My BUILD 2012 sessions selection

Knowing that my focus is on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 apps with XAML/C# and Azure, here is my recommended sessions playlist if you want to catch up with BUILD.

Windows Store apps

• Introduction to creating Windows Store apps using XAML
• Performance tips for Windows Store apps using XAML
• Alive with activity: Tiles, notifications, and background tasks **
• Building world-ready Windows Store apps with XAML
• Tips and tricks for developing connected applications
• Key technologies for Windows Store business apps
• Designing awesome XAML apps in Visual Studio and Blend for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8

Windows Phone 8

• Windows Phone 8: XAML Application Development
• Windows Phone 8: Enterprise Development
• Windows Phone 8: Critical Developer Practices for Delivering Outstanding Apps
• Windows Phone 8: Performance & Optimization for Developers
• Windows Phone 8: Tiles, Lock Screen, and Notifications

• The Microsoft design language **
• Tips on self-evaluating the UX of your app

Azure

• Windows Azure Overview **
• Developing Mobile Solutions with Windows Azure Part I ** (I don’t necessarily recommend part 2)
• Windows 8 Connectathon with Windows Azure Mobile Services **

Viewing tips:

#1 That’s a lot of sessions… my advice for you is to download the video locally on a PC, then use Media Player and the “Fast playback” option, still understandable and you cut half the time!

#2 If your time is really limited, I marked the sessions I enjoyed the most with **

Enjoy!