Microsoft will be hosting a free, two-day virtual event next week for aspiring Windows Phone 8 developers. Given the high quality of the previous events, you won’t want to miss it, but I do expect the multi-part event—it runs literally all day both days—will be made available later for download.
The event is called Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start, and it stars Andy Wigley, one half of the duo who hosted the previous Jump Start series for both Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 7.5. I’m a huge fan of these video series, and suspect the new one will be excellent as well.
“This two-day course is specially tailored for developers looking to leverage C#/XAML to build cool apps and games for Windows Phone 8,” the event’s listing on Microsoft Virtual Academy reads. “Clearly, this platform is another leap forward in Microsoft’s overall mobile strategy and the developer community has taken notice. Now is the time to embrace your opportunity and start building Windows Phone apps.”
Here’s the outline for the two-day event:
Day 1: November 28, 2012 from 7:00am – 5:00pm PST
Module 1a: Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development | P1
Module 1b: Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development | P2
Module 2: Designing Windows Phone 8 Apps
Module 3: Building Windows Phone 8 Apps
Module 4: Files and Storage on Windows Phone 8
Module 05: Windows Phone 8 Application Lifecycle
Module 06: Background Agents
Module 07: Tiles and Lock Screen Notifications
Module 08: Push Notifications
Module 09: Using Phone Resources in Windows Phone 8
Day 2: November 29, 2012 from 7:00am – 5:00pm PST
Module 10: App to App Communication in Windows Phone 8
Module 11: Network Communication in Windows Phone 8
Module 12: Proximity Sensors and Bluetooth in Windows Phone 8
Module 13: Speech Input in Windows Phone 8
Module 14: Maps and Location in Windows Phone 8
Module 15: Wallet Support, In-App Purchasing in Windows Phone 8
Module 16: The Windows Phone Store
Module 17: Enterprise Application Publishing and Distribution in Windows Phone 8
Module 18: Windows Phone 8 and Cross Platform App Development
Module 19: Introduction to C++ Games Development
Module 20: Windows Phone Team Q&A
