A brief introduction shortly after the //Build conference to help share what information we had on Windows 8

1. Windows 8
for the professional developer

2. Introduction
/ Windows 8 Developer Preview
/ DP > BETA > RC > RTM
/ ETAs Unknown
/ Builds on top of Windows
/ Benefit from “Min-Win”
/ Benefit from drivers for Win7 etc…

3. User Experience
/ Inspiration from
/ Windows Phone 7: Metro
/ Internet Explorer 9: Just a stage
/ Both a Metro Style UI & Desktop UI
/ Touch is a first class feature
/ Tablet play
/ Sample apps are NOT shipping

4. Key Features
/ Performance is better
/ Min res: 1024x768
/ Sensor Platform
/ Magnometer, Accelerometer etc…
/ NFC

5. Key Features cont.
/ Reset & Refresh options
/ Hyper-V
/ Built in ISO support
/ ARM support
/ Win32 will need re-compile
/ Run From USB

6. Security
/ SmartScreen Filter is an OS feature
/ Windows Defender
/ Secure Boot
/ Many claims based improvements
/ User + Device
/ ACL based on expression
/ Audit based on claim

7. Live
/ Windows Live Skydrive
/ 25Gb storage
/ Free
/ API
/ Core for profile sharing
/ Live machine browsing and sharing

8. Browser vs. Browser
/ Internet Explorer 10
/ Metro Styled Version & Desktop Version
/ Metro Styled does NOT support plug-ins
/ Flash
/ Silverlight
/ Other differences in them too

9. Application Development
/ Two styles of applications
/ Desktop Apps built on Win32 or .NET
/ Metro Style built on WinRT
/ Windows Phone 7 apps, not native but
can be “tweaked” to run
/ Most of the controls people use aren’t there

10. Metro style Apps Desktop Apps
HTML /
View
XAML
CSS
JavaScript
Controller
Model
C/C++ C#, VB HTML C C#
(Chakra) JavaScript
C++ VB
Windows Runtime
System Services
Communication APIs
Graphics & Devices &
& Data Media Printing
Application Model Internet .NET
Win32
Explorer SL
Kernel
Windows Kernel Services

11. WinRT
/ New base for Metro Style development
/ Seen as the future replacement for Win32
/ HTML 5 OR XAML based for UI
/ HTML 5 as in Web 2.0
/ JavaScript++ (Win.js)
/ XAML for C#, VB.NET or C++
/ App-to-app contracts (charms)
/ Isolated Storage
/ Brokered Access to system
/ Cameras, GPS, files etc…

12. WinRT cont.
/ Most of API is Async
/ Anything over 50ms
/ Threading via ThreadPool is possible
/ No GDI+ only DirectX
/ Apps can be suspended
/ Full screen and docked screen modes
/ Windows Push Notification Service

13. Store
/ Can publish all apps: Desktop & Metro Style
/ Metro Style buy/install integrated into
Windows
/ Desktop only via web
/ Store will test apps, similar to AppHub does
/ Telemetry
/ Downloads, Revenue, Usage, In-App
Transactions, Ratings, Crash & Hang data

15. Start Demo
Microsoft Microsoft User Experience Demo!
Visual Outlook
Studio… 2010
Internet Explorer
Microsoft
Xbox
Emulator
Desktop

16. :(
Your presentation ran to the very end, and
now it is time for questions and answers.
You can contact the presenter online: www.sadev.co.za or
robert@sadev.co.za