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A deep dive into Visual Studio 11 Express for designing Metro style apps using XAML

TOOL-504T. A deep dive into Visual Studio 11 Express for designing Metro style apps using XAML. Joanna Mason & Unni Ravindranathan Program Managers Microsoft Corporation. Agenda. Designing Memories Design goals Uniquely Windows 8 Building Memories in Visual Studio Express

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A deep dive into Visual Studio 11 Express for designing Metro style apps using XAML

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  1. TOOL-504T A deep dive into Visual Studio 11 Express for designing Metro style apps using XAML Joanna Mason & UnniRavindranathan Program Managers Microsoft Corporation

  2. Agenda • Designing Memories • Design goals • Uniquely Windows 8 • Building Memories in Visual Studio Express • Expressive and flexible UI constructs using XAML • Interactive designer enhances productivity • Great tools make better apps!

  3. Designing Memories Capture life’s memories quickly and easily in a visually pleasing interactive magazine that invites sharing with family and friends • Content first • Personal • Fun • Minimal and clean visual style

  4. Metro style app design guidance • Designing Metro style apps • Using the design checklist • Use Quickstart guides and design guidelines

  5. demo Memories Completed app

  6. Choosing XAML to build your UI • WPF, SL and Windows Phone developers • Utilize current skills • Reuse compatible assets • Developers new to XAML • Powerful declarative programming model • Separation of UI layer and app logic • Expressive: controls, layout, vector drawing • Comprehensive : styles, templates, data binding, animation • Extensible : custom controls

  7. Visual Studio Designer • Same designer features for all supported languages • C#, C++ and VB • New XAML designer available today • Core authoring UI now shared with Expression Blend • Consistent XAML parsing and rendering • Shared UI where it makes sense • Individual products optimized for target user and workflow

  8. demo Visual Studio Express 11 XAML Designer

  9. Visual Studio Designer benefits • Work visually when it makes sense • Fine-tune layout • Experiment with property settings • Edit document hierarchy • Edit XAML directly for precise control of markup • Flexible design-time environment • Ensure consistency by using resources

  10. Download Visual Studio Update • Fixes an issue where the mouse drag operation does not terminate when using the designer. • Download from here

  11. For more information Related sessions Documentation & articles • Tour of the IDE for C#, C++, Visual Basic Developers • Building your first Windows Metro style app • with C++, C#, or Visual Basic • Roadmap for creating Metro style apps • in C#, C++, or Visual Basic • TOOL-515T: Tips and tricks for developing Metro style apps using XAML • APP-517T: Build polished collection and list apps using XAML • APP-737T: Metro style apps using XAML: what you need to know • APP-741T: Metro style apps using XAML: Make your app shine • APP-847T: Reach all your customer's devices with one beautiful XAML user interface Chalk Talks • APP-528C: Build world-ready Metro style apps using XAML • joamason@microsoft.com • unnir@microsoft.com Contact

  12. thank you Feedback and questions http://forums.dev.windows.com Session feedbackhttp://bldw.in/SessionFeedback

  13. © 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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