Chapter 3. Web Development – ASP.NET, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Getting started with Bootstrap
  • Previewing changes across multiple browsers
  • Creating HTML5 web pages
  • Taking advantage of CSS editor improvements
  • Understanding the JavaScript editor improvements
  • Adding bundling and minification to JavaScript and CSS files
  • Verifying pages with the Page Inspector tool

Introduction

Application development based on web technologies continues at a breakneck pace with increasingly advanced functionality being enabled by ever-improving tools. With Windows 8, languages that originated for the Web (HTML5 and JavaScript) have found a place in the creation of Windows Store apps.

In addition to improving the JavaScript support that began ...

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