Adam Nathan - Windows 8.1 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed

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Adam Nathan

800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA

Windows 8.1 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed

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ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33708-6
ISBN-10: 0-672-33708-8

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013951289

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First Printing December 2013

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Adam Nathan is a principal software architect for Microsoft, a best-selling technical author, and arguably the worlds most prolific developer for Windows Phone. He introduced XAML to countless developers through his books on a variety of Microsoft technologies. Currently a part of Microsofts Startup Business Group, Adam has previously worked on Visual Studio and the Common Language Runtime. He was the founding developer and architect of Popfly, Microsofts first Silverlight-based product, named by PCWorld as one of its years most innovative products. He is also the founder of PINVOKE.NET, the online resource for .NET developers who need to access Win32. His apps have been featured on Lifehacker, Gizmodo, ZDNet, ParentMap, and other enthusiast sites.

Adams books are considered required reading by many inside Microsoft and throughout the industry. Adam is the author of Windows 8 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed (Sams, 2013), 101 Windows Phone 7 Apps (Sams, 2011), Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed (Sams, 2008), WPF Unleashed (Sams, 2006), WPF 4 Unleashed (Sams, 2010), WPF 4.5 Unleashed (Sams, 2013), and .NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide (Sams, 2002); a coauthor of ASP.NET: Tips, Tutorials, and Code (Sams, 2001); and a contributor to books including .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 2 (Addison-Wesley, 2005) and Windows Developer Power Tools (OReilly, 2006). You can find Adam online at www.adamnathan.net or @adamnathan on Twitter.

To Mom and Dad.

First, I thank Eileen Chan for the encouragement and patience that enabled me to complete this book. Id also like to give special thanks to Ashish Shetty, Tim Heuer, Mark Rideout, Jonathan Russ, Joe Duffy, Chris Brumme, Eric Rudder, Neil Rowe, Betsy Gratner, Ginny Munroe, Bill Chiles, and Valery Sarkisov. As always, I thank my parents for having the foresight to introduce me to Basic programming on our IBM PCjr when I was in elementary school.

Finally, I thank you for picking up a copy of this book! I dont think youll regret it!

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