FREE Training Opportunity With MS Live 3 Day Event: Building Apps for Windows Phone 8.1
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- April 24, 2014
As we continue to bring you more free training opportunities from all over the web, here’s a truly exciting one. Windows Phone developers and wannabes, this one is truly for you! And for those of you undecided as to whether or not you want to switch to developing apps for Windows Phone 8, this is a great opportunity.
Microsoft organizes a FREE building Apps for Windows Phone 8.1 Jump Start virtual session, which you will be able to join live, from the comfort of your home, for absolutely free. It will be on for 3 days: April 29-May 1, 2014, 9-5 PDT (days 1 & 2), 9-12 PDT (day 3)
The event is open to all experienced software developers with knowledge of object-oriented design. Familiarity with C# or XAML is helpful. The great news is, no prior experience with developing Windows Phone 8 apps is required.
‘ Is this a good opportunity for me?’
If you’re an app developer willing to design and build Windows Phone 8.1 apps using XAML and C#, then YES. The two-and-a-half day, demo-rich course, taught by experts who have years of experience developing (and writing about the process), focuses on how to create apps for Windows Phone 8.1 in Visual Studio and how to create universal app projects that share a high percentage of code and that target both Windows and Windows Phone.
The course will bring you tips and tricks on maximizing your app compatibility and optimizing your code. Find out about new features, and learn how to program the many new Windows Runtime APIs that are available to both Windows Store apps and to Windows Silverlight apps. You can even get code samples. Sign up now to make your apps world-ready!
To prepare for the course, download the Windows Phone SDK, which includes all the tools you need to get started. And check out the Windows Phone sessions from Build 2014.
You can register for the event for free by clicking here.
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- Tags: apps, c, free training, freebies, it training, microsoft, special offers, visual studio, windows 8 1, windows phone, windows phone 8
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