Chapter 11. Developing Apps with XAML
Developing Windows Store apps is not exclusive to HTML5 and JavaScript. Microsoft offers other choices with Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) and .NET, thus targeting a broader range of developers and expertise to develop for the Store. Whatever your background is, whether web or Windows development, there is a place for you—a starting point—because the road map to the Windows Store will be the same regardless of your choice of programming language. In the previous chapters, we have been learning how to develop apps and features with HTML5 and JavaScript. But in this chapter, we will learn about other platforms and programming languages available for developers. We will also cover the basics of creating an app with XAML/C#.