Introduction

Windows 8 offers exciting new opportunities for developers and designers. Microsoft has created a platform for touch-first applications that features a clean design language inspired by major design movements. This marks the first time that design is paramount in creating Windows applications. This can be a challenge for Windows developers who may not have had to concern themselves with design before. If you are going to build Windows Store applications, you will have to understand the fundamentals of designing for the platform. Designing for Windows 8 has been written to help both developers and designers understand what is necessary to create welldesigned applications for Windows 8.

The book is divided roughly into two parts. The ...

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