În a doua jumătate a lunii martie vom avea o serie de cursuri online gratuite pentru partenerii din Microsoft Partner Network. Recomand aceste cursuri pentru toți partenerii care au competența Application Development (fosta ISV sau Web Development) Silver sau Gold, sau pentru cei care ați achiziționat MAPS D&D (Microsoft Action Pack Subscription for Development & Design). Cursurile vor fi disponibile în PLC (Partner Learning Center) în limba engleză.

Înscrieți-vă aici (trebuie să aveți un cont valid de MPN).

19 mar, 10:30-12:30, Michal Morciniec
Windows 8 Application Platform

In this 2-hour webcast we introduce Windows 8 features relevant to developers: Windows RT APIs, Windows 8 store application packaging, deployment and execution model. We then focus on the application lifetime – activation, application data sharing. We also comment on functionality that will keep your application live even when not running: tiles, badges and toast notifications and explain the concept of the background tasks and lock screen apps.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: after completing this module you will have understanding of Windows 8 Store application lifetime and the impact it has on the design of your application. We will also point you to on-line material and resources that can help you with the implementation of the application features we mention in the presentation.
DEMONSTRATIONS: application process lifetime, application activation, sharing data between applications using contracts, local tile notifications and toasts, lock screen apps and background tasks.

20 mar, 10:30-12:30, Giuseppe Branca
Building Your First Windows 8 App in HTML5/JS

JavaScript has become a fist-class citizen for writing Windows 8 apps, so now even if you are a developer with skills related to the web technology you can write your first Windows 8 App straight away. In this 2-hour webcast we will show you how to structure the project of your app, we will recall the main aspects of HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.
DEMONSTRATIONS:  we will demonstrate how to build a simple single page app, place user controls and add the event handlers to them.

21 mar, 10:30-12:30, Giuseppe Branca
Windows 8 App: User Interface, Data Loading and Persistence (HTML5/JS)

In this 2-hour webcast we will show you how to build an app with a rich user interface, how to deal with storage of data, how to access the Internet from your app and how to reuse your skills in using third party frameworks.
DEMONSTRATIONS: we will demonstrate the main aspects for all of these topics, so at the end you will be able to start writing your first Windows 8 app and publish it to the Windows Store.

21 mar, 16:30-18:00, Martin Seitz, Susanne Kapp
Windows 8 App Certification and Windows Store

This 1:30h webcast discusses the certification process for Windows 8 Store Applications. It discusses the check-list data to fill for and application submission to the Store and explains what information is shown when your application is listed in the Store. Then the certification process is explained: the automated technical test and the manual content test executed by Store testers. We will comment of the most common top 10 reasons why applications fail the certification and how you can get help from Partner Services to resolve them.

DEMONSTRATIONS: we demonstrate application submission check-list data, Windows 8 Certification Toolkit (WACK)

22 mar, 10:30-12:30, Peter Vegh
Integrating Windows 8 App with Windows Azure Mobile Services

In this 2 hour presentation we will demonstrate how Windows Azure Mobile Services can simplify Windows 8 application development.
We will demonstrate how this service simplifies the storage of data into the cloud database, how you can authenticate easily with various authentication providers and how you can leverage this service for sending push notifications to the Windows 8 clients.
DEMONSTRATIONS: we show you how to build a simple Windows 8 Store application that uses Windows Azure Mobile Services.

25 mar, 10:30-12:30, Giuseppe Branca
Building Your First Windows 8 App using XAML/C#

For a developer coming from .NET background C#/XAML is a natural choice for writing a Windows 8 Store app.  In this 2 hour presentation we will show you how to structure the project of your app and we will recall the main aspects of XAML.
DEMONSTRATIONS: we will demonstrate how to build a simple single page app, place user controls and add the event handlers to them.

27 mar, 10:30-12:30, Giuseppe Branca
Windows 8 App: User Interface, Data Loading and Persistence (XAML/C#)

In this 2 hour presentation we will show you how to build an app with a rich user interface, how to deal with storage of data and how to access to Internet from your app.
DEMONSTRATIONS: we will demonstrate the main aspects for all of these topics, so at the end you will be able to start writing your first Windows 8 app and publish it to the Windows Store.