Introducing a new set of controls

Besides content, your app will need controls; regular HTML controls such as buttons, select lists, and checkboxes; and some Windows 8 exclusive controls such as the AppBar rating and settings. In addition to the standard built-in HTML controls, WinJS provides a set of new and feature-rich controls designed for Windows Store apps using JavaScript. These controls are basically objects available in the WinJS.UI namespace; so, a date picker control will look like WinJS.UI.DatePicker. Here is a list of the major WinJS.UI controls you will use in an app:

• DatePicker: This renders a customizable control that is used to select a date value

• TimePicker: This renders a customizable control that is used to select a time value

• Menu: This renders a menu flyout control for displaying commands

• AppBar: This renders an application toolbar for displaying commands

• FlipView: This renders a collection of items to be displayed one item at a time

• ListView: This renders a collection of...