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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Build 2012 Day 1 Keynote
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Day 1
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Oct 30, 2012 at 9:00AM
During the Build 2012 day 1 keynote Steve Ballmer, CEO, Steve Guggenheimer, corporate vice president and chief evangelist, developer & platform evangelism and Kevin Gallo, director of program management, Windows Phone, showcased the developer opportunities on Windows 8 and discussed momentum in the...
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BUILD 2012 Day 2 Keynote
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Day 2
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Oct 31, 2012 at 9:00AM
Watch the Build 2012 day 2 keynote as Satya Nadella, president of Microsoft's Server & Tools Business, speaks to thousands of developers about Windows taking developers across devices and into the cloud. Additional keynote presenters included Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president; Scott Hanselman,...
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Developing a Windows Store app
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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Introduction to creating Windows Store apps using HTML and JavaScript
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
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...
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1+1=3: Using app contracts to integrate with Windows 8 experiences
App contracts are agreements between Windows 8 and your Windows Store app. They enable you to integrate your app with other apps, with devices, and with the operating system. For example, the Share contracts let users share content from one app to another. In this session, you'll learn how app contracts...
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Developing a Windows Store app using C++ and DirectX
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...
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Deep dive into WinJS
To build great Windows Store apps with the Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS), it helps to start thinking about things like activation and Process Lifetime Management as early as app conception. This talk covers key concepts to keep in mind while you structure your app, and it also...
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Building world-ready Windows Store apps with HTML/CSS/JavaScript
With the Windows Store you can publish your app in more than 200 markets, with a reach of over 4.5 billion people. To support that global reach, Windows 8 will ship with 109 languages and is designed to work better in more locales all over the world. With Visual Studio, it has never been...