Microsoft’s Dave Isbitski has posted some information about an upcoming Microsoft road show for developers interested in Windows Phone 7.
The power to build smart, visually stunning games and applications is right in your hands with Windows Phone 7. Want to see what’s under the hood? You are invited to join your local Microsoft Developer Evangelists for an inside look at the Windows Phone 7 platform. You’ll learn how to harness the strength of Silverlight and XNA to create compelling user experiences with rich, multi-media content. We’ll also outline the new distribution and revenue opportunities Windows Phone 7 and the Windows Marketplace offer to web, game, mobile and interactive developers and application publishers.
Morning Sessions:
· Introduction to Windows Phone Development and the WP7 platform
· Building Windows Phone 7 Applications with Silverlight
· Building Windows Phone 7 Applications using XNA
Lunch (included)
Afternoon Sessions:
· Monetizing Your Apps with Marketplace
· Windows Phone 7 Services
· Light Up Windows Phone 7Amplify your creativity, productivity and profits with Windows Phone 7 – and don’t miss these full-day sessions in your local area. This is an exclusive, advance invitation for our preferred customers, so register today and save your seat.
You can also find out more at the official site, which also has info about a series of Windows Phone 7 Bootcamp events.
I’ve signed up for the August 24 Firestarter event in Waltham, MA (just outside of Boston). This is just a few days after we get back from Germany, but I’d really like to attend this.
This is a nice and smart thing for MS to do. Good hands on free help to devs and also at the same time showing how much support they’re putting behind the new platform.
Thanks, Paul, I just registered for the Philly event.
Microsoft hasn’t had any events here in Honolulu for almost 2 years now … looks like this will be no different.
Nice to see. I notice they have the hands-on WinPho7 BootCamp in Chicago but not the more “high-level” WinPho7 Firestarter session. It’s always mystifying how IT companies pick cities for events.
Also – the description of the BootCamp is wrong on that web page – it’s talking about ASP.NET. Someone didn’t do their copy editing! If you click on a city it gives the correct description of the event.
Also notice that the Windows Phone 7 boot camps are in the mid-west. The Firestarter events are on the East Coast.
Interested in hearing feedback from anyone who has attended one of these events – trying to decide whether it’s worth taking a day off from work, especially considering all the resources available online….