Windows Client -- Visual Studio Live!: Training Conferences and Events for Enterprise Microsoft .NET and Azure Developers

Windows Client

With last year’s release of Windows 8.1, adoption of the Windows Runtime (WinRT) is underway. Are you ready to build apps for this new platform? Modern Windows Store apps take advantage of key WinRT features such as Live Tiles, the Charms bar, and push notifications. They are almost certainly integrated with cloud and social services, providing users with experiences that were previously prohibitively difficult to implement. Perhaps more important, these apps run on tablets, ultrabooks, laptops, and desktops so they are available to users almost everywhere. Apps for WinRT can be written with HTML and JavaScript, or XAML and C#/VB .NET, among other options. At Visual Studio Live! Washington, D.C., you’ll learn to build modern Windows Store apps, and understand the finer points of WinRT and related cloud services. This track includes coverage of the following:

Universal Windows Apps
Mixing WinRT and .NET code with brokered assemblies
WPF development

T04 Creating Universal Windows Apps for Business Tuesday October 7 9:15am - 10:30am

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic

Learn how to take full advantage of shared projects in Universal App solutions to share code across these different platforms. more

T08 WPF Data Binding in Depth Tuesday October 7 10:45am - 12:00pm

Brian Noyes, CTO and Co-founder, Solliance

In this session, you will learn to leverage the full power of data binding in WPF. more

TH02 What's New in WPF 4.5 Thursday October 9 8:00am - 9:15am

Walt Ritscher, Staff Author, Lynda.com at LinkedIn

Join Walt for this information packed session showcasing the improved features in WPF 4.5. more

TH06 WPF for the Real World Thursday October 9 9:30am - 10:45am

Brian Lagunas, Product Manager, Infragistics

This session will concentrate on the basic building blocks required to be a successful WPF developer. more

TH10 Deploying WinRT Apps Without the Store Thursday October 9 11:00am - 12:15pm

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic

Learn the process necessary to write your own private organizational store so your users can browse and install your business apps onto their Windows 8 devices. more

TH14 Creating Cross Platform Games with Unity Thursday October 9 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Brian Lagunas, Product Manager, Infragistics

In this fun and interactive session Brian will cover all the basics of using the Unity game engine, and your current C# or JavaScript skills, to get you started writing games for a number of mobile platforms. more

TH18 Use Your .NET Code in WinRT with Brokered Assemblies Thursday October 9 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic

Learn how to create a brokered assembly and how to use it to take advantage of existing .NET assemblies and code. more