CSS for Windows 8 App Development

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4302-4983-2
Verlag: Apress

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 5916 g

is your learning guide for CSS – the language of great Windows 8-style apps. Learn the built-in styles that make the built-in controls shine, how to define them, and how to use CSS to give your custom app assets that beautiful Modern UI style.

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is the clear standard for styling web applications, and with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript now powering apps on Windows 8, it’s the clear standard there as well. CSS is a powerful styling and layout language that greatly simplifies the selection of page elements and their visual display, layout, and animation. Additionally, Windows 8 apps appear on a large variety of screen formats, and CSS is the primary means for uniquely defining these layouts.

• Learn the language of great Windows 8-style apps
• Raise your knowledge of the CSS3 standard
• Use the styles built-in to Windows 8 style apps
• Apply CSS styles to your app

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foster, Jeremy

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Microsoft Programmierung Windows Programmierung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Handheld Programmierung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Webprogrammierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Windows 8 Design

- Introduction to Windows 8 Development

- Selectors and Style Rules

- Text Properties

- Box Properties

- Transforms, Transitions, and Animation Properties

- Layout Properties

- Global Styles

- WinJS Control Styles 

- Overriding and Defining Styles

- CSS Libraries and Resources

- Styling SVG

Über Autor(innen)

Jeremy Foster was educated in computer engineering and mathematics, gathered disparate industry experience in education, aerospace manufacturing, and insurance. With just enough and not nearly enough education and experience, he finally joined Microsoft with the goal of informing and inspiring other software developers to write code and write it right. When he is not working, he is likely spending time with his wife and son, hiking and camping, sailing, scuba diving, or working on house projects. Find Jeremy online at @codefoster and codefoster.com.