West Region Team
If you are an iOS or Android developer with an app in your respective market, why not expand your audience to consumers with devices running Windows 8? To help with the process, Microsoft has provided a special learning track just for you! Get tips for the following:
Share your app with more in the world! Start now with step one…
The Windows 8 App Factor comes to Tempe, AZ on Thursday, June 13th, 2013. This event is a fun day of “training and auditions” where you will learn what you need to know to take your skills and ideas into a new economy.
This event will fill up quickly, so register right away!
The Future Insights Live conference is featuring “Hands-on Labs” I have the privilege of leading one of these sessions – Developing Windows Store Apps with HTML5!
Post event resources will be posted here
Watch my interview with Kevin Ashley on how he made over $100K with his card game app in the Windows Store. Find out how he answers the following questions:
Event Details
Where: DeLaMare Library
What: 24 hour app dev contest!
Winners:
Television News Coverage:
[Applications to be announced!]
Advanced Windows Store App Development with HTML5 Jump Start
Looking to create Windows 8 apps? This fast-paced Jump Start dives deeper into the advanced programming skills and techniques required to optimize Windows Store apps, so that your apps can stand out from others in the Windows Store. We’ll combine both design and development skills, and you’ll learn about supporting the apps you’ve published to the Windows Store. This course is the next step for those of you who have enjoyed our Developing Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS & JavaScript and Developing Windows Store Apps with HTML5 Jump Starts where we introduced you to developing apps in the Windows 8 platform. This course also provides accelerated preparation for Exam 70-482: Advanced Windows Store App Development using HTML5 and JavaScript. Videos now available on Channel 9!!! COURSE OUTLINE Module 1 - Background Tasks and Components Create background tasks Consume background tasks Integrate WinMD components into a solution Module 2 - Hardware and Sensors Capture media with the camera and microphone Get data from sensors Enumerate and discover device capabilities Module 3 - Printing and PlayTo Implement printing by using contracts and charms Implement Play To by using contracts and charms Notify users by using Windows Push Notification Service (WNS) Module 4 - Animations, Custom Controls, and Globalization Design for and implement UI responsiveness Implement animations and transitions Create custom controls Design apps for globalization and localization Module 5 - Data, Files, and Encryption Design and implement data caching Save and retrieve files from the file system Secure application data Module 6 - Deployment Design and implement trial functionality in an app Design for error handling Design and implement a test strategy Design a diagnostics and monitoring strategy
Elevate! Electrify!
Jeremy Foster and I had no idea what kind of response resulted from presenting our free training course to prepare for the 70-480 exam. For example, who knew that our shirts (purchased from the Microsoft Store the day prior) would become so popular, people contacting both of us wondering where they could buy one?
That said, the real story is in the successful outcomes of those who watched the videos and then subsequently passed the exam. Even more impressive to me personally is that some already have apps submitted to the Windows Store! (Do you have an app in the store? If not, consider 30,000 reasons why you should submit your app now!)
[ detailed notes (with code) covering the entire video course ]