Introducing Windows 8

A short, fast and focused guide to enhance your Windows 8 applications by leveraging the power of Windows Azure Mobile Services Overview Dive deep into Azure Mobile Services with a practical XAML-based case study game Enhance your applications with Push Notifications and Notifications Hub Follow step-by-step instructions for result-oriented examples In Detail Windows Azure is the most opted for cloud technology, and is getting better each day. With the increasing number of users of Windows Phone and Windows 8, the necessity for a good robust cloud service to support the apps is increasing. Windows Azure Mobile Services is a set of Windows Azure hosted services that are designed to quickly build, deploy, and manage a mobile web-connected app. Using ...

Creating fun, sophisticated games for Windows devices large or small has never been easier! With masses of example code and fully working games for you to download and run straight away Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Game Development is your ideal first step into modern games development. This book gives you everything you need to realize your dreams and produce fantastic games that will run on all Windows 8 devices from desktops to tablets to phones. You can code once and run everywhere. The ubiquity of Windows 8 devices makes this opportunity to good to miss! The Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 platforms have huge potential for gaming. New form-factors - such as the Surface tablet - coupled with improved processors and higher screen resolutions ...

Learn to make iOS apps even if you have absolutely no programming experience. This hands-on book takes you from idea to App Store, using real-world examples-such as driving a car or eating at a restaurant-to teach programming and app development. You'll learn concepts through clear, concise, jargon-free language.This book focuses on Apple's new programming language, Swift. Each lesson is divided into two parts: the lecture portion explains the terms and concepts through examples, and the exercise portion helps you apply these concepts while building real-world apps, like a tip calculator. Learn how to think differently-and see the world from a whole new perspective.Learn the basic building blocks of programmingDive into the Swift programming language...