CSEdWeek: Beginner’s Resource Guide for App Developers – Updated

So you have a great idea for an app, but you do not know the first place to begin building it.  Well, you are in luck! The expanding world of developer opportunities are all here.

The resources and communities in this article are here to help you go from “Hello World” to world-changing app developer!  [10,000 hours of application development and software engineering not included] Microsoft has a vibrant and active communities of developers, developers, developers! So get involved and start expanding your social network with computer scientists.

Channel 9 is the community for developers using Microsoft tools. Add it to your favorites or pin the site to your desktop.  They have amazing videos on almost everything for the community.

MIX and Build are two of the most important developer conferences that Microsoft hosts throughout the year.

Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) is the destination for papers, tutorials, and insight into all of our development platforms, technologies, and services.

Beginner Developer Learning Center is great place to start if you know nothing about programming or Computer Science. You will find latest version of Small Basic and more.

DreamSpark is the developer tools download site for free professional application development tools.

Windows

• Windows Dev Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default.aspx
• Kinect for Windows http://www.kinectforwindows.org/
• Windows Hardware Development http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware
• Windows Live Connect Developer Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/ff519582

Web

• Microsoft Expression http://www.microsoft.com/expression/
• Web Application Development http://www.asp.net/
• HTML5 and CSS Web Developer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/aa740476.aspx
• Internet Explorer Guide for Developers http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/ff468705
• Microsoft Expression Community http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/
• Microsoft Design.toolbox http://www.microsoft.com/design/toolbox/
• Microsoft Silverlight http://www.silverlight.net/
• Microsoft Media Platform http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mediaplatform/

Windows Phone

• App Hub http://create.msdn.com/en-US/

Azure & Cloud

• Learn Windows Azure http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/learn/
• Parallel Computing Developer Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/concurrency/bb964701

Office

• Microsoft Office Development Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905340
• SharePoint Developer Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/default
• Microsoft Lync Developer Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/Lync
• Office 365 Developer Training Course http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/Office365TrainingCourse

Enterprise and CRM

• Microsoft Dynamics Developer Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics/aa937751

Gaming

• Microsoft Gaming for Phone, XBOX, & PC http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/aa937791
• KODU http://fuse.microsoft.com/page/kodu

Robotics

• Microsoft Robotics http://www.microsoft.com/robotics/

Television

• Microsoft Mediaroom Developers http://www.microsoft.com/mediaroom/business/

Surface

• Microsoft Surface Platform Development http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/softwareplatform.aspx

Online Services

• Bing Developer http://www.bing.com/toolbox/bingdeveloper/
• Bing Maps http://www.microsoft.com/maps/developers/web.aspx
• Microsoft Advertising Platform http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/dd179335(v=MSADS.10).aspx

Skype

• Skype Developer http://developer.skype.com/

[Update] Added Beginner Developer Learning Center