CHAPTER 8

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Handling Data

What is common across all Windows 8 Store apps? They all present some sort of data. Data is the epicenter of an app’s content and plays a crucial role in the end user’s experience with any Windows 8 app. Now that you know how to tackle the user interface layouts in your apps and manage visual states to make your app beautiful to use, it’s time to turn to a critical aspect of building your Windows 8 Store app: handling data appropriately. You will take a deep dive to know the various types of data and the corresponding persistence strategies. Proper planning around data storage leads to a fast and fluid app user experience ...

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