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Join the Windows 8 Apps development course by George Georgiev at Telerik Software Academy. Explore topics like WinJS, Controls, Data binding, and teamwork. Learn to build and upload apps to the Windows Store.
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Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS and JavaScript 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 • Bonuses • Windows Store Developer Account • Resources for the Course
Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS and JavaScript Coming To The Next Module
What's Coming Next? • The Academy is now split in two tracks • Desktop & Mobile Track • Web Development Track • Welcome to the Desktop & Mobile Track! • Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS and JavaScript (i.e. this course) • Short name: Win 8 JS / Win 8 WinJS • WPF & XAML • Windows 8 with XAML
Desktop & Mobile Track • Software Academy Curriculum • Specialties@ the Academy • Success Stories@ Telerik
Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS and JavaScript– Program Topics to be covered
Course Program • Windows 8 Intro, Platform, WinJS & WinRT • WinJSasync, Classes, Controls, Navigation • Accessing files, Storage, App lifecycle • Data binding, accessing remote data • Implementing MVVM with WinJS • Contracts, Extensions, Background tasks • Modern Design, Styling controls • Teamwork
Trainers Team (4) • George Georgiev • Technical Trainer @ Telerik Corp. • Informatics and IT competitions contestant and winner • Student in Sofia University • Software engineering • Graduate from the third season ofTelerik Software Academy • E-mail: georgi.georgiev [at] telerik.com • Blog: http://itgeorge.net
Evaluation A bit different than other Academy courses
Course Evaluation • Evaluation components • Teamwork – 70% • Homework– 10% • Homework evaluation – 10% • 3 peer reviews per homework (excellent, OK, bad) • Attendancein class– 10% • Bonuses • Forumsactivity – bonus up to 10% • Helping new C# students – bonus
Pass / Excellence / Fail Criteria • Criteria for pass / pass with excellence / fail • Pass with excellence • Very high teamwork results • App in Windows Store • Pass • Average total results • App in Windows Store • Fail • Low total results or low exam results
Teamwork • Teamwork assignment is the main assessment • No exam, project defense instead • Your app will be evaluated by the lecturers • Build a finished Windows Store App • You will receive your course score when the App is approved for the Store (this could take time) • Teams of 2-3 students • You will receive a full list of project evaluation criteria in a few days • Your team thinks up an idea for a project and implements it
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
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)
Windows Store Developer Account You need it to upload your app
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) • A shared account will be provided • If your team does not want to make an account
Resources What We Need in Addition to this Course Content?
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 • The Win 8 Apps with JS official web site: http://forums.academy.telerik.com/questions/desktop-development/windows-8-apps-with-html-css-and-js http://academy.telerik.com/student-courses/software-technologies/windows-8-store-apps-html-css-javascript/about
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/93
Required Software • Software needed for this course: • Microsoft Visual Studio 2012/2013or Visual Studio Express 2012 (free version of VS 2012) • Windows 8 (Desktop + WinRT)
Win 8 JS : Course Intro Questions? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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