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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Designing games for Windows 8- Shai Hinitz
- Windows 8, Windows Store apps, Microsoft design language, Gaming, Touch
- 200 - Intermediate
- 2-106
- Day 1
- October 30, 2012 from 11:45AM to 12:45PM
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Discover how you can use Windows 8 to get players addicted to your game. Engage your players from the Windows 8 Start Screen with live tiles and notifications . Grow your community of players by sharing between games and other apps. Learn about modern gameplay interactions with new input options like... -
Developing a Windows Store app- Kieran Mockford, John Sheehan
- Windows 8, Windows Store app, Windows Runtime, XAML, WinJS, Contracts, WindowsContent
- 300 - Advanced
- 3-125
- Day 1
- October 30, 2012 from 11:45AM to 12:45PM
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This session provides an end-to-end overview of the platform for Windows Store apps and the tools used to develop them.
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Powering your apps with Microsoft accounts- Shelly Guo
- Windows 8, Windows Store apps, Cloud
- 300 - Advanced
- 3-138
- Day 1
- October 30, 2012 from 11:45AM to 12:45PM
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Windows 8 enables users to sign in to any device by using a single Microsoft account and continuously interact with apps across all their Windows 8 devices. Come see how you can provide your users with a seamless sign-in experience and instant personalization in your app. You will also learn how... -
Guidance for shopping apps- Mark Hopkins
- Windows 8, Windows Store apps, Microsoft design language, Shopping
- 200 - Intermediate
- 2-111
- Day 1
- October 30, 2012 from 2:15PM to 3:15PM
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Learn how to build great shopping apps for Windows 8. You can draw users into your app, with live tiles and notifications for things like deals and sale items. Your content shines in your app without any chrome, and enables users to be immersed in the experience that they care about. -
The Microsoft design language- Will Tschumy
- Windows 8, Windows Store apps, Microsoft design language
- 200 - Intermediate
- 2-116
- Day 1
- October 30, 2012 from 2:15PM to 3:15PM
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Windows 8 is Windows reimagined. To that end, Microsoft developed five principles that drove the experience design decisions for Windows 8. This talk will describe each of these principles and how they relate to each other. It will also give you concrete guidance on how to apply these principles...
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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
- 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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Introduction to creating Windows Store apps using HTML and JavaScript- Chris Anderson, Josh Williams
- Windows 8, HTML5, Windows Store app, WinJS, JavaScript, WindowsContent
- 300 - Advanced
- 3-115
- Day 1
- October 30, 2012 from 2:15PM to 3:15PM
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In this talk we'll cover the basics of creating a Windows Store app experience using HTML and JavaScript, including the Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS). Topics will include how to leverage your existing HTML and JavaScript skills, how to integrate Windows 8 personality and contracts into...
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Tips on self-evaluating the UX of your app- Lora Heiny
- Windows 8, Microsoft design language, Windows Store app
- 200 - Intermediate
- 2-118
- Day 1
- October 30, 2012 from 4:00PM to 5:00PM
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You want to make it easy for people to use your app and ensure that the user experience is outstanding. During this session, we'll show you how to evaluate your app based on Microsoft design style and UX guidelines. By assessing your app's design, you instill confidence in the product, and you provide... -
Windows Store: how does it work?- Giorgio Sardo
- Windows 8, Windows Store apps, Windows Store
- 200 - Intermediate
- 2-120
- Day 1
- October 30, 2012 from 4:00PM to 5:00PM
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Are you planning to submit an app to the Windows Store? Did you already submit an app, but still have some open questions? In this session, you'll learn more about the end-to-end process to publish an app to the Store, including monetization options, submission flow and best practices, and certification... -
Key technologies for shopping apps- Can Comertoglu, Santhosh Panchapagesam
- Windows 8, Windows Store apps, Shopping
- 300 - Advanced
- 3-119
- Day 1
- October 30, 2012 from 4:00PM to 5:00PM
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Not only do shopping apps have commerce-based transactions at their heart, they have great content that users care about. Learn about best practices for managing search results from large web based content libraries, user authentication options such as single sign-on, web authentication, how to optimize...
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