The following tools and technology were featured at the summit.
TouchStudio
Write code for your phone, on your phone! TouchStudio is a radically new software development environment on Windows Phone, bringing the excitement of the first programmable personal computers to the phone. TouchStudio is a free app that is available on the Windows Phone Marketplace.
Pex4fun (opens in new tab)
This game awards you points for writing code; you win when your code computes the right outputs for all inputs. Pex4fun features a code editor with auto-completion, snippets, and background compilation. If you are new to C# or programming, Pex4fun offers courses to help you learn—right from your phone.
Rise4fun (opens in new tab)
Play with the latest software engineering tools from Microsoft Research—on your phone! Rise4fun features more than 15 advanced tools for software testing, verification, concurrency, empirical studies, theorem proving, and more: download Rise4fun and solve Sudoku puzzles that use first-order logic!
Try F# (opens in new tab)
F# is a simple and pragmatic programming language that is ideal for data-rich, concurrent, and algorithmic development. You can start learning F# for free—no registration is required. We provide the tutorials, resources, and tools you need to begin working with F# right away.
Academic Search
This free search engine helps you quickly find information about academic researchers. Academic Search makes it easy to find top researchers’ papers, conferences, and journals. You can also find relationships between researchers in terms of co-authoring papers.