Thank you for joining us for the Build for Windows 8 Event last Friday! We had fun with 200 fellow developers who came together to learn about the Windows 8 platform. Here are the slides for your reference. Do let us know if you have any questions and feel free to get in touch with us by leaving a comment, or tweet us @gospiffy for more information. Have fun developing for Windows 8! The Windows 8 Platform Designing Metro Apps ...
Along with the new release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Microsoft also launched complete set of development tools that contains Visual Studio 11 Express Beta and Blend for Visual Studio. These are the tool to build Metro style apps for Windows 8. It includes the Windows 8 SDK, templates and enables access to Windows 8 APIs. Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Beta has a new, simpler, refreshed UI, and it includes fully featured code editor, a powerful debugger, a focused profiler, and rich language support that you can use to build apps that written in HTML5, JavaScript, C++, C# or Visual Basic. Visual Studio 11 Express Beta for Windows 8 also includes a device simulator that you can use to test Metro style apps on multiple form factors. Below, we have compiled thorough list of what you need to know to get started on VS 11 Beta. Don’t forget to check out our easy step by step guide on how to develop apps for Windows 8 Consumer Preview. ...