Today meeting was fully devoted to nextgen OS from Microsoft - Windows 8. Our developers Oleg and Sergey have shared their knowledge, which they got a day before at 4th .NET User Group in anticipation of Windows 8 Consumer Preview launch. Next things were discussed:
- Expected Microsoft roadmap of Windows 8
- Metro and Classic styles of desktop modes
- Metro applications presentation modes
- Allowed hardware platforms
- Software platform and developer tools
- WinRT and WinAPI api's
- .NET Framework role in Windows 8
- Languages for Metro applications development
- Concepts of Metro applications including UI design, execution mode, contracts, distribution
Also was shortly reviewed a set of Metro app examples written on combinations of C++, C#, JavaScript, XAML, HTML5.
