Sessions at CodeMash 2012 in Salon G

Thursday 12th January 2012

• What's New In Windows Phone Mango

  by Jesse Liberty

  Come learn about the newest features in Windows Phone Mango, including enhanced emulator, Fast Application Switching, Multitasking, Reminders, Background agents, Sensors, Tiles and Local Database.

  • Mobile
  • Windows Phone

  At 9:45am to 10:45am, Thursday 12th January

  In Salon G, Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center

• Building Windows 8 Applications with HTML 5 and jQuery

  by Richard Dudley

  One of the many new advances in Windows 8 is the ability to create Windows applications using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. In this session, we'll take a look at the Windows 8 technology stack on which these applications run, how HTML/CSS/JS apps actually run, and discuss the implications of the different ways to utilize third party libraries such as jQuery. We'll then migrate an MVC application which utilizes jQuery into a Metro-style application. By the end of this session, you'll have a solid idea of what it means to have a Metro-style application built with web technologies.

  • HTML5
  • jQuery
  • Metro Design Language
  • Windows 8

  At 11:00am to 12:00pm, Thursday 12th January

  In Salon G, Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center

  Coverage slide deck write-up

• Parallel Programming in Windows 8 Metro Applications

  by Michael Slade

  Windows 8 will bring a new style of Windows applications: Metro. Metro style applications bring a new set of issues in writing applications that take full advantage of our computers. When do I use the new Async capabilities of .Net 4.5, and when do I use the Task Parallel Library? What happens when Windows 8 suspends my application when switching to another Metro application? Come learn the answers to these questions and others as we explore parallel programming in Metro applications.

  • Metro Design Language
  • Parallel Programming
  • Windows 8

  At 1:45pm to 2:45pm, Thursday 12th January

  In Salon G, Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center

• Windows 8 Metro App with Near Field Communication

  by Parag Joshi

  So Windows 8 is just cool! Add NFC to that and we have a super cool experience. We will create a simple metro app with Windows 8 , add ability to use NFC to communicate with another Windows 8 machine and create a multi player game. You will see how easy it is to use NFC in Windows 8 and write your own application.

  • Metro Design Language
  • Near Field Communication
  • Windows 8

  At 3:35pm to 4:35pm, Thursday 12th January

  In Salon G, Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center

• Getting Your Hands Dirty with the Roslyn APIs

  by Dustin Campbell

  The cat’s out of the bag! Not only is Project Codename “Roslyn” delivering the next generation C# and Visual Basic compilers and language services, it also provides a powerful set of APIs for building "code aware" tools and extensions. In this information-packed session, we'll explore six major Roslyn APIs in depth, covering parsing, retrieving semantic information, analyzing data and control flow, and scripting. Armed with this knowledge, we'll see how easy it is to leverage the APIs to analyze and generate C# and VB source code, add C# scripting support to an application, or even extend the existing C# and VB language service features in Visual Studio.

  • C#
  • Visual Studio

  At 4:50pm to 5:50pm, Thursday 12th January

  In Salon G, Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center

Friday 13th January 2012

• Building an English-based Rules Engine Using .NET and IronRuby

  by Keith Elder

  In this session we will explore writing an English-based rules engine that allows developers to create domain-specific rules for an application that can be easily understood by anyone. We will use a combination of C# and the DLR (dynamic language runtime) with IronRuby on the .NET platform to create a way to write, manage, and process rules for an application.

  • IronRuby
  • .NET

  At 9:30am to 10:30am, Friday 13th January

  In Salon G, Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center

  Coverage write-up slide deck

• C#'s Greatest Mistakes

  by Jon Skeet

  C# is a fabulous language. A lot of care has been paid to its design, and the specification is precise and well-written. It’s pragmatic and powerful, giving some of the features which make scripting languages terse while maintaining the benefits of static typing. So what’s not to like? Well... nothing’s perfect. In this session I’ll explore some aspects of C# which perhaps took too much legacy from C++ and Java, some “gotchas” from newer features which can cause pain if you’re not aware of them, and some aspects which are simply not quite as smooth as they might be.

  • C#

  At 10:45am to 11:45am, Friday 13th January

  In Salon G, Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center

• Design Patterns for Parallel Programming

  by Michael Slade

  You have started developing applications that take advantage of today’s multi-core processors. Come learn how to take your parallel programming skills to the next level. This session will focus on design patterns in parallel programming. Come learn about Parallel Loops, Fork/Join, Producer/Consumer, Map/Reduce and other design patterns used in parallel programming.

  • Concurrency
  • Design Patterns
  • Parallel Programming

  At 1:45pm to 2:45pm, Friday 13th January

  In Salon G, Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center

• Applied F#

  by Gary Short

  By now you will have heard many introductory talks on the subject of F#, now it’s time to take things a stage further. In this presentation we’ll have look at how I use F#. We’ll see examples of F# used to calculate values for some of the metrics that are important in my line of work. By the end of this session you will have a clearer understanding of how to use F# in your own projects.

  • F#

  At 3:35pm to 4:35pm, Friday 13th January

  In Salon G, Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center