Seattle - A Lap Around the Universal Windows Platform!

Windows 10, Visual Studio 2015, and UWP are upon us! Back by popular demand is Arun, Matt, and Lei to talk all about everything new and awesome in Windows 10 for Developers! Also, you can sign up for a lightning talk here (https://www.meetup.com/SeattleMobileDevelopers/messages/boards/thread/49123419/#128288244).

Abstract: A quick look at all the cool new stuff that Windows 10 brings for developers. We will look at how the Universal Windows Platform makes it easy for you to bring your app to anything that can run Windows. It’s going to be a fun ride!

About Arun & Andrew:

Arun Singh is a Program Manager on the Windows Developer Platform. He is responsible for how apps communicate with each other on Windows. He passionately believes app get better when they work together and let people do more. Arun was formerly a developer on the SQL Server team where he designed and wrote many of the Master Data Services APIs that shipped with SQL Server 2012. In his spare time, Arun likes to play games like Civilization and Starcraft and tinker with his Arduino. He blogs at http://aruntalkstech.com (http://aruntalkstech.com/) and he can be reached on Twitter@aruntalkstech (http://twitter.com/aruntalkstech).

Matt Hidinger is YAPM on the Windows Developer Platform, where he helps make Start a beautiful and powerful experience on Windows devices. Prior to joining Microsoft Matt was a technical lead on multiple top-tier Windows Phone apps. He has founded a number of successful open source projects, enjoys speaking at community events and conferences, and can always be reached on twitter @MattHidinger or http://matthidinger.com (http://matthidinger.com/).

Lei Xu is a Program Manager on the Windows Developer Platform. He is responsible for how the toast notification system works on Windows devices. He believes that richer and more powerful notifications outside of your app is what’s going to make a great app experience in the future. He joined Microsoft in 2012 after graduating from college, and has been working in the notification area since then. Outside of work, Lei is a Lego freak who enjoys building architectures and spaceships. He can be reached on Twitter @leixu2046.

Schedule:

• 6:00PM - 6:15PM: Pizza + Social + Intro

6:15PM - 6:45PM: Lightning Talks (Signup (https://www.meetup.com/SeattleMobileDevelopers/messages/boards/thread/49123419/#128288244))

• 7:00PM - 8:15PM: Main Talk

• 8:00PM - 8:30PM: Prizes + Social

Food + Beverages Provided By Xamarin (http://www.xamarin.com/)

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