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Bringing Designers and Developers Together

Bringing Designers and Developers Together. Building Rich Interactive Applications. Paul Laberge Partner Developer Advisor, Microsoft Canada plaberge@microsoft.com http://blogs.msdn.com/canux. Takeaways Designer / Developer Workflow is important! XAML is the key to the workflow

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Bringing Designers and Developers Together

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  1. Bringing Designers and Developers Together Building Rich Interactive Applications Paul Laberge Partner Developer Advisor, Microsoft Canada plaberge@microsoft.com http://blogs.msdn.com/canux

  2. Takeaways • Designer / Developer Workflow is important! • XAML is the key to the workflow • Expression Studio,Visual Studio and Silverlight

  3. Change in Focus Prior focus of web-enabled applications was functionality “What do users need to do with the application?” Now the focus is on the user “How can the application cater to the user?”

  4. Experience First Applications Thick Client Web

  5. Unifying the Design / Development Process Designer Look, behavior, brand,and emotional connection Developer Function, deployment, data, security, operational integrity

  6. Unifying the Design / Development Process

  7. Unifying the Design / Development Process

  8. So what does this mean to me? • More focus on usability • Understanding Design, Understanding Development • Looking at solutions a different way • Finding new tools exist to help you build Rich, Interactive Applications

  9. Expression Studio is Ready! • Microsoft® Expression Blend™ • Microsoft® Expression® Design • Microsoft® Expression® Web • Microsoft® Expression® Media • Microsoft® Expression® Media Encoder

  10. Expression Blend • Create Rich Interactive Applications • Rich Data Binding without the code • Efficient Designer/Developer Collaboration • Build Silverlight Applications

  11. Expression Design • Flexible, Vector-Based Drawing • Professional Graphics Effects • Seamless Workflow with Expression products and Visual Studio • Innovative Design Environment

  12. Expression Web • Standards-Based Websites • CSS-Based Layout • CSS Formatting / Code Management • XML & XSLT • ASP.NET 2.0 • Reporting and Deployment

  13. Expression Media • Intuitive Asset Management • Seamless Workflow Integration • Image and Video Editing • Encoding capabilities for Silverlight

  14. Silverlight is here! • cross-browsercross-platform • implementation of .NET • for building and delivering the next generation of • media experiences • & • rich interactive applications • for the Web

  15. The New Workflow Process – Assets Designer Developer XAML JavaScript .NET XAML

  16. demos Designer / Developer Workflow Expression, Visual Studio and Silverlight

  17. Resources • Expression Studio • ProductPage • http://www.microsoft.com/expression • Training • http://www.microsoft.com/expression/kc • Silverlight • Entry Points • http://www.silverlight.net • http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight • SDK • http://msdn.microsoft.com/silverlight • Blog • http://blogs.msdn.com/canux • Design • http://www.microsoft.com/design

  18. Q & A Thank You!

  19. Your Feedback Matters! • Your evaluation form will be delivered to you via email after the event (save paper!) • The email will come from wwevents@microsoft.com • Everyone who completes an eval is entered to win an XBOX. • Feedback will be used to improve the event for next year. Win an XBOX 360

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