File->New Windows 8.0 Navigation app
Update project file to start supporting TypeScript
Update .gitignore

We don't want to store the generated *.js files in our project in source control. Updating the git .gitignore to not track these files.
Convert *.js files to *.ts
Stub winjs type definitions
Used ToTypeScriptD to generated winrt.d.ts type definitions
Appease the TypeScript compiler
Use TypeScript module instead of WinJS Module
Added a readme