Visual Studio 2012 Launch Event Website is a real treasure trove for developers.

Yesterday’s Visual Studio 2012 launch event was accompanied by a huge amount of highly informative talks for developers. They have all been recorded and are already available for viewing online on http://www.visualstudiolaunch.com/.

The two following tracks are available:

Modern App Lifecycle containing:

• ALM development
• ALM testing

Modern Apps containing:

• .NET 4.5 and languages
• Web and cloud
• Windows platform

The “Windows platform” sessions are a great place to get you started on Windows 8 store app development. The sessions are:

• Developing XAML apps for the Windows Store
• Authoring XAML Windows Store apps in Visual Studio 2012 and Blend
• Using Visual Studio 2012 to build a Windows Store app using HTML and JavaScript
• Creating HTML5 apps with Blend for Visual Studio
• Dev tips for building the best Windows Store app with JavaScript using Visual Studio
• Creating Windows Store apps using C++ and XAML
• Creating Windows Store apps using C++ and DirectX
• Build engaging, connected Windows 8 Store apps in minutes with Windows Azure

Lots of Demos in the Windows platform sessions.