Watch all videos from Build 2012 here: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2012
Build is Microsoft’s annual developer conference. This year’s Build on October 30 – 2 November in Redmond was especially memorable because of the key consumer product launches such as Windows 8, Surface, Windows Phone 8 and Office that represent a huge developer opportunity.
Tickets were sold out within the first hour of sales, which is not surprise considering the great content and the fact that attendees were treated to a free Surface RT and 100GB of Skydrive storage!
We know it’s pretty late, but we’ve spent some time sieving through the many videos and here are some of the key talks that stood out for us!
New multi-touch, ink, and pen technologies that can revolutionize your apps on any size of screens
Speaker – Jeff Han, Microsoft General Manager, Former CEO of Perspective Pixel
Han has a vision that is as much about the technology as it is about the people who use it to interact. That creates a fascinating opportunity for developers who, over the next several years, will do more to create apps that integrate with the way we sit, stand and use our arms more so than how to use machines with keyboards to type commands.
Develop solutions that flow with your customers business – starting with individuals and information workers on their phones, desks or virtual offices, moving into conference rooms, brainstorm areas, boardrooms and common areas. Learn how Microsoft’s new pen and touch capabilities software and hardware will enable you to develop products that will help businesses be more efficient. Have a sneak peak on what our large multi-touch displays (82” and 55”) can bring to your solutions.
The Microsoft design language
Speaker – Will Tschumy, Principal User Experience Adviser, Microsoft
HTML5 & CSS3 latest features in action!
Speakers – David Rousset, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft France
In this session, you learn more about the new standard features available in Internet Explorer 10, including grid layout, IndexedDB, and AppCache. We’ll use simple code examples to see these features in action in real-world websites and apps!
Building High-Performing JavaScript for Modern Engines
Speakers – John-David Dalton, Amanda Silver
You’ve probably heard about the radical gains in JavaScript performance in the latest crop of Internet browsers. In this talk, we’ll discuss the key insights and optimizations implemented in browser JavaScript engines, such as Chakra in Internet Explorer 10 or V8 in Chrome. More importantly, we’ll explore best practices for taking advantage of these optimizations in your code and learn how to pinpoint JavaScript performance problems using appropriate tools. Throughout the presentation, we’ll cover tips, tricks, and tools for developing fast applications with JavaScript.
Introducing TypeScript: A language for application-scale JavaScript development
Speaker – Anders Hejlsberg, Microsoft Technical Fellow (also known as the father of C#)
In this session, Anders will introduce TypeScript, a new language and toolset that makes it easier to write cross-platform, application-scale JavaScript. TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript. TypeScript adds optional static types, classes, and modules to JavaScript to enable great tooling and better structuring of large JavaScript applications. The TypeScript compiler is Open Source and written in TypeScript. The compiler outputs standard JavaScript that runs in any browser or any host. The TypeScript language specification is available under the Open Web Foundation’s, Final Specification Agreement (OWFa 1.0).
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