Mobile Development

TH03 Building Your First Windows Phone 8 Application

08/22/2013

8:00am - 9:15am

Level: Introductory

Brian Peek

Senior Technical Evangelist

Microsoft

Learn the fundamentals of Windows Phone development while building a very simple application.

Expand your mobile horizons with Windows Phone 8! Developing applications for the phone is extremely similar to building a XAML application for the desktop. In this session, I will demonstrate the fundamentals of Windows Phone development while building a very simple application which covers all of the important points of the new platform’s architecture, including the developer tools and device emulator and touch input.

You will learn:

  • How to develop XAML applications for Windows Phone 8
  • How to effectively use the tools and device emulator
  • How to handle touch input