Sessions at Microsoft BUILD 2011 about Metro Design Language and JavaScript

Wednesday 14th September 2011

• Metro style apps using HTML5 from start to finish

  by Harris Syed and Scott Dickens

  Get started writing Metro style apps using your HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS skills today! Come dive into the specifics of this exciting platform and see how you can use your Web skills to build deeply-integrated Windows apps. You’ll discover how this mirrors or differs from traditional Web programming and how to harness the rich capabilities of Windows 8 through JavaScript and the Windows Runtime. You’ll also learn proper navigation techniques, how to manage your app’s state, and how to incorporate the Windows look and feel into your app. This foundational session will arm you with everything you need to know to build Metro style apps with the skills you already have.

  • HTML5
  • JavaScript
  • Metro Design Language
  • Windows Runtime

  At 2:00pm to 3:00pm, Wednesday 14th September

  In Platinum 5, Anaheim Marriott

  Coverage video

Thursday 15th September 2011

• A deep dive into Expression Blend for designing Metro style apps using HTML

  by Christian Schormann

  Learn how to use Expression Blend to visually construct, style and layout Metro style apps using HTML for Windows 8. In this session, we will demonstrate how Expression Blend makes it possible to create a better user experience with greater productivity. We’ll start with semantic markup and JavaScript-generated content, and then we will demonstrate how to use Expression Blend to customize the user experience for Windows 8.

  • Expression Blend
  • HTML5
  • JavaScript
  • Metro Design Language
  • Windows 8

  At 10:30am to 11:30am, Thursday 15th September

  In 210 B, Anaheim Convention Center

  Coverage video

Friday 16th September 2011

• Building Metro style apps using JavaScript

  by Chris Tavares

  Come to this session to learn more about JavaScript, the language of Metro style apps using HTML, which provides the features you need to build real-world, full-featured Windows 8 apps. In this talk, you'll learn how to organize your code using the same coding standards we used to build Windows library for JavaScript, how to make your code robust and maintainable, and how to bring in 3rd party libraries, like the popular jQuery. If you're a newbie to app development with JavaScript, or an old hand that wants to see how the language is best used to build Metro style apps, this sessions is for you!

  • JavaScript
  • jQuery
  • Metro Design Language
  • Windows 8

  At 9:00am to 10:00am, Friday 16th September

  In Platinum 4, Anaheim Marriott

  Coverage video