Bootcamps on Windows 7 App Development - 2012

Bootcamp - December 18-19, 2012

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The objective of this session is drive Game Development activities in the market and drive Game Development using XNA platform and provide them with the relevant mentorship and technical support. The objective behind this session was to build eco system to drive understanding of Game Development activities in the LSE.

Agenda

  • Introduction to windows Phone
  • Introduction to XNA
  • Hardware Requirements
  • Software Requirements
  • Creating a basic Ping Pong Game (Lab Day 1)
  • Creating a Shooter Game (Lab Day 2)

About the Trainer

Mr. Muhammad Shahid Aziz is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP). He has a great track record of performance in various reputed Partners & ISVs, where his key areas of responsibilities were to develop applications, design user experiences and Implementing SharePoint 2010 based solutions. Shahid has been a developer for Windows Phone applications and has hands-on expertise in Windows 8 apps development. Shahid Aziz has a long association with the Microsoft Community and has been the part of the projects as a Technical Consultant and Trainer for Deploying SharePoint Solutions in and out of the country. His Areas of Expertise are Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 Application Development. He is currently associated with Microsoft Innovation Center Lahore as Technical Consultant.

About Participants

A total of 40 participants including Developers, Students & Academicians from different Microsoft Partners and Independent Software Vendors (ISV) and Universities participated in this 3 hours sessions.

Bootcamp - December 04, 2012

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The objective of this session is drive Game Development activities in the market and drive Game Development using XNA platform and provide them with the relevant mentorship and technical support. The objective behind this session was to build eco system to drive understanding of Game Development activities in the LSE.

Agenda

  • Introduction to Windows Phone 7
  • Introduction to XNA game studio and VS 2012 IDE
  • Understanding XNA
  • Storyboarding
  • Developing Game for Windows Phone 7

About the Trainer

Mr. Muhammad Shahid Aziz is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP). He has a great track record of performance in various reputed Partners & ISVs, where his key areas of responsibilities were to develop applications, design user experiences and Implementing SharePoint 2010 based solutions. Shahid has been a developer for Windows Phone applications and has hands-on expertise in Windows 8 apps development. Shahid Aziz has a long association with the Microsoft Community and has been the part of the projects as a Technical Consultant and Trainer for Deploying SharePoint Solutions in and out of the country. His Areas of Expertise are Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 Application Development. He is currently associated with Microsoft Innovation Center Lahore as Technical Consultant.

About Participants

A total of 20 participants including Developers, Students & Academicians from different Microsoft Partners and Independent Software Vendors (ISV) and Universities participated in this 3 hours session.

Bootcamp - November 21, 2012

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The objective of this session is drive Application Development activities in the market and drive App development using Visual Studio and provide them with the relevant mentorship and technical support. The objective behind this session was to build eco system to drive understanding of App Development activities in the LSE.

Four hours long discussions and presentation remained focused towards the roadmap & concepts of App Development. Training gave participants an opportunity to learn Windows Phone 7 App Development features.

Agenda

  • Introduction to Windows Phone 7
  • MVVM & Data Binding
  • Bata base Support in Windows Phone
  • Launchers & Choosers
  • What’s New in Windows Phone 8 Tracking

About the Trainer

Rana Arsalan Pervaiz is an experienced mobile application developer with 3+ year of experience in this domain. He has strong expertise in Windows Phone. His background includes software development in analysis, design, development, debugging, documentation, and maintenance of Windows and Web applications using Object-Oriented concepts and portfolio management. Arsalan has Hands-on expertise in developing financial and SAAS applications for different international companies. He has worked on Asp.net, WPF, Silverlight, WP7 and Windows 8 metro apps, wcf and Azure services. Arsalan is currently working in Vopium A/S as senior software engineer and developing for windows phone and windows 8 RT metro apps.

About Participants

A total of 25 participants including Developers, Students & Academicians from different Microsoft Partners and Independent Software Vendors (ISV) and Universities participated in this 4 hours sessions.

Bootcamp - November 15-16, 2012

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The objective of this session is drive Application Development activities in the market and drive App development using Visual Studio and provide them with the relevant mentorship and technical support. The objective behind this session was to build eco system to drive understanding of App Development activities in the LSE.

Agenda

  • Introduction to Windows Phone 7
  • MVVM & Data Binding
  • Bata base Support in Windows Phone
  • Launchers & Choosers
  • What’s New in Windows Phone 8 Tracking

About the Trainer

Rana Arsalan is an experienced mobile application developer with 3+ year of experience in this domain. He has strong expertise in Windows Phone. His background includes software development in analysis, design, development, debugging, documentation, and maintenance of Windows and Web applications using Object-Oriented concepts and portfolio management. Arsalan has Hands-on expertise in developing financial and SAAS applications for different international companies. He has worked on Asp.net, WPF, Silverlight, WP7 and Windows 8 metro apps, wcf and Azure services. Arsalan is currently working in Vopium A/S as senior software engineer and developing for windows phone and windows 8 RT metro apps.

About Participants

A total of 30 participants including Developers, Students & Academicians from different Microsoft Partners and Independent Software Vendors (ISV) and Universities participated in this 3 hours sessions each day.

Bootcamp - October 11, 2012

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The objective of this session is drive Game Development activities in the market and drive game development using XNA platform and provide them with the relevant mentorship and technical support. The objective behind this session was to build eco system to drive understanding of Game Development activities in the LSE.

Two hours long discussions and presentation remained focused towards the roadmap & concepts of Game Development, XNA etc. Training gave participants an opportunity to learn Windows Phone 7 Game Development features.

Agenda

  • Introduction to windows Phone
  • Introduction to XNA
  • Hardware Requirements
  • Software Requirements
  • Creating a basic Ping Pong Game
  • Creating a shooter Game

About the Trainer

Rana Arsalan Pervaiz is an experienced mobile application developer with 3+ year of experience in this domain. He has strong expertise in Windows Phone. His background includes software development in analysis, design, development, debugging, documentation, and maintenance of Windows and Web applications using Object-Oriented concepts and portfolio management. Arsalan has Hands-on expertise in developing financial and SAAS applications for different international companies. He has worked on Asp.net, WPF, Silverlight, WP7 and Windows 8 metro apps, wcf and Azure services. Arsalan is currently working in Vopium A/S as senior software engineer and developing for windows phone and windows 8 RT metro apps.

About Participants

A total of 20 participants including Developers, Students & Academicians from different Microsoft Partners and Independent Software Vendors (ISV) and Universities participated in this 2 hours sessions.

Bootcamp - October 05, 2012

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The objective of this session is drive Game Development activities in the market and drive game development using XNA platform and provide them with the relevant mentorship and technical support. The objective behind this session was to build eco system to drive understanding of Game Development activities in the LSE.

Two hour discussions and presentation remained focused towards the roadmap & concepts of Game Development, XNA etc. Training gave participants an opportunity to learn Windows Phone 7 Game Development features.

Agenda

  • Introduction to Windows Phone 7
  • Introduction to XNA game studio and VS 2012 IDE
  • Understanding XNA
  • Storyboarding
  • Developing Game for Windows Phone 7

About the Trainer

Muhammad Shahid Aziz is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP). He has a great track record of performance in various reputed Partners & ISVs, where his key areas of responsibilities were to develop applications, design user experiences and Implementing SharePoint 2010 based solutions. His Areas of Expertise are Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 Application Development. He is currently associated with Microsoft Innovation Center Lahore as Technical Consultant.

About Participants

A total of 22 participants including Developers, Students & Academicians from different Microsoft Partners and Independent Software Vendors (ISV) and Universities participated in this 2 hours session.

Bootcamp - September 10-14, 2012

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The objective of this session is drive Game Development activities in the market and drive Game Development using XNA platform and provide them with the relevant mentorship and technical support. The objective behind this session was to build eco system to drive understanding of Game Development activities in the LSE.

Agenda

  • Introduction to XNA
  • Fast Application Switching
  • Using Windows Phone Resources
  • Application Performance Considerations
  • Networks with Windows Phone
  • Local Language Support

About the Trainer

Mr. Muhammad Shahid Aziz is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP). He has a great track record of performance in various reputed Partners & ISVs, where his key areas of responsibilities were to develop applications, design user experiences and Implementing SharePoint 2010 based solutions. Shahid has been a developer for Windows Phone applications and has hands-on expertise in Windows 8 apps development. Shahid Aziz has a long association with the Microsoft Community and has been the part of the projects as a Technical Consultant and Trainer for Deploying SharePoint Solutions in and out of the country. His Areas of Expertise are Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 Application Development. He is currently associated with Microsoft Innovation Center Lahore as Technical Consultant.

About Participants

A total of 300 participants including Students participated in this 4 hours session.

Bootcamp - September 05, 2012

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The objective of this session is drive Game Development activities in the market and drive Game Development using XNA platform and provide them with the relevant mentorship and technical support. The objective behind this session was to build eco system to drive understanding of Game Development activities in the LSE.

Agenda

  • Introduction to XNA
  • Fast Application Switching
  • Using Windows Phone Resources
  • Application Performance Considerations
  • Networks with Windows Phone
  • Local Language support

About the Trainer

Usman ur Rehman Ahmen a highly motivated professional with a triumphant record of conquering accomplishments. He has a keen interest in developing for new technologies and exploring new Horizons in this area. His specialties are Visual Basic, Silverlight for Windows Phone 7, C# .Net, Dot Net Nuke, ASP .NET.

About Participants

A total of 30 participants including Students participated in this 2 hours session.

Bootcamp - January 26-27, 2012

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The Bootcamp was planned over 2+ days at PITB with hands on training & development activities. The camp was aimed to build eco system to drive Windows Phone application development activities in the LSE.

Agenda

Day 1

  • Introduction
  • Understanding Mobile Application Lifecycle
  • Windows Phone 7 Navigation and Controls Intro
  • Lab: Implementing Navigation and Controls
  • Windows Phone 7 Application Bar Intro
  • Lab: Windows Phone 7 Application Bar
  • Launchers and Choosers Intro
  • Lab: Launchers and Choosers
  • Overview of Pivot and Panorama Controls
  • Lab: Using Pivot and Panorama Controls

Day 2

  • Overview of Push Notifications in Windows Phone 7
  • Overview of Launchers and Choosers
  • Lab: Implementing Launchers and Choosers
  • Using Isolated Storage Intro
  • Lab: Using Isolated Storage Intro
  • Working with media Intro
  • Lab: Working with media
  • Mentoring Projects

About the Trainer

Mr. Ibrahim Mahmood graduated as a Computer Engineer from LUMS. He is a Microsoft community member and has been delivering sessions on Mobile application development. His expertise is in Windows mobile Phone applications and game development. He is currently working on upgrading, maintaining and developing Applications on Windows Phone 7 at Five Rivers Technologies.

About the Participants

More than 26+ Developers, Students & Academicians were enabled and trained in this Bootcamp and more than 8 apps were produced and submitted during the course of these camps, FREE POWER access cards were distributed among the participants to publish their Windows Phone 7 applications into marketplace for Free and win cool prizes.