THAT WAS AWESOME!!! We had some killer apps show up to this and I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who showed attended any of our classes. I am very pleased at how well everyone performed. We had some rough patches, but I’d say this class was a huge success! I’d love to hear what you thought about it! What can we do to improve it?

Special Thanks

First a huge thanks to Kim Schmidt who, despite many struggles during the course of this class, has been an outstanding support. She secured our location and really got this class up and running. So again, a huge thanks to her! Also, vNext_OC has been critical in this event. We want to thank all those who have helped organize the user group and keep it running! Great job! We want to give a special thanks to our hosts Saddleback College. They were tremendous hosts and helped us a ton! And a huge thanks to Microsoft for sponsoring dinner each night. It was delicious! Of course we wouldn’t be anywhere with out our prizes so another giant thanks to Microsoft and Nokia DVLUP who sponsored all of the cool prizes and giveaways! Kevin and I have feel honored and privileged to have worked with such amazing sponsors, leaders, and attendees! Thank you everyone for your participation!

Overview Of Sessions

Blog Post Links (posts contain links to recorded sessions 2-11):

Development Environment for Windows 8

Session 1 & 2 of the WinRT Development Class – Introduction, XAML, and WinRT’s Control Framework

Session 3 of the WinRT Development Class – App Lifecycle and Navigation

Session 4 of the WinRT Development Class – Async/Await, WinRT API, and Security

Session 5 of the WinRT Development Class – Search and Settings

Session 6 of the WinRT Development Class – Share Contract

WinRT Development Class – Spring Break Update

Session 7 of the WinRT Development Class – Live Tiles and Background Tasks

Session 8 of the WinRT Development Class – Orientation And Near Field Communication

Session 9 of the WinRT Development Class – Intro to Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)

Session 10 of the WinRT Development Class – InterKnowlogy’s WinRT MVVM Framework Part I/II

Session 11 of the WinRT Development Class – InterKnowlogy’s WinRT MVVM Framework Part II/II

MeetUp Links:

1. Introductory Lecture (Nov 27th by Danny & Kevin)
2. Introduction to XAML and WinRT’s powerful Control Framework; (Dec 4th by Danny & Kevin Click here for the video recording)
3. Page-Navigation Model and Application Lifecycle (Jan 8th by Danny Click here for the video recording)
4. Fundamentals (Async/Await, WinRT API, Security) (Jan 15th by Kevin Click here for the video recording)
5. Settings and Search Contract (Jan 28th by Danny Click here for the video recording)
6. Share Contract (Feb 4th by Kevin Click here for the video recording)
7. Live Tiles and Background Tasks (March 18th by Kevin Click here for the video recording)
8. Orientation Handling and Proximity using Near Field Communication (NFC) (March 25th by Danny Click here for the video recording)
9. Introduction to ModelViewViewModel (MVVM) (April 8th by Danny Click here for the video recording)
10. InterKnowlogy’s WinRT MVVM Framework Session Part I/II(April 22nd by Kevin Click here for the video recording)
11. InterKnowlogy’s WinRT MVVM Framework Session Part II/II(May 6th by Danny Click here for the video recording)
12. Presentation of Hackathon Results + Certificate/Prize Giveaway(May 20th by Danny and Kevin)