Introduction to Universal Windows Platform Development with XAML

By András Velvárt
Learn how to develop for Windows 10 using XAML and C#, and take advantage of the Windows Store, which is common among all devices: phones, tablets, laptops, desktops, Xbox, and even HoloLens!
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Rating
(150)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Jan 13, 2016
Duration
5h 39m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 2m
Introduction!
Intro 9m The Nameday App 4m Windows 10 for Developers 8m Placing C# and XAML on the Map! 7m Summary 1m
Hello UWP!
Module Intro 1m Installing the Tools 3m A Tour of the Created Project 10m Hello UWP! 10m Summary 1m
Let's Lay Out the Layout!
Module Intro 1m The Border Control and the Properties Window 7m Resizing and Positioning Within a Border 7m The ViewBox 4m The ScrollViewer 2m Introduction to Panels and Blend 2m The Canvas 4m The StackPanel 5m Combining a ScrollViewer with a StackPanel 1m The RelativePanel 1m The Grid 4m Creating the Nameday Project 1m Replicating the Target Layout 4m Module Summary 2m
Bind That Data!
Module Intro 1m Databinding the Greeting 6m The Model and the Test Data 4m Listing the Names 8m The SelectedNameday Property and INotifyPropertyChanged 5m Filtering and INotifyCollectionChanged 5m Module Summary 2m
To the Cloud!
Module Intro 1m Async - Await 12m Downloading and Parsing the Namedays 5m Design Time Data 2m Module Summary 1m
More Features!
Module Intro 1m Listing Contacts - Logic 6m Listing Contacts - UI 6m Sending Email 3m AppBar, Calendar, and Commanding 5m Settings, ObservableObject 7m The About Page 4m Module Summary 1m
Meanwhile in the Background...
Module Intro 1m Background Tasks - Intro 3m Background Tasks - Registration 4m Refactoring 2m Notifications 4m Live Tiles 5m Cortana Intro 5m Cortana Voice Command 4m A Conversation with Cortana 6m Module Summary 1m
Templating in Style
Module Intro 1m Styles 6m Style Inheritance 3m Resource Dictionaries 4m Templates 7m ListView Templates 2m Updating the Look and Feel of the App 8m Module Summary 2m
Animated Behavior
Module Intro 1m Storyboard Animations 9m Show Current Nameday on Loading 4m Visual States 11m Built-in Animations 2m Module Summary 3m
Universe and Continuum
Introduction 1m Why Universal? 7m Effective Pixels 4m Adaptive Layout with Visual States 5m Device Family Specific XAML 2m Adaptive Code 1m Universal Nameday 7m Summary 2m
To Infinity and Beyond!
Module Intro 1m App Lifecycle 4m The Model-View-View-Model Pattern 7m Submitting to the Store 12m Coda 3m
Description
Course info
Rating
(150)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Jan 13, 2016
Duration
5h 39m
Description

With an expected one-billion devices running the OS in a few years, Windows 10 is a great opportunity for Microsoft developers. For the first time in history, Microsoft is providing a unified OS and App Store and a universal development platform for the whole range of devices: traditional desktop computers, phones, tablets, huge touch-screen displays, Xbox, Internet of Things devices, and even Hololens. This development platform is the Universal Windows Platform, and this course will get you up to speed on how to create an app targeting the UWP with XAML, the same powerful technology that the Windows 10 start menu and the new Office apps are built upon.

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András Velvárt
About the author

András is an 8 time Microsoft MVP (Windows Dev / Emerging Experiences), and a consultant on XAML technologies.

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Course Overview
Hello. My name is Andras Velvart, and this is my course, Introduction to Universal Windows Platform Development with XAML. You may know me from apps like the SurfCube 3D Browser or the music game, SongArc with over 2 million downloads. I'm also doing consultancy and architecture work on various XAML-based enterprise projects. Windows 10 has introduced universal apps, which has or will make its way to PCs, tablets, phones, IoT devices, Xbox and HoloLens. With Microsoft on its way to 1 billion devices running Windows 10, the universal Windows platform represents a tremendous developer opportunity. While we build an entire app from scratch, you will learn about layout, data binding, Cortana integration, live tiles and notifications, and spicing up the app using styles, templates, and animations. By the end of this course, you will be able to get started creating your first app. Before beginning the course, you should be at least somewhat familiar with C# development.

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