• Windows 8 Developer Camps

    by  • August 6, 2012 • Events, Speaking, Windows Azure

    We are launching a series of developer camps focusing on Windows 8 development. These camps will be in Detroit, Columbus, and Austin to begin with. I am sure we will be booking more of them.

    I will be speaking at the Detroit event to cover “Patterns for Windows Azure with Windows 8”, which will be fun. I was supposed to speak at the Columbus one as well, but since that is on my birthday, I won’t be able to.

    Here are the details. These Windows 8 events book up fast, so I recommend you register as soon as you can.

    Tour Schedule

    Venue City – Click to register

    Date

    Southfield

    August 22, 2012

    Columbus

    August 23, 2012

    Austin

    August 23, 2012

     

    Agenda

    Windows 8 changes everything.
    Combining the broad reach of Windows, best-in-class developer tools, a re-imagined user experience, support for new chipsets, and a built-in store with industry-leading business terms, Windows 8 is the largest developer opportunity – ever.

    Our DevCamp covers Windows 8 Release Preview from top to bottom, featuring sessions that run from introductory to intermediate as the day unfolds. These sessions will be followed by an InstallFest to prepare your system for hands-on app development.
    DevCamp agenda:
    8:30 – Registration

    9:00 – Welcome / Logistics
    9:30 – Windows 8 Platform and Lap Around Windows New Features (Show me the code!)

    11:30 – Lunch and hands-on labs (in either C#/XAML or HTML/JavaScript)

    1:00 – Metro Design

    2:15 – Patterns for Windows Azure with Windows 8

    2:30 – The Windows Store: How to Make Crazy Money

    4:00 – Hands-on Labs

    5:00 – Wrap Up

    *Agenda is subject to change.

    About

    Brian H. Prince is the Chief Technical Cloud Evangelist for Microsoft, based in the US. He gets super excited whenever he talks about technology, especially cloud computing, patterns, and practices. His job is to help customers strategically leverage technology, and help them bring their architecture to a super level. In a past life Brian was a part of super startups, super marketing firms, and super consulting firms. Much of his super architecture background includes building super scalable applications, application integration, and award winning web applications. All of them were super. Further, he is a co-founder of the non-profit organization CodeMash (www.codemash.org). He speaks at various international technology conferences. He only wishes his job didn’t require him to say ‘super’ so much. Brian is the co-author of “Azure in Action”, published by Manning Press. Brian holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and Physics from Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. He is also a zealous gamer. For example, he is a huge fan of Fallout 3, Portal, and pretty much every other game he plays.