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The Basics of WinRT in Windows 8
15 September 11 11:42 PM | Elad Shaham | with no comments

So this is the first post that I’m writing in my brand new Windows 8 Developer Preview Samsung Tablet. One of the important concepts that have been introduced in the BUILD conference is the introduction of WinRT, the new runtime layer on top of which new apps can be written in the supported languages – .NET, JavaScript and C++. WinRT exposes a set of libraries which can be used by any of the above languages. WinRT is supposedly the Win32 replacement, so it covers most of the more important capabilities...

תגים:DEV, Windows 8, BUILD, WinRT

My Impressions from BUILD Keynote
13 September 11 11:29 PM | Elad Shaham | 1 comment(s)

I have the pleasure of participating in the BUILD conference in Anaheim, CA, together with 18 of my Sela colleagues. The keynote ended about one hour ago – Meet Windows 8. I know there are already hundred of blog posts regarding what has been said in the keynote presentation, but I wanted to share what I find most important. First of all, the user interface looks amazing!!! Being very fond of Windows Phone user interface, and after a few attempts by Microsoft to provide a full touch experience in...

תגים:DEV, Windows 8, BUILD