Quickly build Windows 8-style apps 1-development tools installation and simulator use

Original: Quick build Windows 8 Style App 1-development tools installation and simulator use

This post focuses on the development of two common development tools used in Windows 8 style apps: Visual Studio 2012 and expression Blend for Visual Studio 2012, Windows 8 Simulator Feature button Introduction and Visual Studio 2012 installation steps.

Let's start with a brief introduction to Visual Studio 2012 and expression Blend for Visual Studio 2012.

Visual Studio :

1. Use the same designer for all supported development languages, including: C #, C + +, and VB;
2. The core editing user interface is shared with Expression Blend;
3. consistent XAML parsing;
4. Use shared user programs in all possible places;
5. Each tool is optimized for the target user and workflow;

For more information about Visual Studio 2012, refer to the relevant documentation in MSDN at the following address:

Http://msdn.microsoft.com/zh-cn/library/dd831853.aspx

Expression Blend for Visual Studio 2012:

1. Use the same interface designer for all supported languages, including: HTML and XAML;
2. The core editing user interface is shared with Visual Studio;
3. Solve complex design tasks;
4. In general, Visual Studio is responsible for coding, and blend is responsible for designing;

In addition, for developers of Windows 8 style applications, the simulator is an essential tool to fully test the application's proximity to real-world devices by setting different function buttons for the Operation simulator.

After we launch the simulator, we can see a row of function buttons on the right side of the simulator, what exactly are these function buttons? As shown in the following:

Finally, I want to show you how to install Visual Studio 2012 in the form of a legend. In addition, we install Visual Studio 2012 and automatically install the expression Blend for Visual Studio 2012 development tool.

Visual Studio 2012 is as follows:

Http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/11/zh-cn/downloads

The specific installation steps for Visual Studio 2012 are as follows:

Step 1: Open the Visual Studio 2012 Installation Kit

Step 2: Double-click to open a file with the suffix. exe

Step 3: Select the installation path and click Next

Step 4: Select the development tools you need to install, click Install

Step 5: Install ... this process is lengthy and requires patience.

Step 6: Successful installation, select Click to enable

Step 7: Set the default development language at startup, and usually choose to familiarize yourself with the development language

Step 8:visual Studio 2012 initialization starts, this process takes a few minutes

Step 9: After a successful startup, you can choose to create a new project

Step 10: Select the template for the new project in Windows Store

Step 11: Eject get Windows 8 Developer license, click I agree

Step 12:

Step 13: Sign in with any Microsoft mailbox (such as a Hotmail mailbox)

Step 14:

Step 15: Once you have successfully acquired a developer license, you can develop our Windows 8 style app

Quickly build Windows 8-style apps 1-development tools installation and simulator use