Beginning Windows 8 Application Development

Part III

Advancing to Professional Windows 8 Development

• Chapter 13: Creating Windows 8 Style Applications with C++
• Chapter 14: Advanced Programming Concepts
• Chapter 15: Testing and Debugging Windows 8 Applications
• Chapter 16: Introducing the Windows Store

Chapter 13

Creating Windows 8 Style Applications with C++

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER:

• Understanding the scenarios where the C++ programming language is the right choice
• Getting to know the most important recent enhancements to the C++ language
• Getting acquainted with the new features that make it possible to write Windows 8 style applications in C++

WROX.COM CODE DOWNLOADS FOR THIS CHAPTER

You can find the wrox.com code downloads for this chapter on the Download Code tab at www.wrox.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=012680. The code is in the Chapter13.zip download and individually named, as described in the corresponding exercises.

Although the title of this chapter may suggest that it is only for C++ developers, this is not true. In this chapter, if you are a C#, Visual Basic, or JavaScript developer, you learn in which scenarios C++ is the best choice of available Windows 8 languages. If you have had experience with C++ in the past (even if it was frustrating), this chapter demonstrates that C++ has become a modern, fast, clean, and safe language, as well as a first-class citizen in Windows 8 style application development.

First, you learn about the renaissance of C++, and then you are presented with an overview of recent ...