1. Introduction
Dima AlOthaimeen

2. Agenda
• Window 8.1:
1. Windows reimagined.
2. Introduction to Windows 8.1 experience.
• Windows Phone 8:
1. Overview
2. Windows Phone Store
• Development tools.
• Development Choices.

3. Window 8.1:
Windows 8.1

4. Windows Reimagined

5. Windows Reimagined
Windows Store Apps

6. There are over 100,000 apps in
the Windows Store including top
apps like Hulu, Netflix, Twitter
and Facebook.

7. Introduction to
Windows 8.1 Experience

8. Introduction to Windows 8.1
Experience
1. Start screen.
2. App characteristics.
3. App snapping.
4. App bar.

9. Start Screen

10. Demo
Start Screen

11. App characteristics
• Immersive.
• Fast and fluid.
• Touch enabled.
• Gestures.
• Windows Integration.
• Consistent UI.

12. App Snapping

13. Demo
App Snapping

14. App bar

15. Demo
App bar

16. Windows
Phone 8

17. Overview

18. Overview
• The second generation of Windows Phone OS.
• Released on October 29, 2012.
• About 22 different device running Windows Phone 8
now.
Biggest Vendors for WP8 are:
• Nokia
• HTC
• Samsung
• Huawei

19. Windows Phone Store

20. Windows Phone Store

21. Windows Phone Store

22. Development
Tools

23. Development Tools

24. Students
They can get the visual studio professional for
NO COST via Microsoft DreamSpark.

25. 8.1 Easier to design apps

26. Development
Choices

27. Development Choices

28. HTML/JS enables you to use
your web development knowledge
and great open source and
commercial libraries to create
native Windows Store apps.

29. Many great apps built with HTML / JS

30. XAML with C#, VB and C++ makes the
best use of your wealth of
desktop, server, and phone
development knowledge to enable
you to build compelling Windows
Store apps.

31. Many great apps built on XAML

32. DirectX is the best platform
for high-performance, highframe rate games and
visualizations

33. DirectX provides a powerful
set of graphics functionality

34. Demo
Hello World: XAML

35. Let’s Build
Apps
Together