At Build, we'll dive deep to cover all the areas you care about. How to design and build beautiful Windows 8 apps. How to sell your apps in the Windows 8 Store and make money. And much more. Join us on the Microsoft Campus for 4 days of extraordinary presentations delivered by the engineers behind the products and services to get you up to speed.
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Core technologies for Windows 8 games- Chas Boyd
- Windows 8, Windows Store apps, Gaming, Touch, Windows Runtime, JavaScript, C/C++, .NET, Graphics, Networking, WindowsContent
- 300 - Advanced
- 3-107
- Day 1
- B33 Hood
- October 30, 2012 from 2:15PM to 3:15PM
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Windows 8 provides a rich set of core technologies that are vital to creating top-selling games. You will hear about the three programming languages for games (JavaScript, C#, C++), and the game genres most easily created in each. For JavaScript developers we will cover interpreted...
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Windows Phone 8: Native C/C++ Game Development- Sam George, Ross Odwyer
- Gaming, C/C++, Windows Phone
- 300 - Advanced
- 3-046
- Day 1
- B92 Magellan
- October 30, 2012 from 2:15PM to 3:15PM
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You asked for it, and we are in the business of empowering our developers! Now you can build games leveraging the same C/C++ source you leverage to deliver games on other platforms. This session will introduce you to the implementation of native C/C++ programming for building Windows... -
Developing a Windows Store app using C++ and DirectX- Phil Napieralski
- Windows 8, Windows Store app, C/C++, DirectX
- 300 - Advanced
- 3-109
- Day 1
- B33 Baker
- October 30, 2012 from 5:45PM to 6:45PM
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Among all the choices that Windows 8 offers for developing Windows Store apps, only DirectX and C++ give you the “down-to-the-metal“ performance and flexibility available on modern tablets and PCs. This session will show you how to integrate Windows Store app features... -
Windows Phone 8: Networking, Bluetooth, and NFC Proximity for Developers- Tim Laverty
- C/C++, .NET, Windows Phone
- 300 - Advanced
- 3-047
- Day 2
- B92 Nexus/Normandy
- October 31, 2012 from 1:45PM to 2:45PM
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Networking in Windows Phone 8 has taken dramatic leaps and bounds; developers can now access bluetooth and leverage NFC to build compelling new applications scenarios. Tim will talk about these in depth, and show you how to do this. -
Performance tips for Windows Store apps using DirectX and C++- Max McMullen
- Windows 8, Windows Store apps, C/C++, Performance, DirectX
- 400 - Expert
- 4-102
- Day 3
- B33 Baker
- November 1, 2012 from 8:30AM to 9:30AM
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Everything about Windows 8 was designed with speed in mind, but it’s still easy to fall into common performance traps. This talk covers how to provide the best user experience possible in your C++/DirectX app. You’ll learn how to squeeze out every drop of performance and preserve battery... -
Windows Phone 8: Performance & Optimization for Developers- Oren Nachman
- C/C++, .NET, Windows Phone
- 300 - Advanced
- 3-048
- Day 3
- B92 Magellan
- November 1, 2012 from 10:15AM to 11:15AM
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Performance continues to be the holy grail that all developers seek to attain, no matter what platform you're on. Windows Phone performance expert Oren Nachman will spend this hour walking you through some of the architectural underpinnings of Windows Phone, and how they provide you guidance in building... -
Building mixed-language apps- Alan Ludwig
- Windows 8, Windows Store apps, HTML5, Windows Runtime, XAML, C/C++, .NET
- 400 - Expert
- 4-100
- Day 3
- B33 Kodiak
- November 1, 2012 from 12:00PM to 1:00PM
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The Windows Runtime allows developers to build high performing apps using the language of their choice. It also allows for combining components written in different languages in the same app. In this session, we'll focus on the issues you might encounter when developing Windows Runtime components... -
Windows Phone 8: Photo and Lens Apps- Eric Bennett
- C/C++, .NET, Windows Phone
- 200 - Intermediate
- 2-018
- Day 3
- B92 Magellan
- November 1, 2012 from 12:00PM to 1:00PM
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Windows Phone 8 creates a new extensibility point in the form of the 'lens'; an application that plugs directly into the 1st party viewfinder experience. Eric will show you how lenses work, and how to build your own lens apps. -
Chalk Talk: Gaming and graphics apps- Chas Boyd, Rong Lu, Max McMullen, Phil Napieralski, Justin Saint Clair, Giorgio Sardo
- Windows 8, Windows Store apps, Gaming, JavaScript, C/C++, Graphics, DirectX
- 300 - Advanced
- 3-105
- Day 3
- B33 Cascade
- November 1, 2012 from 2:30PM to 3:30PM
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Do you have questions about writing high-performance graphics apps using DirectX? Come and get the answers you need directly from the experts!
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Windows Phone 8: Native C/C++ Game Development (Repeat)- Sam George
- Gaming, C/C++, Windows Phone
- 300 - Advanced
- 3-046R
- Day 3
- B33 McKinley
- November 1, 2012 from 4:15PM to 5:15PM
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You asked for it, and we are in the business of empowering our developers! Now you can build games leveraging the same C/C++ source you leverage to deliver games on other platforms. This session will introduce you to the implementation of native C/C++ programming for building Windows...
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