El Libro del Día: Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Game Development

El Libro del Día: 2014-10-15

Titulo: Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Game Development
Autor: Adam Dawes
Editorial: Apress
Nro Paginas: 499

Capítulos:
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Getting Started with MonoGame
Chapter 3: Creating a Game Framework
Chapter 4: User Input
Chapter 5: Sounding Out with Game Audio
Chapter 6: Drawing with Vertices and Matrices
Chapter 7: The World of 3-D Graphics
Chapter 8: Further 3-D Features and Techniques
Chapter 9: Enhancing Your Game
Chapter 10: Application Management
Chapter 11: Getting Started with XAML
Chapter 12: XAML Controls and Pages
Chapter 13: Mixing XAML and MonoGame
Chapter 14: Distributing Your Game

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El Libro del Día: Beginning Windows 8 Data Development

El Libro del Día: 2014-09-02

Titulo: Beginning Windows 8 Data Development
Autor: Vinodh Kumar
Editorial: Apress
Nro Paginas: 245

Capítulos:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Windows 8 Development
Chapter 2: HTML5 and JavaScript Apps with MVVM and Knockout
Chapter 3: Windows 8 Modern App Data Access Options
Chapter 4: Local Data Access: I: IndexedDB
Chapter 5: Local Data Access I: JET API and Application Data
Chapter 6: Local Data Access III: SQLite
Chapter 7: ASP.NET Web API
Chapter 8: WCF Services
Chapter 9: Windows Azure Mobile Services
Chapter 10: Windows Phone 8 Data Access

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El Libro del Día: Beginning Windows 8 Application Development

El Libro del Día: 2014-09-01

Titulo: Beginning Windows 8 Application Development
Autor: Kyle Burns
Editorial: Apress
Nro Paginas: 313

Capítulos:
Chapter 1: Welcome to a Touch-First World
Chapter 2: The Windows Design Language
Chapter 3: Designing Windows 8 Applications
Chapter 4: Visual Studio 2012 and Windows Store Application Types
Chapter 5: XAML Controls in the Visual Studio Toolbox: The Common Controls
Chapter 6: XAML Controls in the Visual Studio Toolbox: Other Controls
Chapter 7: Building the User Interface
Chapter 8: Data Binding
Chapter 9: Introducing MVVM
Chapter 10: Starting the ViewModel
Chapter 11: Inversion of Control
Chapter 12: The Role of Service Agents
Chapter 13: Asynchronous Programming Model
Chapter 14: Mocking the Service Agent
Chapter 15: Connecting to Data in the Cloud
Chapter 16: Completing the Service Agent
Chapter 17: Interacting with Windows Search and Share
Chapter 18: Notifications and Tiles
Chapter 19: Sensors, Devices, and the Location API
Chapter 20: Sharing Apps in the Windows Store

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El Libro del Día: Beginning Windows 8 Application Development

El Libro del Día: 2014-07-31

Titulo: Beginning Windows 8 Application Development
Autor: István Novák, György Balássy, Zoltán Arvai, Dávid Fülöp
Editorial: Wrox
Nro Paginas: 626

Capítulos:
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS 8 APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF WINDOWS APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 2: USING WINDOWS 8
Chapter 3: WINDOWS 8 ARCHITECTURE FROM A DEVELOPER’S POINT OF VIEW
Chapter 4: GETTING TO KNOW YOUR DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
Part II: CREATING WINDOWS 8 APPLICATIONS
Chapter 5: PRINCIPLES OF MODERN WINDOWS APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 6: CREATING WINDOWS 8 STYLE APPLICATIONS WITH HTML5, CSS, AND JAVASCRIPT
Chapter 7: USING XAML TO CREATE WINDOWS 8 STYLE USER INTERFACES
Chapter 8: WORKING WITH XAML CONTROLS
Chapter 9: BUILDING WINDOWS 8 STYLE APPLICATIONS
Chapter 10: CREATING MULTI-PAGE APPLICATIONS
Chapter 11: BUILDING CONNECTED APPLICATIONS
Chapter 12: LEVERAGING TABLET FEATURES
Part III: ADVANCING TO PROFESSIONAL WINDOWS 8 DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 13: CREATING WINDOWS 8 STYLE APPLICATIONS WITH C++
Chapter 14: ADVANCED PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS
Chapter 15: TESTING AND DEBUGGING WINDOWS 8 APPLICATIONS
Chapter 16: INTRODUCING THE WINDOWS STORE
Part IV: APPENDICES
Appendix A: ANSWERS TO EXERCISES
Appendix B: USEFUL LINKS

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El Libro del Día: Start Here Build Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript

El Libro del Día: 2014-07-21

Titulo: Start Here Build Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript
Autor: Dino Esposito, Francesco Esposito
Editorial: Microsoft
Nro Paginas: 388

Capítulos:
Chapter 1 Using Visual Studio 2012 Express edition for Windows 8
Chapter 2 Making sense of HTML5
Chapter 3 Making sense of CSS
Chapter 4 Making sense of JavaScript
Chapter 5 First steps with Windows 8 development
Chapter 6 The user interface of Windows Store applications
Chapter 7 Navigating through multimedia content
Chapter 8 States of a Windows 8 application
Chapter 9 Integrating with the Windows 8 environment
Chapter 10 Adding persistent data to applications
Chapter 11 Working with remote data
Chapter 12 Accessing devices and sensors
Chapter 13 Adding Live tiles
Chapter 14 Publishing an application

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El Libro del Día: Releasing HTML5 Games for Windows 8

El Libro del Día: 2014-07-11

Titulo: Releasing HTML5 Games for Windows 8
Autor: Jesse Freeman
Editorial: O'Reilly
Nro Paginas: 159

Capítulos:
1. Getting Started with Windows 8
2. Getting Started with Visual Studio
3. Screen Resolution and Artwork
4. Handling Game Controls On Windows 8
5. Debugging and Optimization
6. Publishing Your Game to the Windows 8 Store
7. Monetization
8. Back to the Web
9. Case Study: Heroine Dusk
10. Windows 8 Resources

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El Libro del Día: Real World Windows 8 App Development with JavaScript

El Libro del Día: 2014-07-09

Titulo: Real World Windows 8 App Development with JavaScript
Autor: Edward Moemeka, Elizabeth Moemeka
Editorial: Apress
Nro Paginas: 281

Capítulos:
Chapter 1: The Windows 8 Ethos and Environment
Chapter 2: Getting the Basics Right
Chapter 3: Incorporating Layout and Controls
Chapter 4: Navigating the Media Maze
Chapter 5: Making the Most Out of Charms and Contracts
Chapter 6: Solving the Printing Problem
Chapter 7: Providing Clear Notifications
Chapter 8: Keeping Apps Running in the Background
Chapter 9: Monetizing Your App: The Lowdown
Chapter 10: Getting Your App on the Windows Store

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El Libro del Día: VS2012 and .NET 4.5 Expert Development Cookbook

El Libro del Día: 2014-06-03

Titulo: Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 Expert Development Cookbook
Autor: Abhishek Sur
Editorial: Packt
Nro Paginas: 380

Capítulos:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Visual Studio IDE Features
Chapter 2: Basics of .NET Programs and Memory Management
Chapter 3: Asynchronous Programming in .NET
Chapter 4: Enhancements to ASP.NET
Chapter 5: Enhancements to WPF
Chapter 6: Building Touch-sensitive Device Applications in Windows 8
Chapter 7: Communication and Sharing using Windows 8

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