Microsoft Developer Care - Agenda

Windows Presentation Foundation (User Experience)

April 21st

11:30 – 12:00

Lunch

12:00 – 1:15  Atlas and Windows Live Gadgets

Companies are continuing to extend their reach by leveraging techniques for building rich dynamic interfaces that target multiple web browsers. In this session, you’ll see how to use technologies like Atlas to build a compelling user interface using the latest dynamic UI and callback techniques. We’ll also look at how to extend your website out to Windows Live by creating functionality within Gadgets, providing one more way for users to interact with your web application.

1:30 – 2:45  Vista, Sidebar and IE 7

Windows Vista is the next version of the Windows desktop operating system. It provides several new capabilities and opportunities for software developers to extend the reach of their applications while leveraging the rich user experience offered by the desktop. In this session, we’ll go over new features in Vista, the Windows Sidebar and look at the changes in Internet Explorer 7 that are useful for developers.

3:00 – 4:15  Windows Presentation Foundation

The next generation of user interfaces will leverage rich graphics to provide an entirely different user experience in an application. This session will cover the new capabilities in the Windows Presentation Foundation and the tools offered to speed the design and development of applications using this technology. You’ll be amazed by the options for building incredible user experiences for your customer.

4:30 – 5:00  Question & Answer

Stick around to ask questions of the Developer Care speakers.