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Matthew Baxter-Reynolds' Programming Metro-style Apps Workshop (WINDOWS8-01-01)
CODE: WINDOWS8-01-01          DURATION: 1 DAY/S

Programming Metro-style Apps Workshops are a unique event in the UK designed to help developers get started on the road to building software for Windows 8 and Windows RT. We take you from the point of having done "Hello, world" and the basics and lift you up to the next level where you can start building real retail and line-of-business apps on the platform.


LEARN HOW TO:

We guarantee by the end of the session you'll have a firm understanding of Metro-style development on Windows 8 and Windows RT.

PROGRAMME

  • How and why Windows was "reimagined"
  • The fundamentals of moving from .NET
  • Asynchronous programming
  • Sandboxing and protection
  • Unit testing
  • Working with SQLite
  • Sharing, search, notifications
  • Application lifetime and background activities
  • Packaging, private deployment, and store deployment
  • ...and more

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Matthew Baxter-Reynolds is the author of several books on software development. His next book, Programming Metro-style Apps with C#, will be published by O'Reilly in November.
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IS THIS COURSE FOR YOU?
If you are a .NET developer and you want to know how to port your skills over to Windows Runtime, or WinRT, then Matthew Baxter-Reynolds' Programming Metro-style Apps Workshop is for you!

COURSE PREREQUISITES

To benefit from Matthew Baxter-Reynolds' Programming Metro-style Apps Workshop, you should have prior understanding of .NET development, either on desktop or web apps.

Familiarity with WPF or Silverlight is an advantage and it is also advantageous if you have an understanding of modern Web development technologies, particularly CSS, jQuery, AJAX and JSON.

Important! You are requested to bring your own laptop for this course, so you learn how to develop within your own environment. If you are unable to bring a laptop for the course, please contact the sales team on +44 207 183 9040 or email sales. A full installation guide for the course software will be provided with your joining instructions.


COURSE LABS & EXERCISES

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