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Windows 8 Apps with C# and XAML

Windows 8 Apps with C# and XAML. Course Program, Evaluation, Exams. George Georgiev. Telerik Software Academy. academy.telerik.com. Technical Trainer. itgeorge.net. Table of Contents. What's Coming Next in the Academy? Course Program The Trainers Team Evaluation Standard Criteria

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Windows 8 Apps with C# and XAML

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  1. Windows 8 Apps with C# and XAML Course Program, Evaluation, Exams George Georgiev Telerik Software Academy academy.telerik.com Technical Trainer itgeorge.net

  2. Table of Contents • What's Coming Next in the Academy? • Course Program • The Trainers Team • Evaluation • Standard Criteria • Bonuses • Windows Store Developer Account • Resources for the Course

  3. Windows 8 Apps with C# and XAML Coming To The Next Module

  4. What's Coming Next? • The Academy is now split in two tracks • Desktop & Mobile Track • Web Development Track • You are in the Desktop & Mobile Track • Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS and JS • WPF & XAML • Windows 8 with C# and XAML (i.e. this course) • Short name: Win 8 XAML • Hybrid Mobile Apps

  5. Desktop & Mobile Track • Software Academy Curriculum • Specialties@ the Academy • Success Stories@ Telerik

  6. Windows 8 Apps with C# and XAML Topics to be covered

  7. Course Program • Store Apps with C# & XAML Intro, Asynchronous Programming with C# • UI Controls, Gestures, Pages, Navigation • Accessing files, Storage, App lifecycle • Data binding, Accessing remote data • Building a Store App from scratch using MVVM, Devices, Push notifications • Implementing a design for a Store App • Working with Contracts & Devices • Porting Windows 8 App to Windows 8 Phone

  8. The Trainers Team

  9. Trainers Team (1) • George Georgiev • Technical Trainer @ Telerik Corp. • Informatics and IT competitions contestant and winner • Graduate from the third season ofTelerik Software Academy • E-mail: georgi.georgiev [at] telerik.com • Blog: http://itgeorge.net

  10. Trainers Team (2) • Doncho Minkov • Technical Trainer @ Telerik Software Academy • Informatics competitions contestant • Graduate from the first season of Telerik Software Academy • Email: doncho.minkov [at] telerik.com • Web site and blog: http://minkov.it • Twitter: @donchominkov

  11. Guest Trainers (1) • TsvyatkoKonov • Technical Lead @ TelerikWinCore Team • Software Developer and Lecturer • .NET, WinRT, Windows Phone, etc. • Co-author of "Intro Programming with Java" and "Intro Programming with C#" • Blog: www.konov.me

  12. Guest Trainers (2) • George Atanasov • XAML Front-end Developer @ TelerikxLabs • IT competitions contestant and winner • Co-author of DriveFreeZ • Design, UX and UI implementation

  13. Evaluation A bit different than other Academy courses

  14. Course Evaluation • Evaluation components • Course Project – 75% • Homework– 15% • Homework evaluation – 5% • 3 peer reviews per homework (excellent, OK, bad) • Attendancein class– 5% • Bonuses • Forumsactivity – bonus up to 10%

  15. Pass / Excellence / Fail Criteria • Criteria for pass / pass with excellence / fail • Pass with excellence • Very high Course Project results • App in Windows Store • Pass • Average total results • App in Windows Store • Fail • Low total results or low exam resultsor no App in Windows Store after deadline

  16. Course Project • The Course Project is the main assessment for this course • Build a finished Windows Store App • Individually, throughout the course • There will be a deadline for submitting apps to the store (1 month after course is over) • Think up an idea for a project and implement it • You will receive a full list of project evaluation criteria in a few days • Last 3 days of the course – no lectures, finih your course project (you should start earlier)

  17. Course Project • Course Project evaluation and deliverables • You submit your project no later than 23:59:59 on 4 October 2013 • Full, compile-able and executable source code • You submit a link to a (max) 2-minute public video in YouTube, briefly showing your project • The trainers team evaluates your app • Course project results will be published ASAP • Final course results will be published around the 3 November 2013

  18. Homework Peer Reviews • Everyone will get feedback for their homework • Everyone will give feedback for few random homework submissions • Students submit homework anonymously • Please exclude your name from the submissions! • For each homework submitted • Students evaluate 3 random homeworks • From the same topic, after the deadline • Homework comments are not obligatory

  19. Check Your Presence • You should check your presence on the barcode reader 3 times a day: • In the morning when lectures begin (~10:30) • After lunch break (~13:30) • When you leave academy halls (~19:00)

  20. Windows Store Developer Account You need it to upload your app

  21. Store Developer Account • A Store developer account permits you • To upload apps to the Store • To earn money from your apps • Typically paid (80 BGN/year for BG individuals) • You can receive it FREE through DreamSpark • If you don't have a DreamSpark account, request it with an e-mail to academy@telerik.com(don't forget to mention your http://telerikacademy.com username and that your are enrolled in this course) • You can share accounts with other students

  22. Resources What We Need in Addition to this Course Content?

  23. Course Web Site & Forums • Register for the "Telerik Academy Forums": • Discuss the course exercises with your colleagues • Find solutions for the exercises • Share source code / discuss ideas • Win 8 Apps with C# & XAML official web site: http://forums.academy.telerik.com/desktop-development/windows-8-apps-with-xaml http://academy.telerik.com/student-courses/software-technologies/windows-eight-store-applications/about

  24. Telerik IntegratedLearning System (TILS) • The Telerik Integrated Learning System (TILS) • www.telerikacademy.com • Important resource for all students • Homework submissions • Homework peer reviews • Presence cards with barcode • Reports about your results telerikacademy.com/Courses/Courses/Details/88

  25. Required Software • Software needed for this course: • Microsoft Visual Studio 2012/2013or Visual Studio Express 2012 (free version of VS 2012) • Note: If you use Visual Studio 2013, be sure to download the one for "Windows 8 Apps" • Windows 8 (Desktop + WinRT)

  26. Additional Resources • XAML knowledge is expected from you • Desktop Apps with WPF & XAML • Take a look at this year's other Windows Store App Course • Windows 8 Store Apps with HTML, CSS and JS • There will be a lot of things in common • Doc roadmap for Windows Store apps with C# and XAML

  27. Win 8 XAML : Course Intro Questions? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

  28. Free Trainings @ Telerik Academy • Telerik Software Academy • academy.telerik.com • Telerik Academy @ Facebook • facebook.com/TelerikAcademy • Telerik Software Academy Forums • forums.academy.telerik.com

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