List of Tables

Chapter 2. The Modern UI

Table 2.1. Recommended font sizes for Windows apps

Chapter 3. The Windows Runtime and .NET

Table 3.1. Languages and presentation technologies that can create Windows Store Modern Style apps

Table 3.2. A few interesting WinRT and .NET 4.5 APIs

Chapter 6. Panels

Table 6.1. The attached properties provided by the Canvas. Use these to position elements within the panel.

Table 6.2. The different types of column and row sizing in the Grid

Table 6.3. The attached properties provided by the Grid. Use these to position elements within the panel.

Chapter 7. Brushes, graphics, styles, and resources

Table 7.1. The commands in the XAML Path mini language. This brings back memories of programming LOGO Paths on the Commodore 64 in sixth grade.

Chapter 10. View controls, Semantic Zoom, and navigation

Table 10.1. The important template properties of the GridView used when grouping items

Chapter 15. Working with files

Table 15.1. Known URI formats for Windows 8 apps

Chapter 16. Asynchronous everywhere

Table 16.1. Async support interfaces in WinRT. All asynchronous operations must return a type implementing at least one of these interfaces.

Chapter 18. A chat app using sockets

Table 18.1. The three message types supported in the chat app

Chapter 21. Keyboards, mice, touch, accelerometers, and gamepads

Table 21.1. The results of subtracting the ship’s 45-degree heading angle from the Atan2 touch angle result

Table 21.2. The final shaping of the results