Slide deck from the DevconFive.com conference in NYC on July 10th

1. Joshua Drew
Technical Evangelist
@jdruid
Jason Walters
Technical Evangelist
@jasonrwalters
Delivering HTML5 and Modern Apps

2. Bring your app to life on Windows
Build your apps faster
Cloud Enable your apps
HTML5 Mobile Services Demo
Resources

3. Devices
Services

4. device/services
client/server

7. Web site Pinned Site Hybrid App Windows Store App

8. A taste of the apps built with HTML…

10. WinJS 2.0
Phone
WinJS 2.1

11. http://

12. WinJS HTML5 WinRT
Universal Apps with HTML/JS
.JS
Cross Platform Websites and Apps

13. Controls
Promises
Navigation
Localization
Application
Xhr
Binding
Templating
Namespaces
Classes
Utilities
Animations

14. Path to Convergence
Windows, Windows Phone and Xbox
WinJS
• Use as Web App, Windows App
• Built with interoperability in mind for other JS Libraries
Visual Studio 2013
• Javascript Templates
Web Application Template
• http://wat.codeplex.com

18. Y
A
X B

19. Construct2 - cross platform game development for beginners

20. Construct 2
Pros:
• Extensible. Support via plugins
• Exports a Visual Studio Project.
Cons:
• Windows-only
• Smaller market place.
• Free license = Free game
Construct 2 features easy game, but also offers an extensible plugin
architecture that can appeal to education audiences. Developers can be
encouraged to develop their own plugins.

21. GameMaker - family of products that caters to entry-level developers and seasoned game
development professionals to create cross platform games

22. GameMaker
Pros:
• Easy to use – No need for Code
• HUGE support
Cons:
• Full version $$
• No Source Code
GameMaker is a top quality game editor that makes it easy for developers to
build games quickly.

23. Unity – most popular cross platform game
development tool for 2D and 3D games

24. Unity Overview
True Cross-Platform Capability
Unity Asset Store
Unity Online Services

25. Unity Windows Store games
Unity supports all of these features
Trial
Live tiles
Secondary tiles
Handle all inputs
Contracts
Share
Settings
PlayTo
Snapped/Full/Filled Views
Portrait and landscape
Myriad of displays, resolution, pixel density
Other certification requirements

26. Microsoft Azure web sites
Ready for your Modern Web App.
Access Azure Services.
Editor Deployment.
Faster to market.
Open and flexible.

27. SQL Table storage
Blob storage Mongo DB Facebook Twitter Google
Microsoft Active directory
APNS GCM
WNS and
MPNS
Notification
hubs
Source control
Table - Scheduled
Custom API
SDK WINDOWS STORE, IOS, ANDROID, WINDOWS PHONE 8, IOS, ANDROID, HTML 5/JS

28. Flexible, rich apps for Windows devices Web and native experiences across any device

29. Web sites

36. Command line tools/power shell.
Third party (non Windows) IDE’s (WebStorm, etc.).
Visual Studio.
WebMatrix

37. Flexible deployment frameworks

40. SQL…
• Azure SQL Database
MySQL…
• ClearDB
NoSQL…
• MongoLab

41. Choice of Applications

42. Choice of Platform
IIS
Windows Azure Pack for
Windows Server
Windows Azure web sites
Hosted and
private
cloud
Public cloud
Web server

43. Supported Platforms
REST API

44. 3
Mobile Services Overview
Windows Store
iOS
Android
Windows Phone 8
iOS
Android
HTML 5/JS
SDKs
Scripts:
table
scheduled
custom API
REST API
Facebook Twitter Microsoft Google
Active
Directory
SQL
Table
Storage
Blob
Storage
WNS &
MPNS APNS GCM
Mongo
DB
Notification
Hubs
Source
Control