Opening Windows for iOS Developers

Our March meetup will be at Microsoft, and we'll be continuing the discussion that started at Renaissance (http://renaissance.io/stories/embassy), where Microsoft had devices and experts on-site to give us a closeup look at Windows Phone and Windows 8.

This time we'll be at the Microsoft campus in Mountain View and we'll get an overview of Windows Phone and Windows 8 from the Microsoft team, then we'll have presentations from several developers (including me) who've been porting apps from iOS to Windows. We've been asked to be honest, so there will be things that we found difficult or didn't like, but there are also many benefits and things to be learned.

If you haven't had hands-on experience with Windows devices, you'll have a chance at a device bar that will be available, and someone will win a Surface (http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-US) in a drawing.

I'll also have another Cocoaconf ticket to give away. Cocoaconf is coming to San Jose (http://cocoaconf.com/sanjose-2013/home) on April 18-20 and is a great opportunity to get some in-depth training on iOS.

Finally, Renaissance session videos are now available (http://renaissance.io/2013). We hired a team to create some really nice session videos which are available by subscription at http://renaissance.io . Watch the videos and check out these photos (https://www.meetup.com/sviphone/photos/all_photos/?photoAlbumId=12344792) to see what everyone has been talking about!