Windows 8 for .NET Developers

Windows 8 for .NET Developers

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  Windows 8 for.NET Developers Michael F. Collins, III Desert Code Camp November 2011
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  .NET 4.5 Announced! Base Class Library improvements .NET for Metro applications  Asynchronous file I/O  Customize reflection behavior on a class  ZIP compression improvements  Managed Extensibility Framework improvements
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  .NET 4.5 Announced! ASP.NET Improvements  HTML5 Support  WebSockets  AntiXSS  Unobtrusive JavaScript  Better Content Delivery Network support  Asynchronous HTTP requests  Asynchronous modules and handlers  ASP.NET MVC 4  Mobile support
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  .NET 4.5 Announced! Windows Presentation Foundation Improvements  Ribbon control  Synchronous and asynchronous data validation  Improved VirtualizingPanel and Dispatcher  Improved performance for large data set  Access collections on non-UI threads  Data binding  Static properties  Custom types  Better Win32/WPF interop
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  .NET 4.5 Announced! Windows Communication Foundation Improvements  Contract-first development  Improvements to ASP.NET compatibility mode  Changes to default transport properties  Validation of WCF configuration files by Visual Studio  Asynchronous streaming  WebSockets  HTTPS protocol mapping  Configure services in code  ChannelFactory caching
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  .NET 4.5 Announced! Workflow Foundation Improvements  State machines  C# expressions  Designer improvements  Versioning enhancements  Contract-first workflow services
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  Windows 8 Metro style apps Desktop apps HTML / View XAML CSS Controller JavaScript Model C/C++ C#, VB HTML C C# (Chakra) JS C++ VB WinRT APIs System Services Communication Graphics & Devices & & Data Media Printing Win .NE Application Model IE T 32 SL Core Windows Core OS Services
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  Windows Runtime (WinRT) Language Metro style app Support (CLR, WinJS, CRT) Language Projection UI Pickers Controls Media Web Host (HTML, CSS, J Windows XAML Storage Network … avaScript)) Metadata & Namespace Runtime Windows Runtime Core Broker Windows Core
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  WinRT Services User Interface Devices Communications & Data Media Fundamentals
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  What’s Important?  .NETis not going away.  The full .NET client stack can be used to create Windows applications that run in the Windows shell.  A subset of .NET can be used to build Metro applications using the WinRT framework.  .NET applications on Metro are still compiled to MSIL.
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  Windows 8 MetroApplications JavaScript Windows Runtime C++ C#/VB
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  How does .NETCompare: C++ .NET C++  .NET compiles to MSIL  C++ is compiled as native code  Will be just-in-time compiled for the host  Will load and run faster machine than C#  No just-in-time compilation  Can be built in AnyCPU mode  Needs to be built for each architecture  Uses the WinRT framework  Uses the WinRT framework  Uses XAML for the UI  Uses XAML for UI  Subset of the .NET  Uses Standard Template Framework Library  Garbage collection  Automatic reference counting
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  How does .NETCompare: HTML5 .NET HTML 5  .NET compiles to MSIL  HTML5 apps use the Internet Explorer core hosted in a shell  Will be just-in-time application provided by Metro compiled for the host  Uses WinRT machine  Most JavaScript libraries can be reused:  Uses the WinRT jQuery, KnockoutJS, etc. framework  Metro JavaScript library supports data binding and list  Uses XAML for the UI controls  Subset of the .NET  Metro applications have full HTML 5 support and CSS 3 Framework  HTML 5 applications are not  Garbage collection limited to same server policy
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  Start the NewYear the Right Way  Neudesic is hiring!  We need:  SharePoint  Mobility: iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone 7  Silverlight/WPF  Web: HTML 5, JavaScript, ASP.NET MVC  WCF and BizTalk  User Experience  Come work with some of the top developers in the Phoenix region!  Email your resume to michael.collins@neudesic.com today!
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  Contact Information  Email  michael@imaginaryrealities.com  michael.collins@neudesic.com  Blog: http://www.michaelfcollins3.me  Twitter: @mfcollins3  Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfcollins3  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mfcollins3