This book introduces novice developers to a range of data access
strategies for storing and retreiving data both locally and remotely. It
provides you with a range of fully working data access solutions and the
insight you need to know when, and how, to apply each of the techniques
to best advantage.
Focussing specifically on how the Windows 8 app developer can work with
the Windows Runtime (often called Windows RT) framework this book
provides careful analysis of the many options you have open to you,
along with a comparision of their strengths and weaknesses under
different conditions. With the days of a single database being the right
choice for almost all development projects long gone. You will lean that
the right choice for your app now depends on a variety of factors and
getting it right will be critical to your customer's end user
experience.
We cover a range of data access strategies ranging from storing and
retrieving data locally using the JET API, to using the most popular
open and closed source database products like SQLite and SQL Server. We
look at how lightweight HTML and JavaScript apps work well with equally
feather-weight data stores like IndexedDB. We'll also introduce you to
more advanced data access techniques like REST (JSON), WCF RIA Services,
ASP.NET MVC 4 Web API and Windows Azure that can hugely expand the
horizons of what it is possible for your app to do as storage - and even
processing - are taken beyond the confines of your user's device.
By the time you have read this book you will be familiar with the key
data access considerations you will need to evaluate as you build you
apps and you will be able to confidently select the data access
architecture that is most appropriate to the app you want to build.
