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[killer rin]

Website
http://www.buildwindows.com/
Where
San Francisco, CA
Dates
April 29th - May 1st, 2015
Purpose
//build/ is Microsoft's yearly developer conference which is used to showcase the latest and greatest from the world of Microsoft! Build will cover all Microsoft Platforms - expect rich new content and information on Windows, Azure, Office 365 and more. Developers will receive deep training, allowing them to take advantage of the incredible advances in our platforms, including Windows 10, and providing access to over 1.5 billion devices.
Session Videos
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2015
Last Years //build/
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=794651

Windows 10

• Continuum will be built into Windows 10 for Phones, turning your phone into a PC
• New video shows how Windows 10 phone apps can work on a big screen with Continuum
  
• Microsoft introduces tools to let developers quickly compile iOS apps for Windows 10
• You have been running an iOS app on your Windows Phone and didn't even know it
• Microsoft will allow Android apps to be quickly compiled for Windows 10
• Developers will be able to convert their .NET, Win32 apps for the Windows Store
• Microsoft going all out courting iOS and Android developers for Windows 10
  
• More Windows 10 features like Windows Spotlight lockscreen shown at Build 2015
• New Windows 10 tablet interface gets detailed
• Cortana will integrate deeper with Windows apps, bring minor UI changes in upcoming build
• Microsoft hopes to have Windows 10 on 1 billion devices within the first three years
• Carrier billing for apps will be extended to all Windows 10 devices
  
• All Windows 10 devices have access to 'developer unlock' mode through Settings
• Universal Windows Apps can now be larger than 150 GB in the Store
• Microsoft addresses the 'Hamburger menu' and other design decisions in Windows 10 for phones

Project Spartan - Microsoft Edge

• So long Project Spartan, Microsoft Edge is here!
• Microsoft's Edge browser can steal Chrome and Firefox extensions

Visual Studio

• Microsoft offers Mac and Linux developers access to .NET Core for the first time
• Microsoft reveals Visual Studio Code with native support for Windows and OS X

HoloLens

• Microsoft details the Windows Holographic Platform for HoloLens
• Microsoft used this adorable robot to show off new HoloLens features
• HoloLens will get games from one of the world's best game engines
• Two new videos show the promise of Microsoft HoloLens, more info coming at E3 2015

Wednesday April 29th, 8:30am-11:00am PST

Archive channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2015/KEY01
Live Stream
Web http://channel9.msdn.com/?wt.mc_id=build_hp
MPC or VLC http://mpsevents-lh.akamaihd.net/mp...d762f947d2a.ism/manifest(format=m3u8-aapl-v3)

Live Blogs
Windows Central
The Verge
ArsTechnica
CNET
Engadget

Thursday April 30th, 8:30am-11:00am PST

Archive http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2015/KEY02
Live Stream
Web http://channel9.msdn.com/?wt.mc_id=build_hp
Live Blogs
*To be determined*

Windows 10

• Showing off the new Windows Design Language (2.0)
• New, expanded APIs!
• Developing for all Windows 10 Devices with one code-base
• Universal App Store
• Cortana
• Microsoft Hello

Xbox

• Opening up the APP APIs for developers
• ID@Xbox

Hololens

• Showing off the hardware/software
• Make apps for HoloLens through Windows 10

Azure, Office 365, Web Services

• Expanded APIs
• Third party App integration in Outlook and Office 365

Visual Studio 2015

• Showing off the Android Emulator
• Developing for Android with C++ in Visual Studio
• Deeper integration into Xamarin
• C# 6.0, VB14
• Improved GitHub Support
• Roslyn

Other

• Unity 5, Unreal Engine
• DirectX 12
• Win2D: DirectX-Powered Drawing in C#
• New Developer portals
• Expansion of Microsoft Health and Microsoft Band SDKs
• HTML5
• New 3D Printing Standard

Windows 10 Release Date
Project Spartan will get a name
Talk about .net outsourcing
Talk of a new Flagship Lumia
Talk of the next generation of Surface Pro
Talk of a Microsoft Band 2
OpenGL Support in Windows Apps

 

[MrBigBoy]

I'm hoping for a Surface Pro 4 announcement. I hope it will launch before the end of September when I go to college.

Nice OT btw.

 

[Cheebo]

I highly doubt they will talk about Surface Pro 4 when launching the Surface 3 next week. All Surface attention will be on that, they won't want to cause confusion leading into the big launch week. They are putting a lot of attention and marketing into the Surface 3 launch next week.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Really hoping to see something about a new flagship, hell, a new line of windows phones. Time to show us what that Nokia money bought, MS.

Also, definitely looking forward to the Hololens stuff.

 

[hwalker84]

I'm hoping for a Surface Pro 4 announcement. I hope it will launch before the end of September when I go to college.

Nice OT btw.

Considering W10 should RTM by the end of July I'd expect a Surface Pro 4 in August or September.

 

[ThatGuyAgain]

Nice OT.

It's been a long time since I've been excited about a new Windows.

 

[commish]

My wallet is ready for a SP4.

 

[clav]

Developing for Android with C++ in Visual Studio

RIP Windows Phone

Developing for all Windows 10 Devices with one code-base

x86 phone confirmed?

 

[michaelius]

I'm hoping for SP4 annoucement.

 

[JaggedSac]

x86 phone confirmed?

No. That is how universal app development will work. Will just compile for the different devices.

 

[clav]

No. That is how universal app development will work. Will just compile for the different devices.

But: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2891256/microsoft-intel-team-on-lowcost-windows-10-phones.html

 

[YoungFa]

Excited for Hololens, Cortana and VS15.

 

[BeforeU]

Looking forward to this.

 

[JaggedSac]

But: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2891256/microsoft-intel-team-on-lowcost-windows-10-phones.html

Didn't say there couldn't be an x86 phone, just that the thing you quoted does not imply that.

 

[Woffls]

Aw yeahhh. Last year was pretty good, and I'm nearly in the market for some Windows phoney/tablet things, which have seen some aggressive pricing here in the UK over the last few months.

 

[Frustrated_me]

Ahh, my favorite developer conference. I'm not even a developer but I enjoy these.

 

[Bogey]

Last year's build was amazing, Roslyn was a shocker. Too bad it hasn't quite lived up to its expectations yet for the outside community (imo), but it'll get there.

This year sounds quite a bit less interesting for me personally, but will still keep my eyes & ears open what they'll announce. Some more Directx 12 specifics might be cool too.

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

Talk of a new Flagship Lumia

 

[Ape]

Give me your predictions, whoever gets the most right wins

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Oh Awesome

Also, can't wait to see how people misunderstand that this is a conference meant for developers and not end users.

 

[D4Danger]

Project Spartan will get a name

Microsoft Internet Communicator 2015 Express Home Premium Edition

Spartan is fine

 

[Doffen]

Windows Phone saved!

 

[DopeyFish]

oh crap this is TOMORROW?!

why did i think build was so much later in the year lol

 

[Plywood]

Rumours and Speculation:
Windows 10 Release Date

 

[Pooya]

bring on Microsoft android marketplace.

 

[mnannola]

Oh Awesome

Also, can't wait to see how people misunderstand that this is a conference meant for developers and not end users.

What is the context of this awesome gif?

 

[Purple Cheeto]

RIP Windows Phone



x86 phone confirmed?

They've already detailed how this works, I posted about it in the programming thread.

There's now 3 ways to make cross platform mobile apps using Visual Studio:

Native C++

Xamarin and C#

Apache Cordova and JS/HTML5

 

[cartoon_soldier]

What is the context of this awesome gif?

https://youtu.be/FzmAEQzZJ5Q?t=183

 

[Doffen]

I wonder how much we will learn about HoloLens.

 

[Ape]

I wonder how much we will learn about HoloLens.

what would you like to know


woah, no ballmer gifs yet. times have truly changed my friends.

 

[Poodlestrike]

what would you like to know


woah, no ballmer gifs yet. times have truly changed my friends.

Damn, now you've done it. Should have waited until the end of the first page.

 

[Ape]

Damn, now you've done it. Should have waited until the end of the first page.

haha maybe next year. maybe.

 

[Chris R]

Band 2 already??? ;_;

 

[Doffen]

what would you like to know

Everything. Other apps to expect. Time frame for release.
Will it be world wide release or tier 1 only? Can I have a virtual Lumia?
Will there be a holographic Cortana?

woah, no ballmer gifs yet. times have truly changed my friends.

 

[Spinluck]

Guess we shouldn't expect anything on the SP4.

 

[Legato.Reborn-]

Visual Studio 2015

• Showing off the Android Emulator
• Developing for Android with C++ in Visual Studio
• Deeper integration into Xamarin
• C# 6.0, VB14
• Improved GitHub Support
• Roslyn

Good, good.

 

[killer rin]

Nice OT btw.

Nice OT.

Thanks

oh crap this is TOMORROW?!

why did i think build was so much later in the year lol

They used to be in August up until a couple years ago. Then they tried a year at the Microsoft Campus, but for the past 2 years they have done them April/May.

Visual Studio 2015

• Showing off the Android Emulator
• Developing for Android with C++ in Visual Studio
• Deeper integration into Xamarin
• C# 6.0, VB14
• Improved GitHub Support
• Roslyn

Good, good.

And thats just the tip of the iceberg! If I included everything the OT would have been at least 2-3x larger. Its going to be a good build this year

 

[DTU]

Hoping that attendees get a HoloLens dev kit.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

I do hope they start shipping x86 phones with support for desktop stuff eventually on larger screens, or maybe as a hidden advanced mode or something you have to enable in settings. Like an alternate "compact desktop" mode of some kind. Requires some thought, but it's something I'd love them to look into.

For now I'm all aboard the SP4 and Lumia flagship hype train though.

Side note: I hate that they've removed the surface branding in favour of Microsoft logo on the back of the Surface 3s.

 

[CriterionDog]

This is tomorrow? Darn! I'm going to work right through this.

 

[Heretic]

Wooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

 

[killer rin]

Here are some news pieces from what specific reporters expect to see from Build
http://www.windowscentral.com/all-you-need-know-build-2015
https://www.petri.com/what-i-expect-from-build-2015
http://www.lynda.com/articles/microsoft-build-2015
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/27/8503035/microsoft-build-2015-developer-conference-preview

Also this news just came out
Microsoft rumored to announce Android apps support for Windows 10 at Build 2015
Really interested to see how they do this. I hope they do it through adding Java support to Visual Studio... Except instead of compiling it to Java, they would just use the language syntax to compile it to Windows Runtime which everything in Metro compiles to. Then they would just need to find some way to deal with the Android APIs (they could wrap them around Windows ones) and we would be left with a solution where we could easily get Android apps, and they would perform as well as Windows apps written in C# or C++ because it wouldn't be emulation.

This is tomorrow? Darn! I'm going to work right through this.

Ouch. Luckily they archive everything.

 

[Heretic]

Can't wait to see how android apps development and universal apps coexist

 

[clav]

Can't wait to see how android apps development and universal apps coexist

For this forum, all questions on Xbox One since no one has seen much in there.

 

[Rur0ni]

I'm excited.

 

[killer rin]

For this forum, all questions on Xbox One since no one has seen much in there.

Should be interesting. All we know it's that they will be showing off the APIs for making apps on the Xbox One, and I've read that the MonoGame guys are looking to integrate support for MonoGame on the Xbox One through these APIs.

We also have that 2D DirectX12 API for C# which could likely be used for games as well.

 

[Ensirius]

I'm excited.

Let's go!

 

[SliChillax]

Let's hope for a release date.
Edit: What's the info about Windows design language 2.0?

 

[Blastoise]

This is the most excited I have been about Microsoft in a long time. Looking forward to the recap (not staying up till 4am).

 

[Doffen]

Edit: What's the info about Windows design language 2.0?