Calgary Windows 8 Camp



May 12, 2012

University of Calgary

Room ICT122

2500 University Dr. NW

Calgary, AB

T2N 1N4

Why attend a Windows 8 Camp?

Be part of the Windows 8 Camp in Calgary, a full-day event with technical sessions that dive into the platform for building Windows 8 Metro Style apps. You'll learn from experts in a low-key, interactive manner and discover hands-on how to use the new features in Windows 8 Metro style apps to your advantage. Finally, you will learn how the developer platform supports C#, C++, XAML , HTML and JavaScript and how to monetize and distribute your app.

What do I need to bring?

 

Hardware

Any device capable of running Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Visual Studio Express

We recommend that you install the necessary software prior to the event. If it is not already installed, you will need a partition with ~30 GB of free space to install the bits.

 

Software

Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Visual Studio 11 Beta

Download the Windows 8 SDK Samples

 

Agenda

8:30 - 9:00	Registration
9:00 – 9:15	Introduction to Windows 8 Camp	Thomas Lewis
9:15 – 10:00	The Windows 8 Platform for Metro style apps	Thomas Lewis
10:00 – 10:45	Designing Apps with Metro Principles and the Windows Personality	David Paquette
10:45 – 11:00	Break
11:00 - 11:45	Everything Web Developers Must Know to Build Metro Style Apps	David Paquette
11:45 - 12:30	The Developer Opportunity: Introducing the Windows Store	Thomas Lewis
12:30 - 13:00	Lunch (Provided)
13:00 - 17:00	Hands-On Lab

Biography

Thomas Lewis is a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft who at 8 years old thought that there was a frog apocalypse happening in his yard. It just turned out that the rain made all the frogs come out and hop around. He has been at Microsoft for over 12 years and has evangelized everything from Visual Basic 6 to HTML5 to Design for web developers and designers world-wide. He even once ate a “century egg” while in China. When not talking about the brutality of HTML5, Design and Windows 8, he enjoys his family, wine, death metal and all things 80’s.  He is also bent on eradicating IE6 from the planet and will never stop, never.

David works as a Lead Developer at P2 Energy Solutions, building commercial software products for the energy industry.  At P2 David also serves on an internal architecture review board, making recommendations on several commercial products and building prototype systems using leading-edge technologies.  David spends his spare time exploring new technologies and building mobile applications for the Microsoft platform (He dreams in metro).  David also serves as the President of Calgary .Net User Group.