Featured Products/Topics: Windows Phone 7, Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight, Expression Studio, Expression Blend

Recommended Audiences: Solution Architects, Software Developers, Students, Developers

If you are creating apps for Windows Phone 7, as a professional, independent or student developer please join us at one – or all – of these free events, which are all about APPs!! The goal is to get as many apps ready for Marketplace submission as possible, to give you the opportunity to get one-on-one assistance from MVPs or Microsoft evangelists to overcome issues that are blocking you, to get help with the Marketplace app submission process and to have some fun along the way.

Important: You will need to bring your own laptop with a Windows Phone 7 development environment on it, as we will not be providing development systems, however, we will be providing internet access. We will have a limited number of 'developer' phones for you to test your apps on if you don't have a windows phone.

At these workshops, you can get:

One-on-one assistance from MVPs and Microsoft Evangelists
Tutorials on demand on such topics as: 

   Tombstoning 
   Databinding 
   Startup performance 
   Designing with Expression Blend 
   Data storage 
   – anything else you can think of! –
Help and advice from your peers

So come along if:

You’ve got a great idea for an app and need help getting started
You’re building an app but need help on implementing some features
You have an app that’s nearly ready and need advice on how to get it through the Marketplace submission process
You want to learn from, or assist, other WP7 devs
You want to contribute to the creation of open source libraries, demo/starter apps or components
These events run on a Saturday to give the most chance for developers to attend outside of work or college commitments, starting from 9:00 running through to 21:00. We’ll provide lunch and refreshments!

We’ll be providing expert help including MVPs from APPA Mundi who have loads of experience creating apps and getting them through the Marketplace submission process and we hope to have some superstars from Microsoft’s DPE group drop by who can help overcome technical challenges, and give advice on WP7 development.

We’ll also be providing prizes at each event:

   Windows Phone 7 devices 
   An Xbox and Kinect system 
   Software licenses for .Net Reflector from RedGate
In addition, every attendant will receive a FREE licence for Phone Elements for Windows Phone 7 worth $299 from Mindscape

Prizes will be awarded for the best app ideas, for the best app created during the event, the most improved app and there’ll also be random prizes. Additionally, if you have a good idea, and publish your app, you could get a FREE developer phone

Places are limited, so sign up fast! We can accommodate up to 50 developers at each event, so if any event is over-subscribed, we’ll give preference to those who already have a Windows Phone 7 developer account setup on AppHub (http://create.msdn.com ).

This event is also taking place in other locations, click here for details.

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