Windows Phone 7 Application Development For Dummies

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John Wiley & Sons, 2011 M07 5 - 288 pages
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!

 

Contents

Table of Contents
A Designers Work Is Never Done Updates
Developing an App for Windows Phone 7 An Overview
A Windows Phone 7 Primer
Navigating on the Windows
Getting into the Mobile Apps Environment for Windows
Getting data from the cloud
Storyboarding your
Putting together the apps main page
Testing the App on a Windows Phone
Getting Your New App on the
Making the App Perform to Your Standards
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Testing the App on a Windows Phone
Directions to Location Services
Leveraging the Windows Phone Marketplace

Evaluating development environments
Assembling the Tools You Need as a Developer
Starting the emulator
Introducing the App
Finding Your Way around the MSDN Windows Phone
Zeroing In on XAML
Accessing Data in Silverlight
Testing Your App in the Windows Phone Emulator
Creating a Simple Calculation
Stepping Through the Processes
Standing Out from the Crowd
Leveraging Other Marketing Tools
Reviewing the International App Submission Process
A Designers Work ls Never Done Updates and Customer Service
Getting your update to your customers
Standard Options for Customer Service
The Part of Tens
Copyright

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About the author (2011)

Bill Hughes is a former professor of marketing at Kellogg School of Management. The author of Windows Phone 7 For Dummies, Bill has worked with major corporations including IBM, Motorola, and Nextel.

Indrajit Chakrabarty is a leading software architect working with multinational clients on Microsoft .NET and VoIP projects.

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