Accessing the Best of WinRT with WinJS
Part of the Windows 8 Application Development with HTML5 For Dummies Cheat Sheet
The best bits of WinRT can be accessed from JavaScript thanks to WinJS — a new library for Windows 8 programming from Microsoft. The WinJS library gives HTML5 programmers the ability to get to all of the cool stuff in WinRT that might otherwise go against the grain of JavaScript development, like async and data binding.
| Namespace | What It Does |
|---|---|
| WinJS.Application | Gives easy access to the higher-level DOM objects like storage and app eventing. |
| WinJS.Binding | Data binding, HTML style. |
| WinJS.Class | JavaScript might not have classes, but WinRT does! Makes your JavaScript more class-driven. |
| WinJS.Namespace | If you have classes, you need namespaces to keep them in, right? |
| WinJS.Navigation | The navigational model of Windows Store apps is wide and deep. Get around with this set of classes. |
| WinJS.Resources | Core resources and localization can be found here. |
| WinJS.UI | This is the biggest bit. All of the HTML controls that have styles for touch are in here, along with animation and the page model. |
| WinJS.Utilities | Contains all of the helpers that smooth the transition from web development to Windows 8 development. |
