Intro into Developing Ultrabook Applications - presented by Paul Farquhar

1. Introduction to Developing
Ultrabook™ Applications
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3. Who am I?
Paul Farquhar
EMEA AppUp Technical Lead
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4. What do I like to do?
@TheGlenPaul
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5. What do we eat – Haggis!
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6. You need the proper tools!
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7. WHAT DOES ULTRABOOK / WINDOWS* TM
8 MEAN FOR CURRENT DEVELOPERS?
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8. Worried about the Windows* 8
transition?
New
Windows*8
Do I have to re-write
UI?
all of my Win32 apps Do my applications
from scratch? need to support
touch?
What’s the
difference WinRT?
between an
Ultrabook and a
notebook?
How do I use an
How does
Ultrabook’s
HTML5* fit
Desktop? sensors?
into this?
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9. The world of Windows* 8
• New Windows*8 apps New Windows*8 Style Desktop Style
have a single, full-screen window with
multiple views
– Must follow the New Windows*8 user
experience
– Require a new developer ecosystem
• Desktop Applications
– Windows* 8 supports Native Win7
Applications
– Run in a desktop UI, with full device
and driver compatibility
– Can take advantage of UltrabookTM &
Windows* 8 features
Source: Microsoft
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10. How Windows*8 and the Desktop
Work Together
Desktop Application Launched from New Windows*8 Start Screen
Click tile for iTunes* iTunes Desktop app launches
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11. Windows* 8 Compatibility
Expectations
x86 Only
New Windows*8 Apps Desktop applicaitons
x86 + ARM* Source: Microsoft
Legacy Compatibility for IA:
• Windows* 8 supports Native Win7 Applications (in Desktop UI, with full device and driver compatibility)
• Desktop Applications run as is, no changes required, in the Desktop UI mode of Windows* 8
• 4 million+ “legacy” Applications supported by IA.
New New Windows*8 apps:
• Requires a NEW developer ecosystem
• WinRT* (i.e. New Windows*8*) apps to be compatible with both x86- and ARM-based systems
• HTML5/JavaScript and .NET desktop applications expected to be compatible with both x86 and ARM
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12. ULTRABOOK / WINDOWS* 8 FEATURES
TM
(HARDWARE, OS, APPLICATION LEVELS)
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13. Ultrabook Built to Set Applications Apart
TM
UX Desktop New Windows*8
Touch/Gestures Context Aware Sensors
OS
Near Field Communication Geolocation
Graphics Battery Life Rapid Start
Ultrabook
Hardware
Security Thunderbolt Turbo Boost
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14. Ivy Bridge Processor Graphics
• Integration of graphic and media processing onto the same CPU die
• Dedicated hardwired media processing functions
• Maximum media performance at lowest possible power consumption
• Highly sophisticated graphic execution units (EU) for high quality graphics
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15. Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
• Performance when you need it
• Dynamic overclocking
• Don’t need to drain power constantly for all processes
• Helps reduce temperature and extends battery power.
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16. OS Differentiators
• Touch- and gesture-based UI
• Context aware sensors
• Near field communication
• Geolocation
Context Aware
Touch/Gestures
Sensors
OS
Near Field
Geolocation
Communication
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17. Application Differentiators
New Windows*8 Desktop Style
• Touch and Sensors can be enabled for all Style
three styles of applications
• New Windows*8 apps have a single, full-screen
New window with multiple views
Windows*8 • Clean typography and animations
• Fast, fluid touch first experience
• Retains the flexibility of the traditional Windows* Desktop
Desktop Style • Full access to familiar x86 applications and tools
• Provides finer-grained control
• HTML5* apps can run as New Windows*8 apps or as
Desktop in Internet Explorer 9 & 10
HTML5 Style
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18. Digital Storefronts for Windows* 8
Intel AppUp® for Desktop Windows Store* for New
Applications Windows*8 apps
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19. NEW WINDOWS*8 API FOR
DESKTOP DEVELOPERS
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20. Application Environment
New Windows*8 apps Desktop Applications
XAML
View XAML
HTML CSS
HTML C#
C/C++ C#, VB JavaScript C
JavaScript
Model (Chakra) C++ VB
WinRT APIs
Graphics Devices
Systems Network & Internet
Services & Win32 .NET
& Data Media Explorer
Printing
App Model
Kernel Windows Kernel Services
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21. WinRT
• API to access to the system (display, file
system, sensors, media devices, etc)
– Everything needed for a New Windows*8 app
– Desktop applications can use a sub-set of WinRT
• Combine with Win Native or .NET
• Languages: C++, C#, JavaScript and VB
– WinRT HTML or XAML elements are restricted to
New Windows*8 apps
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22. Desktop apps and Windows
Native
• Primarily the same as Win32 on Windows 7
– Computer System Hardware Classes
– Installed Application Classes
– Operating System Classes
– Performance Counter Classes
– Security Descriptor Helper Classes
– WMI Service Management Classes
• Access to the hardware
– Better performance
– Less abstraction
• Access to sensors via COM interfaces
• Code is unmanaged
– No automated free memory management
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23. WinRT API Areas
• Core • Networking
• Controls • Printing
• Data and content • Presentation
• Devices • Remote Desktop
• Files and folders • Security
• Globalization • Social
• Graphics • UI Automation
• Helpers • User Interaction
• Media
Underlined items have classes available to desktop applications
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