Presented on MLK day for Boston Tech meetup, Talbott introduces Windows 8 and some tips for installing the Developer Preview.

1. Welcome to Windows 8
Talbott Crowell
MVP

2. Thanks to
@talbott

3. Martin
Luther
King Jr.
Peace is not merely a distant goal we
seek, but a means by which we arrive at
that goal
Paraphrased from Christmas Sermon 1967

4. About @talbott
• ThirdM Solutions Architect
• SharePoint Consultant
• Microsoft F# MVP
• Author, Blogger, Tweeter
@talbott

5. What is Windows 8
The next OS release from Microsoft
“Developer Distinctive
Preview” “touch first”
Pre-beta Metro User
Download Available Experience
The Beta is expected February
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6. Demonstration
1. Tiles
2. Metro apps
3. Transfer between desktop and start
screen

7. Which version should I install?
I am a power user Power User
– Windows 8 Developer Preview 32-bit (x86)
– Windows 8 Developer Preview 64-bit (x64)
I am a developer Developer
– Windows 8 Developer Preview with developer
tools 64-bit (x64)
• Burn ISO to disk requires DVD+R DL (double
layer) @talbott

8. Bare metal vs Virtual machine
• Bare metal
– Fastest
– Need a dedicated machine or dual boot
• Virtual machine
– Disposable
– One level of indirection
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9. Steps (for installing on bare metal)
• Get a Windows Live ID
– if you don’t already have one
• Download ISO
• Burn DVD*
• Boot computer up with DVD
• Install OS
• Use a Windows Live ID to log in for
the first time
• Run Windows Update
* For developers, be sure to use the “with developer tools”
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image and DVD+R DL disk

10. Windows Update
• Installs drivers
• Updates Visual Studio 11 bits
• Check your “Device Manager” to see if you
have any missing device drivers
– If you do, go to your computer vendor and
download Windows 7 drivers for the missing
components
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11. The Software
• For MSDN subscribers
– Install Office 2010
• For Developers
– First test Visual Studio 11 Express
• Metro Windows 8 only templates
– Install Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview
• Gives you the rest of the development suite for desktop
application development, ASP.NET, etc…
• Run Windows Update (again… lots of
patches)
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12. Personalize
• Install your favorite development and
productivity tools
• Install Firefox or some other browser in
case IE10 preview can’t connect to the
sites
– Dell.com support
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13. Where is the Start Menu?
• Simple fix
http://twitter.com/talbott
(link to my blog)
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14. Configure Desktop
• Add Program Menu
– Or Start Menu
• Add Shut down shortcut
– Hibernate, Sleep, Restart, etc…
• Add icons to desktop (Control Panel)
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15. Demonstration
1. Add Start / Programs menu to desktop
2. Add Shutdown / Sleep / Restart
shortcuts

16. What is Metro?
• User Experience (UX) and User
Interface (UI) guidelines
• Bauhaus influenced
• “Chromeless”
– Omission of lots of unnecessary
borders
• Introduced in
2010 with
Windows Phone 7
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17. Metro Design Principals
• Clean, Light, Open, Fast, Flow
• Alive and In Motion
• Content not Chrome
• Celebrate Typography
• Authentically Digital
See Paul Laberge’s post:
http://bit.ly/metrods
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18. Metro vs Desktop
• Metro is the primary interface for Windows
8 tablet and touch screen interface
• Desktop is similar to Windows 7 traditional
UI
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19. Charms
• Contracts for
– Share
– Search
– Devices
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20. Snapping
• Allows for 2
apps at the
same time
• Build your
application
s to format
nicely when
snapped
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21. Application Bar
• Right-click
• Swipe from bottom
– Demo: Weather and IE
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22. Using Internet Explorer
• When a page doesn’t work in Metro
(Youtube Flash for example)
– Right-click to access the Application Bar
– View in Desktop Mode
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24. Use
desktop
view

25. Flash now
works

26. Demonstration
1. Browser tricks

27. WinRT – Back to the Future
• WinRT is “closer to the metal” than .NET
• Evolution of COM
• Highly performant (pick a language)
– C++
• Most direct access
– JavaScript + HTM5
– C#/VB.NET/F#
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28. Evolution of Windows API’s
(How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the WinRT)
Windows Runtime Overview

29. 1990’s
• Win 32 abstraction layer
for developers to target old (Win95) and new
(NT) operating systems
My VB 4 App My C++ App
Win32
Windows 95 Windows NT 4
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30. 2002-2007
• .NET allowed for My VB 7 or
C# App My My
simpler VB.NE
VB 6 C++
C#
development T App App
• Still abstracted by .NET VB 6 C++
Win32
• Native apps using Win32
VB6 and C++ still
Windows 2000 / XP
popular
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31. 2007-2012
.NET Rules multiple platforms and becomes
the new abstraction layer
Windows, Silverlight, Azure, WP7, etc…
My C++ My Desktop .NET App My Cloud .NET App
App
F# VB C# F# VB C#
C++
.NET
Windows XP,
Windows
Vista, Silverlight Azure
Phone 7
Windows 7
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32. 2012-2017
My Windows 8/Metro App
My .NET App
F# VB C# C++
F# VB C# JavaScript
.NET
.NET Windows Runtime
Windows XP,
Vista, Windows 8
Windows 7
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33. Using the Windows Runtime from C# and Visual Basic
http://bit.ly/winrtfromvb
Harry Pierson
//build
Jesse Kaplan
My Windows 8/Metro App
My .NET App
F# VB C# C++
F# VB C# JavaScript
.NET
.NET & WinRT
.NET Windows Runtime
Windows XP,
Vista, Windows 8
Windows 7
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34. As covered at //build
Windows
Runtime
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35. Demonstration
1. Building a Metro Style Application

36. XAML is the Common Denominator
XAML
Desktop Apps Metro / Mobile Aps
Windows
Presentatio Silverligh Windows
n t Phone Windows 8
Foundation
.NET Framework
Desktop Silverlight Windows Phone
Windows
CLR CLR CLR
Runtime
Common Language Runtime (WinRT)

37. WinRT versus .NET Framework
Area .NET Metro WinRT
Framework
User Silverlight and New Namespace:
Interface Windows Phone Windows.UI.Xaml.*
components
I/O synchronous async/await
Strorage Isolated Storage Windows.Storage.Application
Data.Current
Threading ThreadPool Task
Reflection Type.GetMethods Type.GetTypeInfo().Declared
Methods
Misc IComparable Icomparable<T>
See: http://bit.ly/net2metro @talbott

38. Other Exiting News
• The names and release dates may change
• Microsoft wants to insure quality over date
• Silverlight 5 (released)
• SQL Server 2012 (release candidate zero)
• Visual Studio 2012 (I’m guessing the name)
• Azure SDK 1.6 (released)
• Azure support for
Java, PHP, node.js, Hadoop @talbott

39. Videos
• Build Conference
http://www.buildwindows.com/
• ScottGu on Azure
http://bit.ly/azuregu
• Pluralsight (subscription)
http://pluralsight.com
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40. Trivia Quiz
Who is the guy in the middle?

42. Trivia Quiz : Answer
Bob Marley
Bunny Peter
Wailer Tosh
1965

43. Call to action
• Power Users
– Download Windows 8 today and play around
with it
• Developers
– Learn XAML if you haven’t already
• Silverlight 5
• Windows Phone 7
• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
– Download Windows 8 with Developer Tools
and build Metro Apps!
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45. Thank You
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