Designing Windows 8 Apps
Design great apps that your users will love.
What you'll learn
It can be daunting when you want to create a new app. First you need some ideas, then, you need to choose the best one. Once you've done that, how do you decide what features to put in version one? This course leads you through this process and onwards into actually designing the navigation experience, user interface, and integrating your app into the Windows 8 experience.
Table of contents
- Introduction and Agenda 1m
- User Value 4m
- Introducing Some Windows 8 Features 3m
- Demo: Sharing Source and Target 3m
- Demo: Search 3m
- Demo: Primary App Live Tile 4m
- Demo: Secondary App Tiles 2m
- Demo: Toast Notifications 2m
- Demo: App Settings 1m
- Feature Brainstorming 3m
- Choosing Features for Version 1 2m
- The MoSCoW Method for Prioritisation 3m
- Monetization Options 2m
- Expanding Feature Ideas with User Stories 2m
- Module Summary 1m
- Introduction and Agenda 1m
- The Microsoft Design Principles 3m
- Navigation Patterns 6m
- Demo: Some Navigation Patterns in Action 5m
- Designing The Navigation Flow 7m
- Interacting with App Content and Features 1m
- Elevating Content 1m
- App Commands and App Bars 7m
- Context Menus 1m
- Using Relevant Charms 1m
- App View States 4m
- Typography and Fonts 4m
- Fundamental Page Layout Guidelines 3m
- Introducing Paper Prototyping 2m
- Module Summary 1m
- Course Summary and Further Reading 1m
About the author
With over 15 years of experience in both frontend and backend software development, Jason Roberts is a freelance developer, trainer, and author. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computing, is the author of several books, and writes at his blog DontCodeTired.com. Jason is an open source contributor and in addition to enterprise software development, he has designed and developed Windows Store and Windows Phone apps.