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Developing Windows 8 Apps with Your Existing Web Skills

September 12, 2012 · 6:30 PM
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As a web developer, have you ever wished you could develop applications for desktop, phones and tablets but were intimidated by the steep learning curve associated with developing native applications?

Join Boston PHP member and Microsoft Technical Evangelist Chris Bowen to discuss how Windows 8 will attempt to bridge the development gap between web developers and native application developers. Chris has been attending our Boston PHP meetups for years and we are excited to have him take the podium.

Description:
This meetup will be a Look at Windows 8 and Using HTML5, CSS3 & JavaScript to Create Windows Store Apps

This session is an introduction to Windows 8, from the user experience to developer opportunities and options, including using your existing web skills to create Windows Store apps. Much of the time will focus on demos, showing how to use HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript skills to leverage Windows 8 capabilities such as live tiles, notifications, sharing, search, and more. We'll also look at what's new with Internet Explorer 10, Visual Studio 2012, and Blend to help make development and design easier.

About Chris:
Chris Bowen (http://blogs.msdn.com/cbowen) is a Principal Technical Evangelist with Microsoft, specializing in web and client development technologies and working with companies and developers in the northeastern US. An architect and developer with over 19 years in the industry, he joined Microsoft after holding senior technical positions at companies including Monster.com, VistaPrint, and Staples. He is coauthor of two books (with Addison-Wesley and WROX) and holds an M.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Management Information Systems, both from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

We'll be serving free pizza.

Agenda:

6:30 - 7 Pizza and networking

7 - 7:15 Announcements and intros

7:15 - 8:30 Main presentation

8:30 - 8:50 Q&A

9 - ??? Beers at Champions Bar?

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Alan Forbes

I wasn't able to attend, was it recorded?

0 · September 14
Janet Whittredge

Good presentation, but more of a Windows 8 overview and intro to their App store. Would have liked more technical information. Learned about the dev tool Blender, which may be a timesaver.

0 · September 13
Kevin R. Sletten

Good meeting enjoyed the insight on what Microsoft is planning for Windows 8 and APP development.

0 · September 13
Gene Babon

Chris Bowen never gives less than a five-star presentation!

0 · September 13
hk

Thanks for the interesting talk/demo. Wish you had more time to cover the certification process, what's allowed, what's not, etc. (e.g., can we build an appstore or some other store and post it in MS's appstore, and how would that work monetarily? how about emulators, adult content, etc.? - the competing OS'es answer these differently). Also, regarding multi-displaying more than one app at a time, technically yes, official Android and iOS only support one. However, there is an Android firmware mod called Cornerstone (Youtube has demos) that allows running and displaying up to three apps at the same time. The feature/functionality was presented to Google, but they declined to incorporate it officially. Still, on stock Android, there is an app called "Stick It Video Player" that will play video(s) in a resizable window(s) on the screen, even on stock Android, while you are using another application, which is a very specific implementation of displaying multiple apps simultaneously.

0 · September 13
Jonathan Barronville

This Meetup was awesome! Chris is one of the best speakers I've seen so far. He made it interesting yet very informative (which is something you don't get that often) and I felt like I learned something. We need more people like him in the world! [:)].

0 · September 13
tawheed abdul-raheem

Tri I saw the cop outside but it was too late

0 · September 13
Vinod Kewalramani

Great experience .. great effort ... Thanks !!!!.. I hope i can contribute myself very soon

0 · September 12
tawheed abdul-raheem

I enjoyed it...by the way Tri I got a parking ticket

1 · September 12
- Tri Nguyen
  
  OMG Yes! I got one too and I wanted to tell you as well. It was given out at 9pm!
  
  1 · September 12
Tri Nguyen

Great talk! Really excited about Windows 8. And the ability to create native app with Web technologies is so fascinating.

0 · September 12
Diane Ponte Saia

It was a great peek a what's new for Windows 8 Apps. Definitely good to learn that Blend, and other development tools are available to try out for free. It looks enviably fun and it may be time to add a Windows 8 device to my development testing environment.

0 · September 12
Gene Babon

Looking forward to meeting all PHP Percolators prior to this evening's Meetup. We will meet, greet and chat informally in the lounge area just outside the glass-enclosed presentation room between 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm. Bring your business cards and grab some pizza, compliments of our generous sponsors. See you then. ~ Gene, Chief Percolator

0 · September 12
tawheed abdul-raheem

Is anybody having issues installing visual studios 12 ultimate on windows 8 release preview?

0 · September 11
- Jim O'Neil
  
  tawheed. If you are using Windows 8 RELEASE PREVIEW, you have to install Visual Studio 12 RC (not the current release on the web at the Visual Studio landing page). You can get VS 12 RC here: http://www.microsoft....
  
  0 · September 11
- tawheed abdul-raheem
  
  Thanks Jim, got it working should be good to go for tomorrow.
  
  0 · September 11
apprib.com

I can't wait till tomorrow.

0 · September 11
Gene Babon

Microsoft Unveils New Windows Phone 8 Features: It’s All About Photos

http://ow.ly/duxBt

0 · September 5