次のコードを実行しようとすると、Windows8にvs2012をインストールし、Windows8用のサンプルJavaScriptアプリを作成します。
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>App1</title>
<!-- WinJS references -->
<link href="//Microsoft.WinJS.1.0/css/ui-dark.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="//Microsoft.WinJS.1.0/js/base.js"></script>
<script src="//Microsoft.WinJS.1.0/js/ui.js"></script>
<!-- App1 references -->
<script src="js/jquery-1.5.1.min.js"></script>
<link href="/css/default.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="/js/default.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" >
var c = $("myCanvas");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
var grd = ctx.createLinearGradient(0, 0, 175, 50);
grd.addColorStop(0, "#000000");
grd.addColorStop(1, "#00FF00");
ctx.fillStyle = grd;
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, 150, 75);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="url" />
<input type="submit" value="ok" />
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="200" height="200">
Your browser doesn't support canvas
</canvas>
</form>
次の例外を与える
Unhandled exception at line 19, column 11 in ms-appx://ce20ab64-b644-451a-a60f-cafdc7afb4f9/default.html
0x800a01b6 - JavaScript runtime error: Object doesn't support property or method 'getContext'
If there is a handler for this exception, the program may be safely continued.