Windows 8 Camp: Introduction to Building Metro Apps - using C#, XAML & WinRT

Posted: Mar 14, 2012 at 1:49 AM

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Windows 8 will change the way users interact with it, and it will change the way we developers think about it. In this session we'll talk about the key concepts and the business opportunities that Windows 8 provides!

Join us on this special event with our guest speaker: Michael Platt, Senior Director in the Developer & Platform Evangelism Group based in Redmond, Washington.

Audience: Developers, Startups and entrepreneurs.

Agenda of this Camp:

Building Metro-style Apps for Windows 8

The Windows 8 Platform for Metro Style App
Designing Apps with Metro Principles and the Windows Personality
Everything Web Developers Must Know to Build Metro Style Apps
Building Metro Style Apps with XAML: What .NET Developers Need to Know
Building Windows 8 Metro Style UIs

Enhancing the Windows 8 Experience in Metro-style Apps

Integrating with the Windows 8 Experiences
Bring Your Apps to Life with Tile and Notifications
How and When Metro Style Apps Run
Building Metro Style Apps that Take Advantage of Modern Hardware
The Developer Opportunity: Introducing the Windows Store

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Michael Platt Explains how to develop Windows 8 Metro-style apps using C#, XAML & WinRT

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creativefisher https://twitter.com/creativefisher

Mar 14, 2012 at 7:34 PM

All that is great but where is the start button?
http://creativefisher.blogspot.com/2012/03/where-is-my-start-button.html

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