Spend the day learning about App Dev on Xbox with Microsoft Engineers

Microsoft will provide a free one day online event to share details about app development on the Xbox One console.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

August 25, 2016

2 Min Read
Spend the day learning about App Dev on Xbox with Microsoft Engineers

Earlier this month Microsoft released the Windows 10 Anniversary Update and immediately after that they also made the Windows 10 Anniversary Update SDK (Build 14393) available to developers.

This updated version of the SDK for Windows 10 not only provided a developer the means to continue building apps for PCs and mobile devices but for the first time it made the Xbox One console accessible to those same Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps.

Next week Microsoft developers and engineers will host a one day online event, which will be totally free and open to everyone, that will cover this new avenue of exposure for UWP app developers.

The following areas will be covered during the live event:

  • the Anniversary Update SDK and getting started with app development on Xbox One

  • deep dive into developing apps using both XAML and Web technologies

  • guidance for designing and creating impressive TV experiences and

  • submitting your apps via the Dev Center to all UWP devices including the Xbox

After those subjects are covered there will be time for Q & A with the engineers who built all of this. The Q & A will happen via Twitter using the @WindowsDev account and the hashtag #XboxAppDev.

Here is the detailed timeline of the day that has been planned:

  • 09:00 - Kick off

  • 09:35 - Getting started with App Dev on Xbox

  • 10:00 - XAML Apps on Xbox

  • 11:00 - Web Apps on Xbox

  • 12:00 - Designing for Xbox

  • 13:00 - Dev Center and publishing UWP apps

  • 14:00 - Expert panel

Microsoft has an event registration page where you can sign up and you can also come back to watch the event from the same page on the 30th.

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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