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
Edition helps you unlock the potential of this platform and create
dazzling, visually rich, and highly functional applications for the
Windows Phone Marketplace--including using new features like
copy-and-paste and API improvements in the NoDo and Mango update
waves. For developers new to the Windows Phone platform--whether
.NET, iPhone, or Android developers--this book starts by
introducing 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 device's
sensors with the location 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 you'll learn * The specifications and capabilities of the
Windows Phone series and how to harness that power in your
applications * To understand its relationship to Silverlight, .NET,
the XNA Framework, Visual Studio, and Expression Blend and how to
use those tools most effectively to develop Windows Phone apps *
How to develop applications that take advantage of the available
sensors, such as location service, accelerometer, and touch
gestures * How to develop rich media applications that harness the
graphics capabilities of Windows Phone models * The correct way to
design and develop Windows Phone 7 applications utilizing the
Model-View-ViewModel architecture * The process of publishing your
application to the Windows Phone Marketplace Who this book is for
If you're a .NET developer, this book is primarily for you--you'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 Contents * Introduction to Windows
Phone and Marketplace * User Interface Development * Handling Input
on Windows Phone * Windows Phone Data Persistence and Networking
Programming Model * Integrating with the Windows Phone Platform *
Windows Phone Advanced UI Development * Advanced MVVM, Services,
and App Connect * XNA Framework for Games and Applications *
Advanced XNA Framework Development * Building Top-Rated
Applications for Windows Phone
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