An Introduction

To

Windows Store Apps

By

Nirmal Hota

Agenda An introduction What is WinRT What is WinJS Life cycle of an app Demo

What is widows store app

Full screen fit window

Requires a closing gesture

Published in Windows Store

Also known as Metro or Modern UI app

Runs on Win RT Can be written any .Net supported language Uses live tiles to show updated info to the user Uses WinJS Can run in desktop as well as mobile devices

WinRT A layer on the Windows 8 OS.

Uses some basic .Net classes A language projection A pure native implementation Does not support on Desktop or console app

Runs on Windows on ARM (WOA)

Uses Windows 8 UI Windows8 UI is a subset of WinRT Only meant to design apps for windows stores Does not support any backward compatibility than Win8 Apps can be distributed through Win Store only Allows one app at a time to open

WinJS A Javascript library for Windows store apps Only available to Javascript apps No worries of cross browser compatibility Exposes new controls to be used Implementation of Promise object

Few mostly used WinJS Controls App bar Flip view Grid view

Flyout Rating controls Date and Time picker etc...

Life cycle of an app

Reasons for activation Camera Contact picker Device File File open picker File save picker

Protocol Search

Search target Cached file

Lunch

Print task

Reasons for termination

Terminated by system

Closed by user

Unexpected termination

Demo

Q & A

This just a small presentation of a large concept, certainly the concept is not limited to

this. We will explore this and keep sharing.

Thank You