Tools for building Metro style apps

The Discussion

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  Really looking forward to diving into this stuff. 

  My question: With all the 'excitement' around HTML5 what are the downsides to focussing on XAML for Windows development?

  I've already invested a lot of time over the the last couple of years developing in Silverlight for Windows phone and I want to build on that rather than go 'back to the future' with HTML5. 

  Am I being foolish / narrow minded if I take this approach?

  Thanks,

   

   

  Ian
  http://rd3d2.wordpress.com

   

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  What timezone are those times in the date? 4:30PM to 5:30PM

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  @Athanasios:Pacific Daylight Time (UTC - 7).

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  this video is actually in the second part of this video

  http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/BPS-1005

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  4 hours ago,felix9 wrote

  this video is actually in the second part of this video

  https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/BPS-1005

  Yes, I was about to post the same thing.   It starts at about 1:09:00.

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  Awesome stuff - where can we get the code from?

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  It is really nice news! I am switching to Notepad++ and jQuery from today. My SilverLight controls ware customizations for another large web framework and today my work became obsolete.
  Thank you very much!
  

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  ohh no more html5 / js please urg . I prefer a real oop language....

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  Great stuff! Sign me up

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  Hello mate, wonderful to see you headlining. Great tech. Heres hoping the supporting hardware really shines and consumers bite It's good for everyone if mobile / tablets can really be a three horse race. Looking forward to being also to count an even number of Microsoft and Apple tablets in use during my daily commute. Thus far I've only seen about 4 Windows Phone 7s being used in the wild. Nice to see native coming around again after a decade of drinking coffee tasting cool aid. Good luck shipping this stuff!

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  I want my Silverlight back !
  

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  Great

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  I am a novice developer how to get the tablet?

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  Disclaimer: I'm just an open-source open-standrads fanbaby.

  1) A really, really (to use the language of this conference) great presentation, the best IMO of build.

  2) Wake me up when the blend tool will be web-based [That's not to say that i don't envy you, it's a great tool!]

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  Is any one known how they put automaticly brackets in 'if' statement in 15:53 min?
  

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  Visual Studio team, please consider adding conditional "compilation" of Xaml template sections to Visual Studio. Something similar to how complation constants are handled in code would be nice, so that those of us who will have legacy applications to support will be able to extend our existing Xaml templates to deliver Metro style interfaces.

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  Great stuff!!! I have downloaded all the videos!! how to get the tablet? and how do I Order VS??
  
  I LOVE TO BE A MICROSOFT EMPLOYEE!!!

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  Cool stuff. Looks like Blend is about to get a hefty upgrade in the HTML department.

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  awesome, i will proud 2 microsoft..keep the people learning tcnlgy..

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  Great, easy to switch between applications eager to wait for build product

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  I would like to try new build Apps to install it on my windows 8
  any one (developers) make Freeware Apps Done?
  
  post the link, wed like to see one ... now!
  Thank's Microsoft...

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  OK

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  В Windows 8 столько нового, windows 7 с ним не сравнится.

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  wow amazing how cool1!!!!!!!!!!!!! IS IT. I HAVE EVER SEEN.

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  nnnnnnjhhhgh

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  wheres everyboby going?

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  Good stuff. Are you able to share the code for the sample apps? I tried building the apps on C# and JS and couldn't get it to work.

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  Çalışmalarınızdan dolayı sizi tebrik ediyorum.

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  Ok Good

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  ok

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  German Language Pack ?

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  I like this

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  nice

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  nice

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  The windows8 are very beautiful