Windows Phone

TH07 Building Your First Windows Phone 8.1 Application

10/09/2014

9:30am - 10:45am

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! Developing applications for the phone is quite similar to building XAML applications for other platforms. In this session, Brian 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, device emulator and touch input. We will also discuss what's new with the Windows Phone 8.1 update and how you can use it to build better apps.

You will learn:
  • How to develop XAML applications for Windows Phone
  • How to effectively use the tools and device emulator
  • About the new features Windows Phone 8.1 has to offer