Now after installing Vs you are ready to start.
first of all open visual studio you will find a page like this :



here you have a couple of choices :
1-Create a new project from (New Project).
2-Open an existing project (Open Project).

this is one way the other way is from the file tab you can create a new project or open an exisiting one !

so let's choose Create new project !

this is what you will get :



here you will find a lot of things ..simply  this is templates from Microsoft we will take about that later.

what we will do now is choosing a blank app(Windows)

Note :
Make sure that you are under C# >> Store Apps >> Windows Apps.

Name your app and choose the location on your machine !

then click ok !

you will find this page :

this page is app.xaml.cs ... will talk about that later.
from the solution tab on the right choose mainpage.xaml

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Now you are done !
You have create your first project.The next couple of posts we will talk about xaml elements
like grids and stackpanels.
stay tuned !

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First of all
You can get VS (Visual Studio) from Microsoft web site and you have the choice to download it using microsoft tool for download and install the package for once or you can download an ISO file and use it whenever you want .

the download is pretty large it is  almost 6.89 GB (for the PROFESSIONAL edition ) the time the download will take depend on your connection speed !
now after downloading the file run it and you will get this Dialog :

 

make sure that the blend check box is checked !
then click install and the installation process will start immediately.
now you have VS and blend on you machine
in the next post we will start our XAML serise ;)
stay tuned !

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The differences between VS and Blend are:

If you are writing a lot of code and you are sort of like that switching to XAML to make a quick edit you probably use Visual Studio.

So what is Blend?

Blend is about deep diving and making (Styling) your UI and sort of working with assets from

Photoshop and Illustrator. So blend is designed to let you do like a design-focused tasks.

So what can I do in blend that I can’t do I Visual Studio?

There is nothing you can do in blend that you couldn’t do in VS. Blend just make it easier for you with all the special tooling around blend.

So if you are doing some animations you could either do it in VS or Blend.

If you want to make animations in VS you could open VS and start typing and get it done

But if you want to make It easier you should probably use blend
to be honest with you making animations in VS is sort of thing that is hard to fit inside your code-focused.

So now you get the idea here …

In the next post we will discuss how to get VS and Blend. see you there.

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What does XAML stands for ?

XAML Stands For Extensible Application Markup Language

XAML (pronounced "zammel")

What is XAML?

XAML is a XML-based markup language developed by Microsoft.It is the language behind the visual presentation of an application.
You can use Microsoft Expression Blend to Design your application without typing any code at all
but here in XAML Gate we will learn how to type XAML.

What can i use XAML for ? Tools ?

You can use XAML for constructing visual user interfaces (UI) in markup instead of a programming language.

You can either use Visual Studio  or Microsoft expression blend for designing your UI and we will define the differences between them in the very next post. 

XAML is used in windows 8 store apps & windows phone a lot and also WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation).

OK now we know what is XAML so in the next post we will define the differences between using VS
(Visual Studio)  and using Blend.

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