Developing for Windows 8

• End-to-end flow demonstration

• Setting up your MobileFirst development environment
• Setting up the Windows 8 development environment

• Configuring a native Windows 8 application with the MobileFirst Platform SDK
• Introduction to MobileFirst Console
• Connecting to MobileFirst Server
• Using CLI to create, build, and manage MobileFirst project artifacts

Required reading

• Adapters overview
• Invoking adapter procedures from native Windows 8 applications

Further reading

• JavaScript adapters
  • JavaScript HTTP Adapter
  • JavaScript SQL Adapter
  • JavaScript Cast Iron Adapter
  • JavaScript JMS Adapter
  • Using Java in JavaScript adapters
• Java Adapter
  • Java HTTP adapter
  • Java SQL adapter
• Debugging adapters
• Integrating with Cloudant using an adapter

Authentication concepts

Form-based authentication

• Form-based authentication - server configuration
• Form-based authentication - client implementation

Adapter-based authentication

• Adapter-based authentication - server configuration
• Adapter-based authentication - client implementation
• Two-Step authentication

Custom authentication

• Custom authentication - server configuration
• Custom authentication - client implementation

Application Authenticity Protection

• Application Authenticity Protection

Push Notifications

• Push Notifications Overview
• Push notifications in native Windows 8 applications

• Moving from development environment to stand-alone QA and production servers
• Distributing mobile applications with Application Center

• Operational Analytics
• Reports and analytics