BUILDING WIN8/RT APPS

Build beautifully simple native Win8/RT style enterprise apps,
including accounting, using mydigitalstructure.

mydigitalstucture is a fully hosted enterprise organisational RPC/"REST" API,
with over 700 methods for managing:

Websites
Contacts
Actions/Activity (including time billing)
Messaging (conversations, IMAP integration)
Projects
Documents
Products, Orders & Stock
Full Accounting with tax reporting.
including full BAS and Payroll in Australia.

With full OAuth and OAuth2.0 support you can also extend the model into facebook, twitter, linkedin and other webapi's.

Check out Jensen Harris talking about Windows 8 app framework
a must watch!

Check out this eBook on Win8 HTML5 & js by Adam Freeman
a must read!

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App design tips from the Microsoft developer camps

Cassandra's Sample WinRT WinJS Code (github)
(free to use as you wish)

Notes on Cassandra's WinRT Coding project

Other code examples

Developer Sign Up (free)

BUILDING AN APP IN WIN8/RT,
BASED ON MYDIGITALSTRUCTURE

Once you have Windows 8 installed, then you can start to build your first Metro style app.

Given the mydigitalstructure commitment to the model-view-controller (MVC) framework, a lot of the existing Javascript/jQuery based code can be leveraged into the Windows 8/RT user experience using WinJS.

You can choose to use the Windows 8/RT native controller functions or reuse your existing jQuery based controller code and then use the Windows 8 IE10 based engine to render the view using js/HTML5.

You can build the app in c# or any other scripting/coding language - the steps below are focused on Javascript/HTML5.

STEP 1

Read Microsoft Windows Metro Style app development & Building your first Windows Metro style app with JavaScript.

STEP 2

Using Visual Studio 11 Express get the 1blankspace.com default scripts or just build directly on mydigitalstructure and get the jQuery scripts (must be local) and build a great user experience within Windows 8!

We'd love to see what you're building, so don't hestitate to contact us with what you've built.

Deploying a Metro style apps to businesses

COMMUNITY COMMENTS

Robert Webster - 1upIT...
Develop With Get Together March 2012, Melbourne

"By using mydigitalstructure.com and Windows 8 there are now no limits to the operating system. Cloud and traditional software merge, finally."

"'The pairing of Windows 8 with mydigitalstructure.com allows business app developers to be more agile and flexible then ever before. Apps can be built which co-exist alongside ever-changing cloud based technologies which will provide unique user experiences."

John Rea - Simple Business Systems...
Develop With Get Together March 2012, Melbourne

"Windows 8 and mydigitaldtructure.com together are a powerful means to quickly deploy customised solutions for businesses. Traditionally individuals and businesses have had to adapt to technology: now, with these new platforms, we can easily shape technology to suit people's needs."

Cassie Buono...
Develop With Get Together March 2012, Melbourne

"I'm a designer so I much prefer to focus on the user experience. With mydigitalstructure.com and Windows 8, with its open, touch-oriented Metro Apps framework, I can spend less time on data structures and backend and more time doing what I enjoy most - creating great user experiences!"