Programming Windows 8 Apps in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, a free ebook from Microsoft Press, is now available at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2012/10/29/free-ebook-programming-windows-8-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript.aspx. Seventeen chapters and 833 pages in all. It's been a joy (even if it meant many late nights) to bring this work to fruition, as it's so much been a process of giving voice to many of the talented individuals on the Windows 8 team. Because it's a free ebook, there's no excuse not to download it  and there's plenty that will be useful to app developers working in languages other than JavaScript. A good portion of Chapter 13, for example, is about writing web services for periodic updates and push notifications, and those are applicable to apps written in any language. The PDF version is available now; other ebook formats will be coming along in another week or two.

I'm one again delighted to announce that the second preview of my free ebook from Microsoft Press, Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, is now available for the RTM release of Windows. The full announcement, including the material covered in the added chapters (12 in all now), is on http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2012/08/20/free-ebook-programming-windows-8-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript-second-preview.aspx. I'm happy to hear any and all feedback. You can direct it to me via Microsoft Press' address, msinput (at) Microsoft.com, or myself at kraig (at) kraigbrockschmidt.com. Enjoy!