Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to TouchDevelop
1.1 Computers want to be programmed
1.3 The TouchDevelop ecosystem
Chapter 2 The Scripting Language
2.1 Introduction – the language flavor
Chapter 3 The Wall – using the screen
3.1 Output – the writing on the wall
3.2 Input of values from the touchscreen
3.3 Updating the wall’s content
3.8 On-demand creation of output
4.2 Downloading and uploading files
4.3 Downloading structured data
4.4 REST guidelines and web requests
Chapter 6 Camera, Graphics and Video
6.3 Static graphics drawing and display
6.4 Playing videos from the internet
8.7 Calendar and appointments (WP8 only)
8.8 Contacts (WP8 and Android only)
9.4 The Sprite Collection datatype
Chapter 10 UI with Boxes and Pages
10.3 Examples of Boxes and Pages
10.5 Live Editing of the User Interface
10.6 API Support for Boxes and Pages
Chapter 11 Authenticating Web Services
Appendix A Editing TouchDevelop Scripts
A.4 More advanced editing features
Appendix B TouchDevelop Services
Appendix C TouchDevelop Datatypes
Appendix D Platform Capabilities
D.3 Supported Sensors and Devices
D.4 Support for Services/Resources
Appendix E TouchDevelop Editor on a Windows Phone
E.2 The back button, undo and mistakes
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