Chapter 10. Architecting a Windows 8 app

After completing this chapter, you will be able to

  • Understand the general architecture of an application.

  • Define the architecture of a Windows 8 app.

  • Consume a remote service from a Windows 8 app.

This chapter provides some useful information about the architecture of software solutions, with particular focus on those solutions that include a Windows 8 app as one of the available presentation layers.

Application architecture in general

Any software solution, even the smallest one, should be implemented starting with the overall architecture definition. In fact, every single time you develop a software solution you should take care of how to organize code and logical partitioning in order to satisfy function, ...

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