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Visual Studio 2013 and .NET 4.5 Expert Cookbook

You're reading from   Visual Studio 2013 and .NET 4.5 Expert Cookbook Over 30 recipes to successfully mix the powerful capabilities of Visual Studio 2013 with .NET 4.5

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2014
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ISBN-13 9781849689724
Length 308 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Abhishek Sur Abhishek Sur
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. A Guide to Debugging with Visual Studio FREE CHAPTER 2. Enhancements to WCF 4.5 3. Building a Touch-sensitive Device Application Using Windows Phone 8 4. Working with Team Foundation Server 5. Testing Applications Using Visual Studio 2013 6. Extending the Visual Studio IDE 7. Understanding Cloud Computing with Windows Azure Index

Introduction


Windows Phones are the newest smart device that has come to the market and host the Windows operating system from Microsoft. The new operating system that was introduced to the market significantly differs from the previous Windows mobile operating system. Microsoft has shifted gears on producing a consumer-oriented phone rather than an enterprise mobile environment. The operating system is stylish and focused on the consumer. It was built keeping a few principles in mind:

  • Simple and light, with focus on completing primary tasks quickly

  • Distinct typography (Segoe WP) for all its UI

  • Smart and predefined animation for the UI

  • Focus on content, not chrome (the whole screen is available to the application for use)

  • Honesty in design

Unlike the previous Windows Phone operating system, Windows Phone 8 is built on the same core on which Windows PC is now running. The shared core indicates that the Windows core system includes the same Windows OS, including NT Kernel, NT filesystem, and networking...

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