Microsoft's Project Siena: Create Windows Applications Without Programming Language
Making an app for any application requires coding knowledge. But it s not necessary that every person should be a coder to make an app. It requires very good skill and deep knowledge of programming language. So does it means, that if a person is not good with programming language, he won't be able to make any application? The answer to this question is NO. Thanks, to Microsoft. Microsoft has released Project Siena, a Windows 8 app which allows anyone to create Windows 8 apps, no programming skills required.
It’s designed as a quick tool for building Windows 8-style apps without any programming skills. It’s also a touch-friendly way to create apps from a tablet, rather than using the desktop equivalents. Project Siena gives you an empty canvas with a good number of tools to play around with. Building the interface is as simple as placing, moving and re-sizing assorted objects on your page: images, videos, buttons, lists, checkboxes, whatever you need.
You can add background images, add labels, buttons, galleries, video players, drop-down menus, shapes, timers, etc. Then you can set such behavior like navigating the page to particular destination or to any new page with options like save or delete. If you want to view data from an outside source, you can do that too! There are options to call data from RSS feeds, Windows Azure, Office Excel spreadsheets, and SharePoint.
Next comes the task of making sure the app works as you expect, deciding what happens when the scroll bar moves, the button is clicked, and so on. And once you've finished you can use the app yourself, or share it with others. Siena apps are built using HTML5 and JavaScript, but can be extended using one's "favorite programming tools."
Project Siena may not require you to write code, but you’ll still have to design an interface, and have some understanding of visual development, events, collections, Excel functions (used for custom app logic) and more. If you’re used to visual development environments, though, and interested in creating simple apps, but have no idea where to begin, then Project Siena will quickly point you in the right direction.
So friends, just go ahead and try this tool and create one nice app for Windows 8. There are also tutorial available on the Microsoft website, click here, using which you can create or try something interesting. If need let me know about the app you created, i will try to highlight it on my blog or post. All the best.
Download Project Siena
Cheers!!!
It’s designed as a quick tool for building Windows 8-style apps without any programming skills. It’s also a touch-friendly way to create apps from a tablet, rather than using the desktop equivalents. Project Siena gives you an empty canvas with a good number of tools to play around with. Building the interface is as simple as placing, moving and re-sizing assorted objects on your page: images, videos, buttons, lists, checkboxes, whatever you need.
You can add background images, add labels, buttons, galleries, video players, drop-down menus, shapes, timers, etc. Then you can set such behavior like navigating the page to particular destination or to any new page with options like save or delete. If you want to view data from an outside source, you can do that too! There are options to call data from RSS feeds, Windows Azure, Office Excel spreadsheets, and SharePoint.
Next comes the task of making sure the app works as you expect, deciding what happens when the scroll bar moves, the button is clicked, and so on. And once you've finished you can use the app yourself, or share it with others. Siena apps are built using HTML5 and JavaScript, but can be extended using one's "favorite programming tools."
Project Siena may not require you to write code, but you’ll still have to design an interface, and have some understanding of visual development, events, collections, Excel functions (used for custom app logic) and more. If you’re used to visual development environments, though, and interested in creating simple apps, but have no idea where to begin, then Project Siena will quickly point you in the right direction.
So friends, just go ahead and try this tool and create one nice app for Windows 8. There are also tutorial available on the Microsoft website, click here, using which you can create or try something interesting. If need let me know about the app you created, i will try to highlight it on my blog or post. All the best.
Download Project Siena
Cheers!!!
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