Getting started with Blank App

Let's start creating a minimal app using the Blank App template; the first thing we need to do is launch Visual Studio 2012, create a new project, and go to JavaScript | Windows Store | Blank App. Although the Blank App seems empty when you run it, it contains several files that are essential to any Windows Store app you create using JavaScript; all the other templates will have these files. The following screenshot shows the structure of this app listed in the Solution Explorer window:

This previous screenshot shows the skeleton of a simple app, with the following files:

• Windows Library for JavaScript 1.0: The Windows Library for JavaScript is a library of CSS and JavaScript files. As you drill down into this folder you will see that it contains two subfolders, as follows:

  • css: This folder includes the two main CSS stylesheets that contains the set of styles that gives the app the Windows 8 look and feel. The two stylesheets are ui-dark.css and ui-light.css....