Deep Diving with Lance

Posted on February 7, 2013 • 2 minutes • 233 words

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Grab your scuba gear because we’re diving into new WP8 features

Grab your scuba gear because we’re diving into new WP8 features

Windows Phone 8 ushered in a bunch of new APIs to hook into. I am providing my Dvlup’rs with a one-on-one training experience via email (and soon, via Skype). Take a look at the topics below. I will do a mini-code camp with you on a topic of your choice, then we can apply what you’ve learned to your app idea.

Choose a topic that you would like to learn how to use (each one has several examples apps w/source)

Introducing WP8 Development
Designing WP8 Applications
Building WP8 Applications & Async (2 sessions)
Files and Storage
WP8 Application Lifecycle
WP8 Background Agents
Local Database
Tiles and Lockscreen Notifications
Push Notifications
Using Phone resources
App to App Communication
Network Communication
Proximity Sensors and Bluetooth
Using Speech
Maps and Location
Wallet and In-app Purchase (2 sessions)
Windows Phone Store
Enterprise Publishing and Distribution
Developing for Windows 8 and WP8

Send me an email with “Deep Dive” in the subject line to ext-lance.mccarthy@nokia.com , let me know which topic(s) you would like to dig into. I will follow up and help you in any way I can.

Here is a quick map that Matthias Shapiro uses, it’s a great reference:

NOTE: If you are not in my region, I will connect you to your local Nokia Ambassador to follow up with you.