Windows Phone Workshops

Joey deVilla

14 Jun 2010 6:00 PM

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Windows Phone Workshops / FREE full-day workshops on developing app for Windows Phone 7 / Mississauga ON, Wednesday, June 23 / Richmond BC, Friday, June 25

Windows Phone 7 is coming soon, and we’re holding a couple of full-day workshops to show you its underlying architecture, walk you through its development frameworks, show you how to build apps with Visual Studio Express and sell them in the Marketplace, and then hold a codefest – and yes, it’s free-as-in-beer to attend!

We’re holding two of these workshops, which Yours Truly along with Paul Laberge and Jamie Wakeam will be co-hosting:

In Mississauga, Ontario (at Microsoft Canada’s headquarters) next Wednesday, June 23rd
In Richmond, British Columbia (at the Microsoft Development Centre) next Friday, June 25th

Here’s the agenda:

Time	Session
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.	Check-in, registration and refreshments
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	Session 1 - Introducing Windows Phone 7 and the user experience - Selling your apps in the Marketplace - The Windows Phone 7 architecture
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.	Session 2 - Building Windows Phone 7 apps with Silverlight
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	Session 3 - Building Windows Phone 7 games with XNA
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon	Q&A
12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.	Lunch, followed by the Coding Challenge Bring your laptops, form a team and try your hand at building a Windows Phone 7 app or game in an afternoon!
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.	Coding Challenge Results Teams will present their apps, one will be selected as the Coding Challenge Champ and will a prize, and we’ll wrap up the day.