1. Windows 8 + Windows Phone + cloud
Create your first windows 8 & Windows Phone app powered by the cloud

2. WHO AM I? David Giard Microsoft Technical Evangelist Twitter: @David

3. Visual Studio 2012 Professional or above Visual Studio 2012 Update 3
What do I need?
Windows 8 Pro 64 bit
Visual Studio 2012 Professional or above
Visual Studio 2012 Update 3
Windows Phone 8 SDK
GitHub for Windows
XPlatformCloudKit (XPlat)
Microsoft PowerPoint

4. What’s xplat?
A starter kit for creating cross platform apps powered by Windows Azure Mobile Services
Supports Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Android, and iOS
Code sharing using Portable Class Libraries (PCL)
It’s free
Hosted on
PRO TIP: Find a bug? Fix it and submit a pull request via GitHub

5. What kind of apps can I create with xplat?

6. Xplat success story – candy crush
$3,500 in one week
10,000 downloads in one week

7. Xplat success story – street fighter
Free app
20k downloads in one week

8. Getting started with xplat
A 50k foot view of xplat

9. XPLAT – VISUAL STUDIO SOLUTION
One Visual Studio solution file
Three projects (Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and PCL)

10. Xplat – one configuration file
One file to edit and configure
AppSettings.cs (under the PCL project)

11. Three data services supported:
Xplat – data support
Three data services supported:
Local
RSS
Windows Azure Mobile Service
Configured via AppSettings.cs

12. Xplat – data support / local
LocalItemsFileService – Obtains items from the file “LocalItemsFile.xml”
Pro Tip: Use Excel to edit this file

13. Xplat – data support / rss
RSSDataService – Obtains items from RSS 2.0 feeds
Configured in AppSettings.cs

14. Xplat – data support / Azure mobile services
AzureMobileService – Obtains items from Windows Azure Mobile Service
Configured in AppSettings.cs

15. Xplat demo
let’s see a quick demo of an app created by xplat

16. Create robust apps which support local, RSS, or cloud data
Xplat summary
Easy to use
Create robust apps which support local, RSS, or cloud data
Cross-platform support for Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, iOS, and Android

17. Once downloaded, open “XPlatformCloudKit.pptx” and start on slide #11
What’s next?
Download XPlat using GitHub for
Once downloaded, open “XPlatformCloudKit.pptx” and start on slide #11
PRO TIP: Try the instructional videos found on the GitHub page for Xplat
Retargeting b/w Win 8 and 8.1: us/library/windows/apps/dn aspx