Designing Universal Apps with Billy Hollis
Universal Apps are all about XAML! Carl and Richard talk to the original XAML believer, Billy Hollis, about the new Universal App model and its focus on XAML. As Billy says, both Windows 10 and Office 2016 are using XAML now, so it's not going away. But first a quick digression on Windows Phone and Android - is the Universal App model going to save Windows Phone? Or should it all be Android in the end anyway? The conversation also ranges over some of the new opportunities coming in the future, like HoloLens, and the importance of XAML in that space as well. There has never been a better time to dive into this tech!
Guests:
Billy Hollis
Billy Hollis is an internationally known UX design generalist, software architect, and team leader. He has also authored or co-authored over a dozen books. He’s a long-time speaker at major tech conferences, with over 400 sessions on software development, IT practices, and UX design. He leads a team of world-class multi-platform developers at Next Version Systems, where the team creates and implements trailblazing UX designs for companies from Fortune 100 down to medium-sized technology companies. Billy has also done video courses for Pluralsight and LinkedIn Learning. His latest course on LinkedIn is on how to interview software developers.
Links:
- Windows 10 Networking API http://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2015/07/02/networking-api-improvements-in-windows-10/
- Billy's This is Pointless Twitter https://twitter.com/thisispointless
- Building Universal Windows Apps https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/dn609832.aspx
- HoloLens https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/en-us