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10+ Hours of Video Training
Learn, start-to-finish, how to create your own Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps for business or consumer use. Build adaptive UI with XAML for a range of devices with different form factors and Windows 10 versions, and learn to use a wide range of evolving UWP capabilities.
Description
Universal Windows Platform (UWP), introduced in Windows 10, is a common app platform used for development, deployment, and running of software on a variety of Windows devices. Building Universal Windows Platform Apps LiveLessons video training shows the foundation of UI building as well as how to adapt the UI on the fly to different device formats. Learn how to use major features of the platform to further engage users, leverage development tools, and get an application ready for deployment.
Throughout the video training, Microsoft Regional Director & MVP Colin Melia builds code that you can then reproduce yourself, including a sample application built up throughout the lessons.
About the Instructor
Colin Melia is a company founder, architect, consultant, international speaker, trainer, and Microsoft Regional Director and Microsoft MVP known for his deep and broad knowledge of the latest Microsoft technologies, proven problem-solving skills, hands-on solution creation ingenuity, and the ability to communicate rich and complex ideas. Currently the Founder & Architect, Ace of Clouds Inc., Colin has founded three companies, and his recent business solutions are in use creating measured results by 10,000s of users at renowned companies worldwide. He has extensively trained people across North America about core Microsoft development technologies, including Windows and Azure. He regularly speaks at conferences, events, and code camps for Microsoft and community organizations, as well as being a college academic advisor.
Colin has more than 18 years of hands-on experience in areas of rich UI with Win10/HoloLens/Win8/WP8/WP7/WPF/Silverlight, cloud development with Azure, and BI with SQL Server/SSRS, along with in-depth knowledge of core technologies such as .NET, OData, WCF, WF, LINQ, WIF, ASP.NET Webforms/MVC, HTML, JSON and jQuery. He has developed award-winning simulation technology with rich UI, cloud-based learning portals, and workflow-driven BI systems.
Skill Level
- Intermediate
Learning Objectives
- Develop for a huge number of Windows devices
- Learn what's new in Windows 10/UWP
- Build UI with XAML
- Build adaptive UI
Course Requirements
- Some C# experience
- Basic familiarity with the .NET Framework
Who Should Take This Course?
- Microsoft developers for desktop, mobile, Xbox, and other Windows 10 device families
Table of Contents
Introduction
Lesson 1: Platform Introduction
Lesson 2: Building UI
Lesson 3: Data and Asynchronous Tasks
Lesson 4: Navigation
Lesson 5: Application Architecture
Lesson 6: Creating Controls
Lesson 7: Adaptive UI
Lesson 8: Application Lifecycle
Lesson 9: Using Platform Capabilities
Lesson 10: Visual Studio Features
Lesson 11: Preparing for Deployment
Summary
About LiveLessons Video Training
The LiveLessons Video Training series publishes hundreds of hands-on, expert-led video tutorials covering a wide selection of technology topics designed to teach you the skills you need to succeed. This professional and personal technology video series features world-leading author instructors published by your trusted technology brands: Addison-Wesley, Cisco Press, IBM Press, Pearson IT Certification, Prentice Hall, Sams, and Que. Topics include: IT Certification, Programming, Web Development, Mobile Development, Home and Office Technologies, Business and Management, and more. View all LiveLessons on InformIT at: http://www.informit.com/livelessons.
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Lesson 1: Platform Introduction
- Lesson 2: Building UI
- Lesson 3: Data and Asynchronous Tasks
- Lesson 4: Navigation
- Lesson 5: Application Architecture
- Lesson 6: Creating Controls
- Lesson 7: Adaptive UI
- Lesson 8: Application Lifecycle
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Lesson 9: Using Platform Capabilities
- 9.1 Use adaptive tiles
- 9.2 Use toasts
- 9.3 Handle file extensions
- 9.4 Use app launching and protocol handling
- 9.5 Share data
- 9.6 Use drag and drop
- 9.7 Use and create app services
- 9.8 Use Cortana
- 9.9 Use push notifications
- 9.10 Access devices and sensors
- 9.11 Understand platform extensions
- 9.12 Apply platform capabilities to the sample app
- Lesson 10: Visual Studio Features
- Lesson 11: Preparing for Deployment
- Summary
Product information
- Title: Building Universal Windows Platforms Apps
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2017
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 0134426991
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