1. XAML and Blend
Unni Ravindranathan | Senior Program Manager Lead (Blend)
Jerry Nixon | Developer Evangelist (Colorado)

2. Unni Ravindranathan | @unnir
Lead Program Manager, Visual Studio and Blend
XAML Tools in Visual Studio
@unnir

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Microsoft Developer Evangelist
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Teaching Developers about Windows Phone
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4. Agenda for the Day XAML and Blend
01 | (~50m) XAML in Visual Studio 2013
04 | (50m) XAML in Blend 2013, P2
02 | (~50m) Features in Visual Studio 2013
05 | (50m) Windows Store Apps
03 | (50m) XAML in Blend 2013, P1
06 | (50m) XAML Candy and Q&A
00 | (60m) ** Meal Break **

5. Setting Expectations Target Audience More than just high-level
Perfect for intermediate and seasoned XAML developers
More than just high-level
Visual Studio 2013 XAML developer experience
Blend 2013 XAML designer and developer experience
We are covering C# today
C++ and Visual Basic are valid options

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7. 01 | XAML in Visual Studio 2013
Unni Ravindranathan | Senior Program Manager Lead (Blend)
Jerry Nixon | Developer Evangelist (Colorado)

8. Module Agenda Part 1 (this module) Part 2 (next module)
XAML Introduction
XAML Editing experience
Intellisense & Snippets
References, styling, & more
Coding experience
Code peek, lens, & more
New XAML controls
Hub, Date Picker, & Headers
Built-in Templates
Projects & Pages
Windows 8.0 -> 8.1 migration
Concepts
Device panel
Advanced Features
Performance diagnostics
WACK changes

9. The case for XAML

10. XAML Introduction Windows Presentation Foundation Silverlight
Windows 8.x
Windows Phone 7.x/8
Declarative
Data binding
Animations
Styling

11. The XAML editing experience

12. XAML editing experience
Design-time edits
Refactoring
Case insensitive
XAML Commenting
Substring matching
Synchronized end tags
Fuzzy matching
Expansion code snippets
Camel case matching
Surround code snippets
Resource autocomplete
Advanced properties
Data autocomplete
Theme resources
Go to definition
Built-in glyphs
Drag & Drop, Document outline

13. XAML Editing

14. The coding experience

15. The coding experience
Editor Code Peek
Editor Code Lens

16. Coding Experience

17. Module Review Part 1 (this module) Part 2 (next module)
XAML Introduction
XAML Editing experience
Intellisense & Snippets
References, styling, & more
Coding experience
Code peek, lens, & more
New XAML controls
Hub, Date Picker, & Headers
Built-in Templates
Projects & Pages
Windows 8.0 -> 8.1 migration
Concepts
Device panel
Advanced Features
Performance diagnostics
WACK changes

18. New XAML controls

19. New XAML controls Windows Store TextBox enhancements Hub Command Bar
Header
Placeholder Text
Command Bar
Selection Color
AppBar Button
AppBar ToggleButton
AppBar Separator
Flyout
Settings Flyout
Menu Flyout
Date picker
Time picker

20. Device panel
Windowing