Download or read book Windows Phone 7 JumpStart Building a Silverlight Application written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This session is where the coding begins for the Windows Phone 7 platform. Andy and Rob walk you through building your first application with Microsoft Silverlight. It includes responding to event controls, Windows themes and styles, and customizing text input. This Windows Phone 7 Jump Start video training is for all developers interested in developing applications or games for the new Windows Phone 7 Platform. The course is based on the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Developer Training Kit and taught by Microsoft MVP's and Microsoft Press Authors, Andy Wigley and Rob S. Miles.

Download or read book Windows Phone 7 Silverlight Cookbook written by Jonathan Marbutt and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the recipes you need to start creating apps and making money.

Download or read book Beginning Windows Phone 7 Application Development written by Nick Lecrenski and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the core concepts essential for developing apps for Windows Phone Silverlight and XNA provide you with a powerful development platform and key tools for programming Windows Phone 7 series applications. This book offers a foundation for using the tools required for Windows Phone 7 development, including Visual Studio 2010 Express Edition, the Windows Phone 7 Series SDK, and Silverlight. Experienced authors provide you with detailed coverage on developing accordingly for an application’s lifetime, accessing cloud services, and developing notification services. Explains how to use the most up-to-date tools and development platforms to create applications for the Windows Phone 7 Walks you through developing notification services and location services Demonstrates ways to generate revenue by deploying your apps to the Windows Phone Marketplace Details the steps for enabling trial periods for applications and providing updates and new versions of apps If you're eager to get started developing applications for the Windows Phone 7, then this is the beginner guide for you.

Download or read book Windows Phone 7 Developer Guide written by Dominic Betts and published by Microsoft Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on designing and implemeting applications for Windows Phone 7 using Microsoft Silverlight.

Download or read book Windows Phone 7 Application Development For Dummies written by Bill Hughes and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to build great applications for the new Windows Phone 7 platform! Whether you're a budding developer or a professional programmer, this four-color reference covers all the details for developing applications specifically for the Windows Phone 7 platform. The straightforward-but-fun approach tackles not only building an application that is sellable and fulfills user demands, but also shows you how to navigate getting your apps into the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. Guides both novice and professional developers through building amazing applications for the new Windows Phone 7 platform Covers working with graphics, designing games, selling apps, and more Provides a helpful introduction to Windows Phone 7 to set a foundation for the app development process Addresses architectural options for your Windows Phone 7application Takes a look at the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace and helps guide you through the submission process If you're ready to get started developing your own apps for the new Windows Phone 7 platform, then open up Windows Phone 7 Application Development For Dummies and see how it sparkles!

Download or read book Essential Windows Phone 7 5 written by Shawn Wildermuth and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2012 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential Windows Phone 7.5 is the definitive guide to creating powerful, visually compelling mobile applications that take full advantage of Microsoft''s Windows Phone 7.5 platform. Nine-time Microsoft MVP Shawn Wildermuth draws on his extensive experience teaching Silverlight and Windows Phone development, helping you to get started fast and master techniques that lead to truly outstanding apps. After introducing the latest version of Windows Phone, Shawn Wildermuth dives directly into the essentials, emphasizing best-practice examples and illustrating with code. You''ll build a complete application from start to finish, then build on your skills with increasingly sophisticated techniques. From planning and design through application delivery, Shawn Wildermuth guides you through the entire mobile development lifecycle, showing how to make the most of Windows Phone 7.5''s most important new capabilities. Whether you''re a .NET or Silverlight developer going mobile, or an experienced mobile developer moving to Windows Phone, Essential Windows Phone 7.5 delivers all the skills you''ll need. Coverage includes Leveraging Microsoft''s breakthrough Metro design language Using phone features such as email, calling, search, Web browsing, and the camera Designing the look and feel of your user interface with XAML Interacting with users via Panorama, Pivot, and other controls Mastering the new Silverlight Toolkit for Windows Phone 7.5 Choosing the right application paradigm and functionality for your specific app Incorporating touch, vibration, motion, and sound into your interfaces Working with Windows Phone 7.5''s unique hubs and tiles Building location-based services that work with the phone''s GPS Storing data in Isolated Storage or Windows Phone 7.5''s database support Multitasking reliably, without compromising performance Integrating external data via REST, conventional Web services, and push notifications Preparing your application for the Windows Phone Marketplace

Download or read book 101 Windows Phone 7 Apps Volume I written by Adam Nathan and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2011-04-08 with total page 1425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full Color INCLUDES COMPLETE CODE AND ASSETS FOR EACH APP IN THIS VOLUME! Got a great idea for an app? There’s a chapter for that! Calling all developers: Windows Phone 7 is starting to gain traction, and the opportunity is yours to sell the next killer app! 101 Windows Phone 7 Apps is a book series like no other–best-selling author and Microsoft developer Adam Nathan walks you through the process of building 101 real, robust, diverse, and marketplace-certified Silverlight applications. You not only get online access to the full source code and related assets, but the book is chock full of tips, warnings, and advice that can only come from Adam’s experience of writing so many complete applications and selling them in the Windows Phone Marketplace. Imagine how long it would take you to develop and test 50 apps and how much you would learn from the experience. Rather than spending all that time starting from scratch, use this book to hit the ground running! Whether you simply make cosmetic changes to apps in this book (for example, creating kid-themed versions), repurpose apps (such as building a mortgage calculator based on Chapter 10’s tip calculator), or build something completely unique, this book can greatly accelerate your development time and help you create high-quality apps. Sell your apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace and make this book pay for itself! Volume I contains the first 50 apps and covers the following: Everything you need to know about Silverlight Fully exploiting phone features such as the application bar, hardware/software keyboards, multi-touch, accelerometer, microphone, and more Using rich controls such as pivots, panoramas, and controls in free toolkits, such as date/time pickers, toggle switches, charts, and graphs Building your own custom controls, including popular ones missing from the platform, such as a checkable list box, multi-select picker box, and color picker Broadly applicable pages, such as a photo-cropping page and accelerometer-calibration page How to make your app look and feel like a first-party app Practical tips on a wide range of topics, even acquiring and creating sound effects, using custom fonts, and creating icons

Download or read book Learning Windows Phone Programming written by Yochay Kiriaty and published by O'Reilly Media, Incorporated. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get a head start on creating successful applications for Windows Phone 7. With this thorough introduction to Microsoft’s new mobile operating system and platform, you’ll learn step by step how to design, develop, test, package, and deploy great games and apps for WP7 -- whether or not you’re familiar with Silverlight and XNA. Written by two of Microsoft’s Technical Evangelists for Windows Phone, this book shows you how to create compelling user experiences by integrating your applications with the phone’s hardware, such as its location capabilities, camera, and accelerometer. WP7 isn’t simply the next version of Windows Mobile. It’s a new generation of the OS designed to work with today’s sophisticated smartphones and Microsoft’s exceptional tools for interactive development -- and you can get started with it right now. Create rich, interactive WP7 applications with Silverlight Develop games for WP7 with Microsoft’s XNA development technology Use the accelerometer to create fun, immersive applications Build location-aware or data-centric applications Keep application status up to date using push notifications Add multitouch support to WP7 XNA and Silverlight applications Learn how to monetize your WP7 games and applications Use Visual Studio or the free Visual Studio Express edition to develop your apps

Download or read book Windows Phone 7 Application Development written by Brian Faucher and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on designing and implementing applications for Windows Phone 7.

Download or read book Microsoft Silverlight Edition written by Charles Petzold and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Microsoft eBook covers both Silverlight and XNA in one volume. Bring your app ideas to life-with guidance from a Windows programming legend. Get started building your own apps and utilities for Windows Phone 7-expertly guided by award-winning author Charles Petzold. Focusing on Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 and the C♯ language.

Download or read book Windows Phone 8 Development Internals written by Andrew Whitechapel and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2013-06-15 with total page 1472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build and optimize Windows Phone 8 apps for performance and security Drill into Windows Phone 8 design and architecture, and learn best practices for building phone apps for consumers and the enterprise. Written by two senior members of the core Windows Phone Developer Platform team, this hands-on book gets you up to speed on the Windows 8 core features and application model, and shows you how to build apps with managed code in C# and native code in C++. You’ll also learn how to incorporate Windows Phone 8 features such as speech, the Wallet, and in-app purchase. Discover how to: Create UIs with unique layouts, controls, and gesture support Manage databinding with the Model View ViewModel pattern Build apps that target Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7 Use built-in sensors, including the accelerometer and camera Consume web services and connect to social media apps Share code across Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 apps Build and deploy company hub apps for the enterprise Start developing games using Direct3D Test your app and submit it to the Windows Phone Store

Download or read book Professional Windows Phone 7 Application Development written by Nick Randolph and published by Wrox. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one-of-a-kind book on Windows Phone 7 development While numerous books cover both Silverlight and XNA, there lacks a resource that covers the specifics of Windows Phone 7 development. This book fills that void and shares the specifics of building phone applications and games. You’ll learn how to get started with designing, building, testing, and deploying mobile applications for Windows Phone 7. Working examples used throughout the book cover how to design and layout a Windows Phone 7 application, interact with the device, and even sell your applications. Fills the void in the market for an instructional book on developing applications for Windows Phone 7 Offers an overview of Windows Phone and discusses the necessary tools Explains how to work with multiview applications Addresses tool bars, pickers, table views, navigation controllers, application setting, and user defaults Reviews drawing with XNA, using the camera, and understanding basic data persistence Explore the exciting possibilties of Windows Phone 7 development with this invaluable reference.

Download or read book Real World NET C and Silverlight written by Bill Evjen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A team of MVP authors guides you through the .NET 4 Framework Written by a group of experienced MVPs, this unparalleled book delves into the intricate—and often daunting—world of .NET 4. Each author draws from a particular area of expertise to provide invaluable information on using the various .NET 4, C# 4, Silverlight 4, and Visual Studio tools in the real world. The authors break down the vast .NET 4 Framework into easily digestible portions to offer you a strong foundation on what makes .NET such a popular and successful framework for building a wide range of solutions. Breaks down the .NET 4 Framework into easily understandable sections Features more than a dozen MVPs serving as authors, each of whom focuses on a particular area of expertise Covers such topics as Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight 4, Windows Communication Foundation, ASP.NET performance, the entity framework, and more Shares C# tips and tricks and .NET architecture best practices from a team of Microsoft MVPs Real World .NET 4 and C# is the ultimate resource for discovering and understanding the .NET 4 Framework.

Download or read book Windows Phone 8 in Action written by Michael Sync and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-12-30 with total page 791 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary Windows Phone 8 in Action is a comprehensive guide to developing apps for the WP8 platform. It covers the Windows Phone Runtime and .NET APIs used to work with a phone's sensors and hardware, including the accelerometer, camera, gyroscope, GPS, and microphone. You will learn to write code to dial the phone, write emails, send text messages, and recognize speech. The book also teaches you to build applications that use location and push notification. About this Book With 10 million (and climbing) active handsets, Windows Phone 8 has become a real alternative to Android and iOS. WP users are hungry for great apps, so it's time for you to start creating them! Windows Phone 8 in Action teaches you how to design, build, and sell WP8 apps. In it, you'll learn to use the WP Runtime and .NET APIs to control key features like the accelerometer, camera, GPS, and microphone. This example-driven book also shows you how to write applications that use location and push notification, enhanced navigation services, and WP8's deep multimedia capabilities. You'll need a working knowledge of C#. No experience with Windows Phone or XAML is required. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. What's Inside Build your first phone app Master the Windows Phone 8 interface How to sell on the Windows Phone Store Use features like voice recognition and media About the Authors Tim Binkley-Jones has worked with XAML since the first releases of WPF and Silverlight. Adam Benoit is an independent developer with more than a dozen apps in the Windows Phone Store. Massimo Perga is an engineer at Microsoft. Michael Sync is a web and WP architect. Table of Contents PART 1 INTRODUCING WINDOWS PHONE A new phone, a new operating system Creating your first Windows Phone application PART 2 CORE WINDOWS PHONE Fast application switching and resume Scheduled actions Launching tasks and choosers Contacts and calendars Storing data Working with the camera Integrating with the Photos and Music + Videos Hubs Using sensors Network communication with push notifications Using the Speech API PART 3 XAML FOR WINDOWS PHONE ApplicationBar and context menus Panorama and pivot controls Building a media player Using Maps Building HTML applications Releasing and monetizing apps

Download or read book PROFESSIONAL WINDOWS PHONE 7 APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT written by Nick Randolph and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Market_Desc: The ideal reader has either built applications and/or games for a major, exiting mobile platforms (ie iPhone, Android or Windows Mobile). Ideally he/she has some experience with the Microsoft platform stack including the .NET Framework and Windows Azure.Primary audience: iPhone and Android developersSecondary audience: Existing Silverlight, XNA and Windows Mobile developers Special Features: · Currently there are no books in the market on Windows Phone 7 development. There are numerous books on both Silverlight and XNA, but none cover the specifics of building phone applications and/or games.· Windows Phone 7 series development will take off thanks to a massive push by Microsoft.· The book includes information to help developers get started as well as to tackle hard issues involving mobile applications development and include both Silverlight and XNA development for Windows Phone, thus expanding the market to application and game developers· The book includes examples that the reader can download via the website and discuss best practices for building mobile applications. About The Book: Using tools such as Visual Studio, Expression Blend and the device emulator, this book shows users how to develop for Windows Phone to design, build, test and deploy mobile applications. Working examples throughout the book and on the web site cover how to design and lay out a Windows Phone application, how to interact with the device and other services from your application and how to deploy and sell your applications.

Download or read book Pro Windows Phone 7 Development written by Rob Cameron and published by Apress. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Windows Phone 7 platform provides a remarkable opportunity for Windows developers to create state-of-the-art mobile applications using their existing skills and a familiar toolset. For iOS and Android developers, this book provides the right level of content to help developers rapidly come up to speed on Windows Phone. Pro Windows Phone 7 Development will help you unlock the potential of this platform and create dazzling, visually rich, and highly functional applications for the Windows Phone Marketplace. For developers new to the Windows Phone 7 platform, whether .NET, iPhone, or Android developers, this book starts by introducing you to the features and specifications of the Windows Phone series, and then leads you through the complete application development process. You'll learn how to use Microsoft technologies like Silverlight, .NET, the XNA Framework, Visual Studio, and Expression Blend effectively, how to take advantage of the available sensors such as the location service, accelerometer, and touch, make your apps location-aware using GPS data, utilize the rich media capabilities of the Windows Phone series, and much more. Finally, you'll receive a full tutorial on how to publish and sell your application through the Windows Phone Marketplace.

Download or read book Pro Windows Phone App Development written by Rob Cameron and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation The Windows Phone 7 platform, now recently updated,provides a remarkable opportunity for Windows developers to create state-of-the-art mobile applications using their existing skills and a familiar toolset.Pro Windows Phone 7 Development, Second Editionhelps you unlock the potential of this platform and create dazzling, visually rich, and highly functional applications for the Windows Phone Marketplaceincluding using new features like copy-and-paste and API improvements in the NoDo and Mango update waves.For developers new to the Windows Phone platformwhether .NET, iPhone, or Android developersthis book starts by introducingthe features and specifications of the Windows Phone series, and then leads you through the complete application development process. You'll learn how to use Microsoft technologies like Silverlight, .NET, the XNA Framework, Visual Studio, and Expression Blend effectively, how to take advantage of the device's sensorswith thelocation service, accelerometer, and touch, how to make your apps location-aware using GPS data, how to utilize the rich media capabilities of the Windows Phone series, and much more. Finally, you'll receive a full tutorial on how to publish and sell your application through the Windows Phone Marketplace. And in this second edition, learn quickly and easily how to take advantage of new API capabilities and HTML5 support right in your browser.What youll learnThe specifications and capabilities of the Windows Phone series and how to harness that power in your applicationsTo understandits relationshipto Silverlight, .NET, the XNA Framework, Visual Studio, and Expression Blend and how to use those tools most effectively to develop Windows Phone appsHow to develop applications that take advantage of the available sensors, such as location service, accelerometer, and touch gesturesHow to develop rich media applications that harness the graphics capabilities of Windows Phone modelsThe correct way to design and develop Windows Phone 7 applications utilizing the Model-View-ViewModel architectureThe process of publishing your application to the Windows Phone MarketplaceWho this book is forIf you're a .NET developer, this book is primarily for youyou're eager to learn how to use your existing skills to develop for the new Windows Phone 7 platform. If you're an iOS or Android developer, this is an ideal guide for you to learn how to expand the market for your existing applications. This does assume some knowledge of C#, managed code in general, and a basic level of familiarity with Visual Studio. And if you're a proficient Windows Phone 7 developer, get up to speed quickly with the new API endpoints and HTML5 browser support in the Mango update.Software developers proficient in other languages will also find this book helpful to get up to speed with developing Silverlight- and .NET-based Windows Phone applications.Table of ContentsIntroduction to Windows Phone and MarketplaceUser Interface DevelopmentHandling Input on Windows PhoneWindows Phone Data Persistence and Networking Programming ModelIntegrating with the Windows PhonePlatformWindows Phone Advanced UI DevelopmentAdvanced MVVM, Services, and App ConnectXNA Framework for Games and ApplicationsAdvanced XNA Framework DevelopmentBuilding Top-Rated Applications for Windows Phone--