Create and initialize objects with code or XAML
- Handle user-input events such as taps
- Manage and experiment with dynamic layout
- Visually redefine a control’s appearance
- Create Windows Runtime libraries
- Use MVVM for data binding and commanding
- Work with asynchronous methods; write your own
- Animate transitions and create 2D and 3D effects
- Manage resolution, scaling, and navigation
Extend your skills and apps
- Handle pointer, manipulation, tap, and hold events
- Manipulate bitmaps and rich text
- Work with GPS and orientation sensors
- Call Win32® and DirectX® functions
- Enable share, search, and print
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Open in new tab Charles Petzold has been writing about Windows programming for 25 years. A Windows Pioneer Award winner, Petzold is author of the classic Programming Windows, the widely acclaimed Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, Programming Windows Phone 7, and more than a dozen other books.
