Nick Lecrenski - Professional Windows 8 Programming: Application Development with C# and XAML

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Professional Windows 8 Programming: Application Development with C# and XAML

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This book is dedicated to my remarkably patient family, my wife Kristie and daughters Tabetha and Cheyenne for once again tolerating another year-long book authoring process!

Nick Lecrenski

Thanks to my wife Wendi and our children Mekella, Jaimee, Andrew, and Jake for their love and support .

Doug Holland

To Olga, my father Gregory, my mother Vera, and to all of you for reading this book. Enjoy!

Kevin Ashley

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

NICK LECRENSKI is a developer with over 10 years of experience in a wide range of Microsoft technologies including Silverlight, XAML, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, C++, Java, HTML, MVVM, SQL Server, and more. He has a BS in Computer Science and has worked in various fields from biometrics to financial services. He is also the founder and lead developer of MyFitnessJournal.com , an online fitness tracking site that utilizes the latest web development technologies including ASP.NET MVC and JQuery.

DOUG HOLLAND is an architect with Microsofts Developer & Platform Evangelism team. He works with Microsofts strategic ISV partners to help them bring new and exciting experiences to consumers on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Before joining Microsoft DPE, he was awarded both the Microsoft MVP (Visual C#) and Intel Black Belt Developer awards and holds an M.Sc. in Software Engineering from Oxford University.

ALLEN SANDERS is an architect at Teksouth Corporation and co-owner of LiquidKey, LLC. He provides expertise from the UX (user experience) to the database for LOB (line of business), Windows 8, and Windows Phone solutions.

KEVIN ASHLEY (@kashleytwit) is an architect evangelist at Microsoft, author of top Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps ( http://wpcardgames.com ), code junkie and a part-time ski instructor. Prior to Microsoft, Kevin founded a successful cloud-based business intelligence startup and worked in finance. In his role as a senior software developer and architect, Kevin developed grid, data warehousing and real-time trading solutions for Fortune 500 companies and hedge funds worldwide: US, UK, Europe and Asia. Kevin has degrees in Mathematics, Computer Science and has an MBA in Finance. He enjoys writing about software and technology on his blog: http://kevinashley.com .

ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITORS

JOHN BOX has almost 30 years of experience in the computer industry. Currently, he is finishing his seventh year at Microsoft as a senior technical evangelist in the Developer & Platform Evangelism organization (DPE). In past lifetimes, Jon has been a developer, architect, software manager, consultant, instructor, and a general manager of a consulting office. Today, he is working with customers in the central US build Windows 8 applications for the Windows Store. You can find more background at his blog ( http://blogs.msdn.com/jonbox ) or on Twitter (@jonbox).

FRANK LA VIGNE works for Microsoft as a public sector technical evangelist and Windows 8 Champ. Prior to joining Microsoft, Frank was a Tablet PC MVP and co-authored a book on Silverlight 4. He has been in software development since the days of Visual Basic 3. Frank blogs regularly about Windows 8 development at www.FranksWorld.com/blog .

DON REAMEY is an architect/principal engineer for TIBCO Software working on TIBCO Spotfire business intelligence analytics software. Prior to TIBCO, Don spent 12 years with Microsoft corporation as software development engineer working on SharePoint, SharePoint Online and InfoPath Forms Service. Don has also spent 10 years writing software in the financial service industry for capital markets.

CREDITS

ACQUISITIONS EDITOR

Mary James

PROJECT EDITOR

Maureen Spears

TECHNICAL EDITORS

John Box

Frank La Vigne

Don Reamey

PRODUCTION EDITOR

Daniel Scribner