Prerequisites for This Book
If you can build a website using JavaScript, HTML, and Cascading Style Sheets then you have the skills that you need to read and understand this book.
There are two software requirements for building Windows apps and using the code from this book.
First, you must build a Windows 8.1 app on the Windows 8.1 operating system. Let me repeat this: You must have Windows 8.1 installed on your computer to use the code from this book.
Second, in order to use the code from this book, you need Microsoft Visual Studio 2013. There is a free version of Visual Studio 2013—Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows—which you can download from the Microsoft.com website.
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