Outline for the Consumer Preview ebook of Programming Windows, 6th Edition
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The outline for this release is below:
Chapter 1: Markup and Code
The First Project
Graphical Greetings
Variations in Text
The Code Alternatives
Images in Code
Not Even a Page
Chapter 2: XAML Syntax
The Gradient Brush in Code
Property Element Syntax
Content Properties
The TextBlock Content Property
Sharing Brushes (and Other Resources)
Resources Are Shared
A Bit of Vector Graphics
Styles
A Taste of Data Binding
Chapter 3: Basic Event Handling
The Tapped Event
Routed Event Handling
Overriding the Handled Setting
Size and Orientation Changes
Bindings to Run?
Timers and Animation
Chapter 4: Presentation with Panels
The Border Element
Rectangle and Ellipse
The StackPanel
Horizontal Stacks
WhatSize with Bindings (and a Converter)
Layout Weirdness or Normalcy?
Making an E-Book
Fancier StackPanel Items
Creating Windows Runtime Libraries
The Wrap Alternative
The Canvas and Attached Properties
The Z-Index
Canvas Weirdness
Chapter 5: Control Interaction
The Control Difference
The Slider for Ranges
The Grid
Orientation and Aspect Ratios
Sketching with Sliders
Dependency Properties
Keyboard Input and TextBox
Touch and Thumb
Chapter 6: WinRT and MVVM
MVVM (Brief and Simplified)
Data Binding Notifications
Deriving from BindableBase
The DataContext Property
Bindings and TextBox
The DelegateCommand Class
Chapter 7: Building an Application
Commands, Options, and Settings
The Segoe UI Symbol Font
The Application Bar
Popups and Dialogs
Windows Runtime File I/O
Await and Async
Calling Your Own Async Methods
Controls for XamlCruncher
Application Settings and Isolated Storage
The XamlCruncher Page
Parsing the XAML
XAML Files In and Out
The Settings Dialog
Beyond the Windows Runtime
Greetings. To learn more about the Consumer Preview ebook release of Charles Petzold’s Programming Windows, Sixth Edition, click here.