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Abstract: This short screencast will show you how to access the Camera in your own Windows 8 App using HTML and JavaScript. We do this in a fun, immersive way utilizing this free tool. Next Steps: Step #1 – Download Windows 8 Release Preview and Windows 8 SDKStep #2 – Download Visual Studio Express…

Abstract: This video demonstrates how to implement advanced App Bar capabilities via HTML and JavaScript for features like creating “Sticky” App Bars, incorporating CSS styling, localization for global appeal, and integrating custom Fly-Outs. Next Steps: Step #1 – Download Windows 8 Release Preview…

Abstract: This video demonstrates how to integrate custom App Bar icon images in HTML and JavaScript – along with the various options for positioning App Bar elements on the bottom and top of the screen. Next Steps: Step #1 – Download Windows 8 Release Preview and Windows 8 SDKStep #2 – Download…

Abstract: This video demonstrates how to quickly create a basic App Bar in HTML and then wire-up click event handlers in JavaScript for the App Bar commands. Next Steps: Step #1 – Download Windows 8 Release Preview and Windows 8 SDKStep #2 – Download Visual Studio Express for Windows 8Step #3 –…

Abstract: This screencast discusses the lifetime of a Windows 8 Application and demonstrates what a developer needs to do to plan for the activation, suspension, and resumption of an app. Next Steps: Step #1 – Download Windows 8 Release Preview and Windows 8 SDKStep #2 – Download Visual Studio…

Abstract: This video introduces and demonstrates the basic techniques needed to implement the Settings contract in a Windows 8 application using the WinJS libraries. You’ll see how to create the markup and script to implement and wire up a WinJS SettingsFlyout control that will smoothly integrate…

Abstract: Most users have experienced optical zooming which allows them to use a familiar pinching gesture to scale the elements on the display. In a similar fashion, semantic zoom allows the user to zoom in or out on lists of data. It transforms the list in a way that helps the user to get oriented…

Abstract: This short screencast will show you how to add Music and Sound Effects to your own Windows 8 app using HTML5 and JavaScript. We do this in a fun, immersive way utilizing this free tool. Next Steps: Step #1 – Download Windows 8 Release Preview and Windows 8 SDKStep #2 – Download Visual…

Abstract: Windows 8 applications developed in HTML and JavaScript share functionality with web sites including hyperlinking. But sometimes hyperlinking is not powerful enough for modern applications. Learn to use the navigation pattern in Windows 8 to take control of the user’s navigation path,…

Abstract: This video demonstrates obtaining and referencing the Callisto framework within a Windows 8 (XAML) application. The sample also shows the basic use of a Ratings control. Next Steps: Step #1 – Download Windows 8 Release Preview and Windows 8 SDKStep #2 – Download Visual Studio Express for…