Gizmodo Engage Hamburg - What does it takes to build Deezer for Windows Store

More info on http://www.gizmodo.de/2013/06/18/gizmodo-ladt-dich-am-20-6-nach-hamburg-ein.html

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1. Deezer for Windows Store Gizmodo Engage
2. Hi, I’m Christopher Maneu Mobile UI Engineer, Deezer @cmaneu cmaneu maneu.net
4. +25M Tracks Unlimited radios Deezer picks 2 subscriptions for unlimited access
5. All your music, on every device…
6. Why Windows 8/Store • Deezer website runs on Internet Explorer (Metro mode/desktop mode) • Experience is not great: • No audio keyboard keys support • Not optimized for touch • Power cost • A great potential • +100M users WW • New great devices to enjoy your music
8. <win8dev/>
9. Debugging Sandbox ? What sandbox ?
10. Performance • Test your app on a WinRT device, • Test your app on a WinRT device, • Test your app on a WinRT device, • (and don’t trust virtualization)
11. Architecture & Portability • NO portable class libraries • Two differents projects, • Linked files and #if NETFX_CORE • Bcl.build.async and httpclient • MVVM (but removing ViewModels is planned) • ~75% « model » code reused
12. What’s next ? New windows phone 8 app (this summer) Windows 8 (8.1) v2
13. Thanks! maneu.net/gizmodoengage