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Hawaii Intern XAPfest - Intro Session #1: Silverlight for Windows Phone
In this talk, we will cover Silverlight and its capabilities and will discuss how it fits into the Windows Phone development architecture. We will cover XAML, controls, events, animations, and data binding. There will be demos throughout. Attendees are encouraged to BYOL (bring your own laptop) with the latest Windows Phone Developer Tools (http://create.msdn.com) installed so they can follow along.

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Programming Language? Check. Platform? Check. Design language? Check. Speed? Uhh…
You know how to write amazing Windows Phone apps with great functionality and tantalizing visuals, but can you excite your users fingers? We’re cover the basics of performance on a mobile device and then delve into the underlying platform covering some key performance bottlenecks and how to approach them.