Modern Microsoft Visual C++ and the Windows Runtime

by Sridhar Poduri

Apply your existing Visual C++ skills—and begin building your own Windows 8 apps now. The author—a member of the Windows team at Microsoft—expertly guides you through the Windows Runtime and core programming and design concepts. From there, you’ll start working with Visual C++ component extensions, or C++/CX, which enable native C++ programming for modern Windows apps. Build on what you know—and extend your expertise—by learning how to use C++ with XAML to create Windows 8 style UIs, work with new data types in C++ AMP, build extensible WinRT components with C++/CX, and perform unit-testing on your apps.

416 pages, Paperback

First published December 4, 2012