[...]... deforestation We can simply enjoy the process of learning about and writing Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript And what about Windows Phone 8. 1? I’m glad you asked, because much of this book is completely applicable to that platform Yes, that’s right: Windows Phone 8. 1 supports writing apps in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, just like Windows 8. 1, meaning that you have the same flexibility of implementation... native apps that employ a variety of presentation technologies, including DirectX, XAML, and, in the case of apps written in JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3 This means that Windows gives you—a developer already versed in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript standards—the ability to use what you know to write fully native Windows Store apps using the WinRT API and still utilize web content! And I do mean fully native apps. .. 85 0 Using the Contact Picker 85 6 Appointments 86 0 What We’ve Just Learned 86 4 Chapter 16 Alive with Activity: Tiles, Notifications, the Lock Screen, and Background Tasks 86 5 Alive with Activity: A Visual Tour 86 6 The Four Sources of Updates and Notifications 87 5 Tiles, Secondary Tiles, and Badges 87 8 13 Secondary... under “Sidebar: Writing Windows Phone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, ” with pointers to where you’ll be able to find more information Leaving Home: Onboarding to the Windows Store For Windows Store apps, there’s really one port of entry into the world: customers always acquire, install, and update apps through the Windows Store Developers and enterprise users can side-load apps, but for the vast... 81 6 Launching Apps with URI Scheme Associations 81 8 Search 82 3 The Search Charm UI 82 5 The WinJS.UI.SearchBox Control 82 9 Providing Query Suggestions 83 1 Providing Result Suggestions 83 5 SearchBox Styling 83 7 Indexing and Searching Content 84 0 The Search Contract 84 9 Contacts 85 0... support JavaScript apps on Windows Phone 8. 1 came very late in the production of this book, so I’m only able to make a few notes here and there for Phone specific concerns I encourage you to follow the Building Apps for Windows blog, where we’ll be posting more about the increasingly unified experience of Windows and Windows Phone Who This Book Is For This book is about writing Windows Store apps using HTML, ... what you know of standards-based web technologies HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to build great Windows Store apps for Windows 8. 1 In the next chapter we’ll focus on the basics of a working app and the tools used to build i t Then we’ll look at fundamentals like the fuller anatomy of an app, incorporating web content, using controls and collections, layout, commanding, state management, and input (including... through their own setup programs Unless noted, then, an “app” in this book refers to a Windows Store app What about Windows Phone? The answer is yes! Windows Phone 8. 1 supports writing apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript using much of what we’ll be learning about in this book for Windows Store apps However, this capability on Windows Phone happened very late in the production of this book, so I’m able to... software and hardware is not offered through the previous addresses For help with Microsoft software or hardware, go to http://support.microsoft.com Support for developers can be found on the Windows Developer Center’s support section, especially in the Building Windows Store apps with HTML5 /JavaScript forum There is also an active community on Stack Overflow for the winjs, windows- 8 , windows- 8. 1, windows- store -apps, ... for an ebook!) When Windows 8 became generally available in the fall of 2012, work on Windows 8. 1 was already well underway: the engineering team had a long list of improvements they wanted to make along with features that they weren’t able to complete for Windows 8 And in the very short span of one year, Windows 8. 1 was itself ready to ship At first I thought writing this second edition would be primarily . 13 Media 681 Creating Media Elements 682 Graphics Elements: Img, Svg, and Canvas (and a Little CSS) 684 Additional Characteristics of Graphics Elements 688 Some Tips and Tricks 689 Rendering. Clipboard 81 6 Launching Apps with URI Scheme Associations 81 8 Search 82 3 The Search Charm UI 82 5 The WinJS.UI.SearchBox Control 82 9 Providing Query Suggestions 83 1 Providing Result Suggestions 83 5. The HTML Independent Animations Sample 777 Rolling Your Own: Tips and Tricks 779 What We’ve Just Learned 785 Chapter 15 Contracts 786 Share 788 Share Source Apps 793 Share Target Apps 80 5