Build Apps for Both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Jump Start

Windows 8 and Windows are not the same platform. This module will cover how they are different by going over the UI and XAML, Platform specific features and reviewing the data model and supporting code.

This session will go over Data binding basics and look further into Dependency object and property. It will review properties for binding specifically INotifyPropertyChanged and INotifyCollectionChanged, and include business logic to respond to user actions in the view.

This module introduces the user to MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel), the architecture and the Pros and cons. It will provide an overview for how to share code using MVVM, .NET portable class library as well as going over best practices and providing a wealth of resource information.

Ben creates live demos to show examples of how to maximize code reuse. This final segment will include an overview of reuse techniques such as portable library, shared source code, inheritance, conditional compilation, partial classes and methods.