SLUGUK Build Round-up

I was lucky enough to present at the Silverlight User Group hosted by EMC Consulting in London tonight. Thank you very much for the opportunity, especially to Mark Mann for inviting me; I had a great time, met some great people and I hope they enjoyed it, too.

I’ve uploaded my slide deck to SlideShare in case there was anything you missed.

There was a lot more content at BUILD than I had time to talk about, so feel free to ask questions here on this blog post and I’ll answer them as best I can as soon as I can. Take a look at the following sections for some useful resources and the BUILD sessions to watch for more information.

For More Information

Here are the sessions to watch and some useful resources if you want to learn more about the different topics discussed in my presentation.

Windows Runtime

• WinRT Transitions – Creating Fast and Fluid Metro UIs by Colin Eberhardt
• Lap Around the Windows Runtime (PLAT-874T) with Martyn Lovell
• Windows Runtime Internals: Understanding “Hello World” (PLAT-875T) with Matt Merry
• Async Everywhere: Creating Responsive APIs & Apps (PLAT-203T) with Ben Kuhn
• Using the Windows Runtime from C++ (TOOL-532T) with Herb Sutter
• Using the Windows Runtime from C# and VB (TOOL-531T) with Harry Pierson and Jesse Kaplan
• Using the Windows Runtime from JavaScript (TOOL-533T) with Luke Hoban

Silverlight vs Windows Runtime

What’s new, what’s changed, and how do I port existing Silverlight code to Windows Runtime?

• WinRT vs Silverlight in 10-ish posts by Morten Nielsen
  Talks about specific changes from Silverlight to Windows Runtime from the perspective of sharing code between Silverlight/WPF and Windows Runtime.
• WinRT – API Design Notes by Brendan Forster
• TweetSearch – A Cross Platform Metro UI WinRT and Silverlight Application by Colin Eberhardt.
  Notes following an exercise to port a REST API for stackoverflow.com (Stacky) to Windows Runtime.
• TweetSearch – A Cross Platform Metro UI WinRT and Silverlight Application by Colin Eberhardt.
• A .NET Developer’s View of Windows 8 App Development (TOOL-930C) with Krzysztof Cwalina
• Bringing Existing Managed Code into Metro Style Apps (TOOL-790C) with Daniel Plaisted

Visual Studio 11 and Expression Blend 5

• Blend Insider: the official Microsoft Expression Blend team blog
• A Deep Dive Into Expression Blend for Designing Metro Style Apps using HTML (TOOL-486T) with Christian Schormann
• A Lap Around Visual Studio 11 Express for Metro Style Apps using C++ (TOOL-479T) with Joanna Mason and Vikas Bhatia
• A Deep Dive Into Visual Studio 11 Express for Designing Metro Style Apps using XAML (TOOL-504T) with Joanna Mason and Unni Ravindranathan

Metro Design

• 8 Traits of Great Metro Style Apps (BPS-1004)with Jensen Harris
• Bring Apps to Life with Metro Style Animations in HTML5 (APP-206T) with Dale Rogerson and Jason Beaumont
• Reach All Your Customer’s Devices with One Beautiful HTML5 Interface (APP-207T) with Markus Mielke and David Washington
• Reach All Your Customer’s Devices with One Beautiful XAML Interface (APP-847T) with Tom Heuer
• Create Metro Style Apps Quickly with Built-In Controls (APP-211T) with Paul Gusmorino and Sean Hume
• Designing Metro Style Apps that are Touch-Optimized (APP-391T) with Jan-Kristien Markiewicz and Kay Hofmeester
• Designing Metro Style: Principles and Personality (APP-395T) with Samuel Moreau
• Using Tiles and Notifications (APP-396T) with Kip Olson
• Share: Your App Powers the Windows 8 Share Experience (APP-405T) with Billie Sue Chafins and Steve Seixeiro
• Search: Integrating into the Windows 8 Search Experience (APP-406T) with Priya Vaidyanathan