Chapter 2. XAML Syntax
A Windows 8 application is divided into code and markup because each has its own strength. Despite the limitations of markup in performing complex logic or computational tasks, it’s good to get as much of a program into markup as possible. Markup is easier to edit with tools and shows a clearer sense of the visual layout of a page. Of course, everything in markup is a string, so markup sometimes becomes cumbersome in representing complex objects. Because markup doesn’t have the loop processing common in programming languages, it can also be prone to repetition.
These issues have been addressed in the syntax of XAML in several ways, the most important of which are explored in this chapter. But let me begin this vital subject ...
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