CSS for Windows 8 App Development

by Jeremy Foster

Overview

CSS for Windows 8 App Development is your learning guide for CSS – the language of great Windows 8-style apps. Learn the built-in styles that make the built-in controls shine, how to define them, and how to use CSS to give your custom app assets that beautiful Modern UI style.

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is the clear standard for styling web applications, and with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript now powering apps on Windows 8, it’s the clear standard there as well. CSS is a powerful styling and layout language that greatly simplifies the selection of page elements and their visual display, layout, and animation. Additionally, Windows 8 apps appear on a large variety of screen formats, and CSS is the primary means for uniquely defining these layouts.

• Learn the language of great Windows 8-style apps
• Raise your knowledge of the CSS3 standard
• Use the styles built-in to Windows 8 style apps
• Apply CSS styles to your app

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430249849
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	03/26/2013
Series:	Expert's Voice in Windows 8
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	312
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Jeremy Foster was educated in computer engineering and mathematics, gathered disparate industry experience in education, aerospace manufacturing, and insurance. With just enough and not nearly enough education and experience, he finally joined Microsoft with the goal of informing and inspiring other software developers to write code and write it right. When he is not working, he is likely spending time with his wife and son, hiking and camping, sailing, scuba diving, or working on house projects. Find Jeremy online at @codefoster and codefoster.com.

Table of Contents

1. Windows 8 Design
2. Introduction to Windows 8 Development
3. Selectors and Style Rules
4. Text Properties
5. Box Properties
6. Transforms, Transitions, and Animation Properties
7. Layout Properties
8. Global Styles
9. WinJS Control Styles 
10. Overriding and Defining Styles
11. CSS Libraries and Resources
12. Styling SVG