Pavel Yosifovich - Mastering Windows 8 C++ App Development

Pavel Yosifovich is the CTO of CodeValue (http://www.codevalue.net), a software development, consulting, and training company, based in Israel. He is also the author of Windows Presentation Foundation 4.5 Cookbook , Packt Publishing , 2012 . He writes, develops, consults, and trains developers on various software development topics, from Windows internals, to .NET enterprise systems, and almost everything in between. He's a Microsoft MVP and a frequent speaker at national events.

In the past, he co-founded the startup company Quiksee that was acquired by Google in September 2010.

Writing a book takes tremendous effort, and would not have been possible without the support and encouragement of my familymy wife Idit and my kids Daniel, Amit, and Yoav. I know it was hard watching me sit at my computer and write for hours at a time. Thank you for your patience!

Daniel Biesiada is a software professional with 13 years of experience as a developer, consultant, and most recently as a technology evangelist at Microsoft in Poland. In 2012, he left corporate ranks to pursue individual challenges related to cloud and mobile opportunities as a consultant and architect of the software solutions. He speaks on local events in Poland, as well as internationally and works actively with communities to develop new generations of smart and future-oriented developers. With his startup uShine IT Consulting he realized several Windows 8 projects for customers in media and education industries including iOS to Windows 8 ports and creating unique intellectual properties for Windows 8 and the modern Web.

He was helping local software leaders at Microsoft for 5 years with executive advisory related to Microsoft software development technologies. In the last two years of work at Microsoft, he helped launch cloud products in local markets (Windows Azure) and to fill Windows Store with high-quality applications targeting Windows 8.

He is the co-author of the book Windows Azure Platforma Cloud Computing dla programistw , APN Promise that introduced Windows Azure to Polish developers in the local (Polish) market. He can be reached by e-mail at <>.

Eric van Feggelen is a passionate and experienced software consultant who delivers high-quality solutions using the latest technology available. He has about 15 years of experience as a developer and has been widely interested in information technology his entire life. In the past few years he worked for major corporations such as Microsoft and Avanade and continues to serve the Microsoft Enterprise space as a private contractor for his own company.

For more information on Eric check out his personal website http://appbyfex.com/.

Alon Fliess is the Chief Architect and founder of CodeValue. CodeValue is the home of software experts. CodeValue builds software tools, foundations, and products for the software industry. CodeValue offers mentoring, consulting, and project development services.

Alon got his BSc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. He is an expert in many Microsoft technologies, including Windows client and server programming using C#/C++/.NET, Windows Azure Cloud Computing, ALM with TFS, and Windows internals. Microsoft has recognized his expertise and community activities and granted him two awards: Microsoft Regional Director (MRD) and a VC++ MVP.

He has deep knowledge and understanding of Windows and Windows internals, he is the co-author of Windows 7 Microsoft Training Program , Microsoft Press as well as the co-author of Introducing Windows 7 for Developers , Microsoft Press .

He delivers courses and lectures in many seminars and conferences around the world such as TechEd Europe, TechEd USA, NDC, and in Israel. He is a senior Software Architect, who deals with vast and complex projects.

Many thanks to Pavel and Anurag Banerjee for giving me the opportunity to take part in the creation of this book.

Yusak Setiawan (@yoesak) works at Tigabelas Technology, the company that he founded 3 years ago. He has 10 years' experience of coding in different languages, especially in C/C++, C#, Objective C, and also JavaScript. His company, and he, now focus on making Windows 8 apps, and also support Microsoft Indonesia by training, and mentoring, young developers and corporates in Indonesia in making good Windows 8 apps. He also worked with some Redmond guys before Visual Studio 2012 was released. You can find his work in Windows 8 Store (AndaTube, Alkitab, and MathBoard).

I would like to thank Sweny Sukumaran and Anurag Banerjee, for giving me the challenge of reviewing this book, also my wife Nidya Chatelya and my newborn baby Edmond Grant; they both are my inspiration.