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 XAML
In this talk we'll cover the basics of creating a Windows Store app experience using XAML combined with C#, Visual Basic, or C++ code-behind. Topics will include how to integrate Windows 8 personality and contracts into your app, how Visual Studio 2012 tooling helps make this easy and...
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Performance tips for Windows Store apps using XAML
Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) offers a wealth of features that enable developers and designers to build more and more amazing and complex apps. But with great power comes great responsibility. Come learn the tricks to keeping your XAML-based Windows Store apps smooth and responsive, and...
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Building world-ready Windows Store apps with XAML
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...
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XAML list controls
XAML list controls support a large number of scenarios and have advanced functionality. This presentation reviews the XAML list controls and the functionality that they provide out of the box. In addition, it looks at more advanced features and scenarios, including grouping and Semantic...
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Building mixed-language apps
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...
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Top tips for iOS devs building Windows Store apps
As an iOS developer, you know how to write mobile, touch-centric, connected apps that appeal and delight consumers, so you are positioned to take advantage of this green field Windows Store market and delight hundreds of millions of new users. Here we present the top tips from an iOS expert who...