Working With Data and Files

Course details

There are multiple concepts to consider concerning working with data in Windows Store Apps. This course teaches how data sources can be bound to certain controls making displaying data an efficient process. This course teaches how to use controls geared towards displaying lists of data, as well how to store and retrieve data from local files, remote sources, and by using system provided pickers. This course is one of a series in the Skillsoft learning path that helps prepare learners for the Microsoft Exam 70-484: Essentials of Developing Windows Store Apps Using C#.

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• start the course
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• work with local files and use the cloud and web services
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• bind properties of elements to other elements and object instances
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• bind a GridView to a collection
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• create a custom class that can be used for data binding and implement the INotifyPropertyChanged interface
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• create a converter that can be used with data binding by implementing the IValueConverter interface and use a converter when data binding in XAML
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• use some of the WinRT controls
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• add items to a GridView Control from XAML and adding items to a GridView control using C#
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• set up a data template for formatting and displaying grid view items and make a data template reusable among multiple grid views
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• group data using the GridView control
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• add items manually to a FlipView control in XAML and C# and respond to the SelectionChanged event of a FlipView control
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• add items manually to a ListView control in XAML and C# and respond to the SelectionChanged event of a ListView control
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• alter the default layout of a GridView control and with the ListView control
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• set up a header using ListView and GridView controls
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• use the GridView, ListView, and FlipView controls
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• describe common classes and their functions that are located in the Windows.Storage.Namespace
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• use the components that make up an applications data store
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• save data in an app's local data st