Introduction to Windows App Development

1. Introduction To Windows App
Development
By
Sourav Bhattacharya
Microsoft Student Partner
MSP 2014/607
sourav.bhattacharya@studentpartner.com

2. Agenda
Windows 8

3. Visual
Studio
2013

4. Visual Studio 2013
Visual Studio is a suite of component-based software development
tools and other technologies for building powerful, high-
performance applications.

5. Visual Studio 2013

6. XAML &
C#

7. What is XAML ?
Used to design GUI
Very similar to XML
Extensively Advanced Markup Language

8. XAML Snippet
<Page
x:Class="App1Intro.MainPage"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:App1Intro"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<Grid Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
</Grid>
</Page>

9. What is C#?
Next version of C++
Includes LINQ (Language Integrated Query)
Includes delegates, etc.
Runs on .NET 4.5 Framework
Elegant & Type-Safe OOP Language

10. C# Snippet
using System;
namespace ConsoleApp1
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Hello world");
}
}
}

11. Demonstration

12. Thank You
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