Intro into Developing Ultrabook Applications - Intel AppLab Berlin

Introduction to Developing

Ultrabook™ Applications

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Who am I?

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What do I like to do?

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@TheGlenPaul

What do we eat – Haggis!

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You need the proper tools!

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WHAT DOES ULTRABOOKTM / WINDOWS*

8 MEAN FOR CURRENT DEVELOPERS?

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Worried about the Windows* 8

transition?

What’s the

difference

between an

Ultrabook and a

notebook?

New

Windows*8

UI?

Desktop?

Do I have to re-write

all of my Win32 apps

from scratch?

WinRT?

Do my applications

need to support

touch?

How does

HTML5* fit

into this?

How do I use an

Ultrabook’s

sensors?

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The world of Windows* 8

Source: Microsoft


• New Windows*8 appshave 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

New Windows*8 Style Desktop Style

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How Windows*8 and the DesktopWork Together

Desktop Application Launched from New Windows*8 Start Screen

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Click tile for iTunes* iTunes Desktop app launches

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

x86 + ARM*

x86 Only

Source: Microsoft


New Windows*8 Apps Desktop applicaitons

Windows* 8 Compatibility

Expectations

ULTRABOOKTMTMTMTM / WINDOWS* 8 FEATURES

(HARDWARE, OS, APPLICATION LEVELS)



Ultrabook

HardwareSecurity

Rapid StartBattery Life

Thunderbolt Turbo Boost

Graphics

UltrabookTM Built to Set Applications Apart

OS

UX Desktop New Windows*8

Touch/Gestures Context Aware Sensors

Near Field Communication Geolocation


Ivy Bridge Processor Graphics

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• 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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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.

OS Differentiators

• Touch- and gesture-based UI

• Context aware sensors

• Near field communication

• Geolocation

OS

Touch/GesturesContext Aware

Sensors

Near Field

CommunicationGeolocation

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Application Differentiators

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New Windows*8

Desktop Style

• New Windows*8 apps have a single, full-screen window with multiple views

• Clean typography and animations• Fast, fluid touch first experience

• Retains the flexibility of the traditional Windows* Desktop • Full access to familiar x86 applications and tools• Provides finer-grained control

• Touch and Sensors can be enabled for all three styles of applications

New Windows*8 Style

Desktop Style

HTML5 Style

• HTML5* apps can run as New Windows*8 apps or as Desktop in Internet Explorer 9 & 10

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Digital Storefronts for Windows* 8

Windows Store* for New Windows*8 apps

Intel AppUp® for Desktop

Applications

NEW WINDOWS*8 API FOR

DESKTOP DEVELOPERS



Application Environment


Model

View

Systems Services

New Windows*8 apps Desktop Applications

HTMLJavaScript

CC++

C#VB

InternetExplorer

Win32 .NET

HTML CSS

JavaScript(Chakra)

C#, VBC/C++

XAML

WinRT APIs

App Model

Network& Data

Graphics &

Media

Devices &

Printing

Kernel Windows Kernel Services

XAML

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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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


WinRT API Areas

• Core

• Controls

• Data and content

• Devices

• Files and folders

• Globalization

• Graphics

• Helpers

• Media

• Networking

• Printing

• Presentation

• Remote Desktop

• Security

• Social

• UI Automation

• User Interaction

Underlined items have classes available to desktop applications


