【本人译作推荐】Windows 8应用开发：C#和XAML卷（原名：Building Windows 8 Apps with C# and XAML）

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译名：Windows 8应用开发：C#和XAML卷

原名：Building Windows 8 Apps with C# and XAML

 

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国内第一本使用XAML与C#语言配合的方式开发Windows 8应用程序的图书。原版书在亚马逊网站上获得了诸多好评。
作者连续3年蝉联微软的MVP称号，拥有20多年的企业级应用研发经验，其中15年致力于微软平台的Web应用研发，是Wintellect公司的首席咨询师。

 

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　　《Windows 8应用开发：C#和XAML卷》主要讲解如何运用C#、XAML、Windows Runtime和.NET框架开发Windows 8应用程序，也即Windows应用商店应用(Windows Store App)。在讲解的过程中，《Windows 8应用开发：C#和XAML卷》从头至尾穿插有大量翔实而且前后衔接的代码示例，以及包括开发工具和实现效果在内的各类截图，使读者能够边学边练，最终实现一个完整的Windows 8应用程序。　　《Windows 8应用开发：C#和XAML卷》适合Windows 8应用程序的初级和中级开发者阅读，也可作为高级开发者常备在手头上的工具书，以便随时翻阅。《Windows 8应用开发：C#和XAML卷》还可作为大中专院校师生的学习用书，以及计算机培训学校的教材。

 

作者简介

Jeremy Likness是Wintellect公司的首席咨询师，拥有20多年的企业级应用研发经验，其中15年致力于微软平台的Web应用研发。包括2010年温哥华冬奥会的健康监控系统后台和微软自己的社交网络监控产品“Looking Glass”。与世界500强公司有过广泛的合作，其中就包括微软。他连续3年蝉联MVP称号，获得过微软技术社区贡献奖。

 

 

目　录

第1章 全新的Windows Runtime　1

1.1 回顾过去：Win32和.NET　1

1.2 展望未来：自然用户界面的兴起　7

1.3 Windows应用商店中的应用　10

1.3.1 Windows 8应用程序的设计　12

1.3.2 快速和流畅　12

1.3.3 对齐和缩放　13

1.3.4 使用正确的契约　13

1.3.5 绝妙的磁贴　14

1.3.6 连接和在线　16

1.3.7 拥抱Windows 8的设计理念　16

1.4 Windows 8开发工具　17

1.4.1 Blend for Visual Studio　18

1.4.2 HTML 5和JavaScript　18

1.4.3 C++和XAML　20

1.4.4 VB/C#和XAML　21

1.5 WinRT揭秘　22

1.6 WPF、Silverlight和桌面应用程序　23

1.7 总结　24

1.8 参考文献　24

第2章 开始编写第一个程序　25

2.1 搭建环境　25

2.1.1 Windows 8　26

2.1.2 Visual Studio 2012　30

2.1.3 Blend　31

2.2 Hello, Windows 8　31

2.2.1 创建第一个Windows 8应用程序　31

2.2.2 模板　32

2.3 ImageHelper应用程序　35

2.4 总结　51

第3章 可扩展应用程序标记语言(XAML)　53

3.1 定义用户界面　54

3.1.1 可视化树　56

3.1.2 依赖属性　58

3.1.3 附加属性　61

3.2 数据绑定　63

3.3 故事板　70

3.4 样式和资源　73

3.5 布局　76

3.5.1 Canvas　76

3.5.2 Grid　77

3.5.3 StackPanel　79

3.5.4 VirtualizingPanel和VirtualizingStackPanel　80

3.5.5 WrapGrid　81

3.5.6 VariableSizedWrapGrid　83

3.5.7 ContentControl　84

3.5.8 ItemsControl　86

3.5.9 ScrollViewer　86

3.5.10 ViewBox　87

3.5.11 GridView　89

3.5.12 ListView　93

3.5.13 FlipView　94

3.5.14 ListBox　94

3.6 公共控件　94

3.7 总结　96

第4章 Windows 8应用程序　97

4.1 布局和视图　97

4.1.1 模拟器　98

4.1.2 视觉状态管理器　101

4.1.3 语义缩放　104

4.2 处理用户输入　107

4.2.1 指针事件　108

4.2.2 操作事件　109

4.2.3 鼠标支持　111

4.2.4 键盘支持　112

4.2.5 视觉反馈　114

4.2.6 确定目标　116

4.2.7 上下文菜单　117

4.3 应用栏　118

4.4 图标和初始屏幕　124

4.5 关于页面　125

4.6 传感器　129

4.6.1 加速计　129

4.6.2 指南针　130

4.6.3 地理位置传感器　131

4.6.4 陀螺仪　132

4.6.5 倾斜仪　133

4.6.6 光传感器　133

4.6.7 方向传感器　134

4.7 总结　136

第5章 应用程序生命周期　137

5.1 进程生命周期管理　139

5.1.1 激活　140

5.1.2 挂起　141

5.1.3 终止　143

5.1.4 恢复　144

5.1.5 导航　145

5.1.6 应用程序数据API　148

5.2 连接和在线　153

5.3 自定义初始屏幕　153

5.4 总结　155

第6章 数据　157

6.1 应用程序设置　157

6.2 访问和存储数据　159

6.2.1 速度和多线程的需求　164

6.2.2 理解async和await　167

6.2.3 Lambda表达式　169

6.2.4 IO帮助类　170

6.2.5 内嵌资源　171

6.3 集合　173

6.4 网页内容　177

6.5 聚合内容　179

6.6 流、缓存和字节数组　180

6.7 数据压缩　181

6.8 数据加密和签名　183

6.9 Web服务　186

6.10 总结　191

第7章 磁贴和Toast通知　193

7.1 基本磁贴　193

7.2 动态磁贴　194

7.3 锁屏提醒　200

7.4 辅助磁贴　202

7.5 Toast通知　206

7.6 Windows通知服务　211

7.7 总结　218

第8章 超级按钮　219

8.1 搜索　221

8.2 分享　231

8.2.1 分享内容　232

8.2.2 接收分享内容　239

8.3 设置　244

8.4 总结　248

第9章 MVVM和测试　249

9.1 UI设计模式　250

9.1.1 模型　254

9.1.2 视图　255

9.1.3 视图模型　256

9.2 可移植类库　257

9.3 为什么要测试　261

9.3.1 测试能消除不合理的假设　262

9.3.2 测试能从源头上排除Bug　262

9.3.3 测试有助于代码文档化　263

9.3.4 测试易于扩展和维护应用程序　263

9.3.5 测试能改进架构和设计　264

9.3.6 测试有助于提高开发能力　264

9.3.7 结论：编写单元测试　265

9.4 单元测试　265

9.4.1 Windows应用商店单元测试框架　266

9.4.2 Mock和Stub　269

9.5 总结　272

第10章 打包和部署　273

10.1 Windows应用商店　273

10.1.1 查找应用程序　274

10.1.2 商机　277

10.1.3 商业模式　278

10.1.4 广告　283

10.1.5 应用程序发布前的准备　283

10.1.6 应用程序发布流程　285

10.1.7 应用认证工具包　286

10.1.8 等待应用程序的审核　289

10.2 侧载(Side-Loading)　290

10.3 总结　292

原版封面内容：

“Jeremy builds real apps for real customers. That’s why I can heartily recommend this book. Go out and write some great apps…and keep this book handy.” 

—From the Foreword by Jeff Prosise

Build Exceptionally Immersive and Responsive Touch-Based Windows Store Apps for Windows 8 with C# and XAML

This is the first practical guide to building breakthrough applications for Windows 8 from project templates through publication to the new Windows Store. Microsoft “MVP of the Year” Jeremy Likness helps you combine your existing developer skills with new Visual Studio 2012 tools and best practices to create apps that are intuitive and innovative. His guidance and insight will help you dive into Windows 8 development—and gain a powerful competitive advantage for years to come.

Likness illuminates the entire apps lifecycle, from planning and Model-View-View Model (MVVM) based design through coding, testing, packaging, and deployment. He covers both business and consumer apps, showing how Windows 8/WinRT development builds upon and contrasts with older WPF and Silverlight approaches.

Using carefully crafted downloadable code examples and sample projects, Likness shows how to make the most of new platform features, including integrated social networking, search, contracts, charms, and tiles. Throughout, he addresses crucial development challenges that have only been discussed on MSDN, blog posts, and Twitter feeds—and never with this depth and clarity before.

Coverage includes
• Mastering real-world Windows 8 development for all devices and form factors • Understanding the new WinRT framework and the unique characteristics of Windows 8 apps
• Designing apps that are faster, more responsive, do more with less, and maximize battery life
• Creating exceptionally fluid interfaces with VS 2012 templates, built-in animations, and XAML
• Building apps that respond consistently to multiple forms of input, including complex touch manipulations
• Using contracts and charms to expose services or enable users to do so
• Providing information to users through Live Tiles even when your app isn’t running
• Connecting your app seamlessly to multiple data sources, including social networks and cloud storage
• Syndicating rich, network-based content
• Using Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)
• Securing Windows 8 apps through authentication and authorization
• Efficiently testing, debugging, packaging, and deploying apps

原版书评：

A Great Place to Start with Windows 8 Store App Development

By T. Anderson TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE

 

This book is the perfect size and the perfect depth for getting up to speed quickly with building Windows 8 Store Applications.

The book starts by introducing WinRT. This introduction includes a really nice history of how Microsoft got to where they are now. It starts with a look back at MS-DOS, MS-DOS Executive, the Win32 API, COM, and.NET. The introduction leads us up to NUI (Natural User Interface) and the Windows Store Application Design Principles.

The first chapter ends with a look at the Windows 8 tool that are available to developers and designers. They include, Blend for Visual Studio, C++ and XAML, HTML5 and JavaScript, and VB/C# and XAML.

I have listed all the chapters below.

1. The New Windows Runtime
2. Getting Started
3. Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)
4. Windows 8 Applications
5. Application Lifecycle
6. Data
7. Tiles and Toasts
8. Giving Your Application Charm
9. MVVM and Testing
10. Packaging and Deploying

The Getting Started chapter covers setting up your environment, which includes Windows 8, Visual Studio 2012, and expression blend for Visual Studio. It also covers the details of all the available project templates that come in the Windows Store category of Visual Studio's project templates.

The book then continues on with a nice overview of XAML. The author does a good job of covering a lot of topics as well as going in-depth enough to give you a thorough understanding of the topics that he chose to cover. XAML is a big topic, but the author did a great job of covering the essentials needed to get started.

Chapter 4, Windows 8 Applications, starts out with a nice overview of the Windows 8 simulator that comes with the development environment. The chapter continues on covering the application view states, semantic zoom, how to handle user input, mouse support, keyboard support, sensors, the application bar, and much more.

The one thing that the book really brought to light was a big flaw with the Windows Store Applications design. Not so much by explicitly pointing it, but rather by having nothing to say about it. That flaw being, a complete lack of capability for the applications to be run off-line with any sizable local data store. There really is no large data storage available to the Windows Store Applications beyond application state persistence. That raised a big red flag.

In searching the web, I found a lot of people having big issues with that. It looks like SQLite has come up with a solution they say will make it through the Windows Store approval process.

The chapter Giving Your Application Charm covers contracts and Windows 8 Extensions which allow for application information sharing handled at an operating system level. This is one of the coolest features built into Windows 8.

The book ends with a short chapter on MVVM and unit testing, and a short chapter on packaging and deploying.

The author has all the examples used in the book available for download. They're very well organized and usable. All of the examples ran without needing any modification.

Overall I found this book an enjoyable read. I thought the author's writing style made the book very easy to read from cover to cover. I will also be keeping it by on my side to use as a reference.

If you are planning on building Windows 8 Applications with C# and XAML, I recommend you start with this book. It will give you a great foundation on which to build your experience.