BUILD is a new event that shows modern hardware and software developers how to take advantage of the future of Windows. Learn how to work with the all new touch-centric user experience to create fast, fluid, and dynamic applications that leverage the power and flexibility of the core of Windows, used by more than a billion people around the world.
Hear how the UI was designed to work seamlessly with a diversity of devices and form factors. Go behind the scenes and learn all about the new app model that allows you to create powerful new apps. All while retaining the ability to use your existing apps. Web-connected and web-powered apps built using HTML5 and JavaScript have access to the power of the PC. Touch-optimized browsing, with the full power of hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 10 transforms your experiences with the web. BUILD is the first place to dive deep into the future of Windows.
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Anatomy of HTML5 sites and Metro style apps using HTML5Begin the journey of building beautiful, connected, and fast sites and apps for Windows 8 by learning the basics of a Metro style app using HTML5. If you've played with angle brackets and CSS but don’t regularly write client-side JavaScript, this session is the place to start.
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Programming SVG and canvas graphics in a Metro style app based on HTML5As part of HTML5, SVG and canvas represent two different approaches to incorporating rich vector graphics in a website or Metro style app. This session introduces the programming techniques used for each of these and compares those techniques. It also drills down into the best uses for each technology...
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Designing Metro style: principles and personality- Samuel Moreau
- Metro style apps, User Experience
- APP-395T
- Day 2
- September 14, 2011 from 11:30AM to 12:30PM
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Windows 8 marks the next step in the evolution of the Metro design style. Through the bold use of color, typography and motion, Metro design style brings a fresh new approach to user experience. In this talk, Director of User Experience Design and Research, Sam Moreau will share the design principles...
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Fundamentals of Metro style apps: how and when your app will run- Ben Srour
- Metro style apps
- APP-409T
- Day 2
- September 14, 2011 from 11:30AM to 12:30PM
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As your customers move your app between the foreground and background, Windows manages your app’s usage of critical system resources. Come learn the fundamentals of Process Lifetime Management and how to structure your app to suspend and resume quickly, save app state properly, and behave consistently....
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Metro style apps using XAML: what you need to know- Joe Stegman
- Metro style apps, XAML
- APP-737T
- Day 2
- September 14, 2011 from 11:30AM to 12:30PM
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If you are experienced with .NET or C++ and are already familiar with XAML, come learn everything you need to know to create a Metro style app for Windows 8. This session will cover updates to familiar features including basic controls, styling, and data-binding, and explore concepts that are...
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Introduction to DirectX for Metro style apps- Kam VedBrat
- Metro style apps, Graphics, DirectX
- PLAT-766T
- Day 2
- September 14, 2011 from 11:30AM to 12:30PM
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Learn how you can harness the power of DirectX for your app! As the foundation for all graphics on Windows 8, DirectX enables you to create the most compelling apps for connecting to people, visualizing information, storytelling, entertainment and creativity. Attend this session for a comprehensive overview... -
Introducing the Windows Store- Ted Dworkin
- Metro style apps, Windows Store
- APP-121T
- Day 2
- September 14, 2011 from 2:00PM to 3:00PM
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If you’ve got an idea for the next breakthrough app, come to this session to learn how to take that next app and create a business that runs at the scale of Windows. Get a sneak peak at the submission process and learn how the Windows Store has been designed for easy discoverability of your app. See...
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Reach your customers’ devices with one beautiful HTML5 user interface- Markus Mielke, David Washington
- Metro style apps, HTML5 and JavaScript
- APP-207T
- Day 2
- September 14, 2011 from 2:00PM to 3:00PM
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Get your app on all the devices your customers use by building a great user experience that adapts to different screen sizes, aspect ratios and pixel densities using HTML5, JavaScript and CSS. Through this session, learn how your app can take advantage of new multi-tasking views and orientations and... -
Designing Metro style apps that are touch-optimized- Kay Hofmeester, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz
- Metro style apps, Touch, User Experience
- APP-391T
- Day 2
- September 14, 2011 from 2:00PM to 3:00PM
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Get the knowledge and guidance needed to build an app for an intuitive, powerful touch experience. Understand how touch design principles are firmly grounded in customer needs of comfort and utility. Discover how your app can use Windows 8 touch language and patterns, capabilities like smart targeting... -
Metro style apps using HTML5 from start to finish- Scott Dickens, Harris Syed
- Metro style apps, HTML5 and JavaScript
- APP-740T
- Day 2
- September 14, 2011 from 2:00PM to 3:00PM
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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...
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