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Friday 4th May 2012
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Intro to Windows 8: The Windows 8 Platform for Metro Style Apps
Windows 8 is Windows re-imagined! Join this session to learn about the new platform for building Metro style applications. Get an understanding of the platform design tenets, the programming language choices, and the integration points with the operating system and across Metro style apps. We will dive into code, showing the new features that you will need to learn, like snapping, contracts and charms, appbars, and tiles. You will walk away with the fundamentals for building a Windows 8 application.
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Content Before Chrome: Think Differently and Drop the Bling
by Clark Sell
Do you think Windows 8 is last to the party or do you think Microsoft just completely revolutionized the user experience for computing? Have you tried it, or do you think I am just talking smack?
In the session, Clark drops the IDE and gets square with Metro. A new generation of computing is here and it starts with Metro. Yes we have new libraries and development tools but have you really thought about the bigger picture? Negative Space, Chrome, Tiles, Touch, Gestures, Semantic Zoom, Gutters, Animations, Notifications… Have you really thought about what Metro is and what it means to your business?
It’s time to clear your mind and start looking at what Metro really means. It’s more than some square corners and bouncing tiles. We will talk about Metro and its place in the Windows ecosystem. We will remove the chrome while looking at the different design aspects of great Metro apps. You want to make some coin right? Metro is here, but are you embracing its potential?
Don’t be the next battleship black.
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Building Windows 8 Applications with HTML and jQuery
by Rich 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 Metro apps built with HTML and JavaScript actually run, and discuss the implications of the different ways to utilize third party libraries such as jQuery. We'll then build a simple Metro style dashboard app. 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.
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WinJS for C# developers
This is the tale of how a simple .NET developer overcame the odds and delivered a polished Windows 8 app for a client - using that crazy language affectionately known as JavaScript. His company had recently landed a Windows 8 contract and the decision was made to use the platform this particular client was most familiar with: HTML5, CSS3, and of course, JavaScript. This talk will cover some of the hurdles encountered during the development, including: the realities of asset reuse, some differences between WinJS and XAML, tackling complicated async operations, and tips for getting started with the platform.