Free SilverlightShow Webinar: Latest and greatest in Win 8.1 for developers
Presenter: Gill Cleeren
Delivered on October 30th, 2013.
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NOTE: This session was originally planned to be delivered on Oct 23rd, but due to technical issues with the GoToMeeting webinar platform was rescheduled for October 30th, 10 am PDT!
Summary of the session: Microsoft has created a huge update for Windows 8, known as Windows 8.1. While the OS is definitely feeling much more polished, for developers, a lot has changed as well. The good news is that your apps still run without modification. The bad news is that, if you don’t take advantage of the new stuff, your users will get a less-than-optimal experience.
In this webinar, we’ll take you on a tour of all what’s new in Windows 8.1 for developers. We’ll take a look at the updates to XAML (WinJS isn’t covered), the updated Search, the new tiles, the new screen sizes, the great new features in Visual Studio 2013 and much more.
These 75 minutes will make sure you’re back on track for Windows 8 app development!
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About the presenter:
Gill Cleeren is Microsoft Regional Director (www.theregion.com), MVP ASP.NET, INETA speaker bureau member and Silverlight Insider.
He lives in Belgium where he works as .NET architect at Ordina. Passionate about .NET, he’s always playing with the newest bits. In his role as Regional Director, Gill has given many sessions, webcasts and trainings on new as well as existing technologies, such as Silverlight, ASP.NET and WPF at conferences including TechDays Belgium, DevDays Netherlands, NDC Norway, SQL Server Saturday Switzerland, Spring Conference UK, etc. He’s also the author of many articles in various developer magazines and organizes the yearly Community Day event in Belgium.
Gill also leads Visug (www.visug.be), the largest .NET user group in Belgium. He recently published his Microsoft Silverlight 5 Data and Services Cookbook (by 
Packt Publishing). You can find his blog at www.snowball.be.
Gill also delivered the following SilverlightShow webinars:
Working in the background in Windows 8
Applied MVVM in Windows 8 apps
Advanced Windows 8 Metro Part 1
Advanced Windows 8 Metro Part 2
Windows 8 Metro apps and the outside world: connecting with services and integrating the cloud
Contracts and Charms in Windows 8
Windows Phone 7.5 Background Workers
Metro and WinRT for the Silverlight/WPF Developer: Part 1
Metro and WinRT for the Silverlight/WPF Developer: Part 2
Introduction to XAML Development on Windows 8
Blend for Silverlight Developers
10 things I'm sure you didn't know about Silverlight 4
Let's MEF: overview of the Managed Extensibility Framework in Silverlight 4
Silverlight's Power Features: Data Binding in Action
Switch or no switch: Can I build my business apps in LightSwitch?
Switching on the Cloud for Silverlight
Building a Silverlight 4 Application End-to-end
Who is this webinar appropriate for:
Windows 8 developers
Duration:
75 minutes, including Q&A
Technical Requirements:
Internet connection and computer speakers for audio.
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