BUILD is a new event that shows modern hardware and software developers how to take advantage of the future of Windows. Learn how to work with the all new touch-centric user experience to create fast, fluid, and dynamic applications that leverage the power and flexibility of the core of Windows, used by more than a billion people around the world.
Hear how the UI was designed to work seamlessly with a diversity of devices and form factors. Go behind the scenes and learn all about the new app model that allows you to create powerful new apps. All while retaining the ability to use your existing apps. Web-connected and web-powered apps built using HTML5 and JavaScript have access to the power of the PC. Touch-optimized browsing, with the full power of hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 10 transforms your experiences with the web. BUILD is the first place to dive deep into the future of Windows.
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Developing and testing on Windows 8 with Hyper-V- Bart House, Mathew John
- Hyper-V
- TOOL-455T
- Day 4
- September 16, 2011 from 12:30PM to 1:30PM
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Hyper-V is no longer just for servers. In Windows 8, developers and testers will be able to use the powerful virtualization capabilities of Hyper-V to help them do more with less hardware. Come and learn how to use Hyper-V in your Windows 8 development and testing environment. -
Improving software quality using Visual Studio 11 C++ Code Analysis- Vince Smith, Jason Yang
- Visual Studio, C++
- TOOL-100T
- Day 4
- September 16, 2011 from 9:00AM to 10:00AM
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Through this session, learn how to save time and improve customer satisfaction by finding and fixing bugs early in the development process. Visual Studio 11 C++ Code Analysis identifies critical defects that lead to crashes and security vulnerabilities in your C++ apps and drivers at...
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Tips and tricks for developing Metro style apps using XAMLXAML is a great, familiar addition to the Windows 8 UI technology stack. This session will cover the top productivity tips and tricks across the runtime, performance, tools and debugging that developers should know when building Metro style apps using XAML. -
Windows Phone: how to build a game- Charles Cox
- Games, Windows Phone
- APP-791T
- Day 4
- September 16, 2011 from 12:30PM to 1:30PM
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Learn how to build great games for Windows Phone with XNA Game Studio. Dive deep into the game-ready graphics, audio, and input capabilities of the phone, get up to speed about the new features for game developers in Mango, and learn how to build a game in minutes with the power of the XNA Framework... -
Building real-time web apps with HTML5 WebSocketsWebSockets is an emerging standard that enables secure, real-time, bidirectional communication across the Web. Microsoft and other industry leaders at the W3C and the IETF are jointly developing this standard. Microsoft is offering a comprehensive WebSockets solution, with support in IE10, Windows 8... -
Taming GPU compute with C++ AMP- Daniel Moth
- Visual Studio, C++
- TOOL-802T
- Day 4
- September 16, 2011 from 9:00AM to 10:00AM
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Developers today inject parallelism into their compute-intensive apps in order to take advantage of multi-core CPU hardware. Beyond CPUs, however, compute accelerators such as general-purpose GPUs can provide orders of magnitude speed-ups for data parallel algorithms. How can you as a C++ developer... -
Unit testing your metro style apps built using XAML- Peter Provost
- Metro style apps, XAML
- TOOL-529T
- Day 4
- September 16, 2011 from 10:30AM to 11:30AM
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We all know that unit and functional testing is a cornerstone of successful app development. In Visual Studio 11, we have enabled developers to use modern, agile techniques for developing and testing their new Metro style apps using XAML. In this talk, we will demonstrate how to apply existing best practices... -
WebMatrix: uber geek in designer clothes- Vishal R. Joshi
- HTML5 and JavaScript, SQL, ASP.NET
- TOOL-825T
- Day 4
- September 16, 2011 from 12:30PM to 1:30PM
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Rarely do you find a developer tool that the fashion-conscious would envy: a tool that functions and inspires. It is capability bundled with simplicity, a web tooling environment that gets you started with OSS applications or gorgeous templates. WebMatrix combines five products in one, letting you install,... -
Optimize your website using ASP.NET and IIS8- Mads Kristensen
- ASP.NET
- SAC-837T
- Day 4
- September 16, 2011 from 10:30AM to 11:30AM
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We have real world examples and war stories of optimizing ASP.NET apps. Whether new or existing, whether big or small, all Websites can run faster and perform better than they do today. Optimizing your Website does not have to be a three-month project. Come join us and in 60 minutes we will give you... -
Building apps with Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows Azure- Josh Twist, Jurgen Willis
- Scalability, Elasticity, Windows Azure, .NET Framework, Workflow
- SAC-867T
- Day 4
- September 16, 2011 from 2:00PM to 3:00PM
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Windows Workflow Foundation shipped with .NET 4 and is a great way to build extensible apps, model long-running processes and orchestrate services. In this session, we’ll look at the options available to leverage Workflow Foundation in Windows Azure, starting with the capabilities on offer today, before...
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