Read original post by Derick Bailey at LosTechies
If you’re not following me on Twitter, you may not know about my current project work. I’m working with Christopher Bennage and the Microsoft Patterns & Practicesgroup to build a Windows 8, WinJS, Metro-style app with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. It’s a tremendously fun project, and I’m learning a lot – not only about Windows 8 and metro style apps, but also about raw ECMAScript-5 based development, with no shims or facades, no jQuery and no Backbone.js. And one of the most important things that I’ve learned about WinJS development so far, is that if you want to build apps for Windows 8 with HTML and JavaScript, you must have a solid understanding of asynchronous JavaScript development and promises.