
Beginning Windows Phone 7 Application Development
Building Windows Phone Applications Using Silverlight and XNA
Wrox Press
1st Edition
Published on 3. May 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
600 pages
978-0-470-91233-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
More details
Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
997 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-91233-1 (9780470912331)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Nick Lecrenski is the founder and lead developer of MyFitnessJournal.com, a fitness tracking web site that utilizes Silverlight technology. He is also the author of Silverlight 4: Problem-Design-Solution.
Karli Watson is an author and a technical consultant of 3form Ltd and an associate technologist at Content Master.
Robert Fonseca-Ensor is a consultant at Infusion, specialising in WPF, Silverlight, and iPhone development.
Karli Watson is an author and a technical consultant of 3form Ltd and an associate technologist at Content Master.
Robert Fonseca-Ensor is a consultant at Infusion, specialising in WPF, Silverlight, and iPhone development.
Content
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING WINDOWS PHONE 7.
CHAPTER 2: JAW-DROPPING APPS WITH THE HELP OF SILVERLIGHT.
CHAPTER 3: SPICE UP YOUR APP WITH SHAPES, COLORS, BRUSHES, AND TRANSFORMS.
CHAPTER 4: ADVANCED USER INTERFACE TECHNIQUES: STYLES, TEMPLATES, AND THE VISUAL STATE MANAGER.
CHAPTER 5: ISOLATED STORAGE, PAGE NAVIGATION, AND THE APPLICATION LIFE CYCLE.
CHAPTER 6: INTERACTING WITH THE HARDWARE.
CHAPTER 7: LAUNCHERS, CHOOSERS, AND ADVANCED USER INPUT.
CHAPTER 8: WINDOWS PHONE 7 SERVICES AND CLOUD SERVICES.
CHAPTER 9: CREATING AND CONSUMING WEB SERVICES.
CHAPTER 10: WEB SERVICES PUSH NOTIFICATIONS.
CHAPTER 11: XNA FOR WINDOWS PHONE 7.
CHAPTER 12: MICROSOFT EXPRESSION BLEND.
CHAPTER 13: USING THE SILVERLIGHT FOR WINDOWS PHONE TOOLKIT AND CREATING PANORAMIC USER INTERFACES.
CHAPTER 14: PATTERNS, FRAMEWORKS, AND TESTS.
CHAPTER 15: PUBLISHING YOUR APPLICATION.
APPENDIX: SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES.
INDEX.
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING WINDOWS PHONE 7.
CHAPTER 2: JAW-DROPPING APPS WITH THE HELP OF SILVERLIGHT.
CHAPTER 3: SPICE UP YOUR APP WITH SHAPES, COLORS, BRUSHES, AND TRANSFORMS.
CHAPTER 4: ADVANCED USER INTERFACE TECHNIQUES: STYLES, TEMPLATES, AND THE VISUAL STATE MANAGER.
CHAPTER 5: ISOLATED STORAGE, PAGE NAVIGATION, AND THE APPLICATION LIFE CYCLE.
CHAPTER 6: INTERACTING WITH THE HARDWARE.
CHAPTER 7: LAUNCHERS, CHOOSERS, AND ADVANCED USER INPUT.
CHAPTER 8: WINDOWS PHONE 7 SERVICES AND CLOUD SERVICES.
CHAPTER 9: CREATING AND CONSUMING WEB SERVICES.
CHAPTER 10: WEB SERVICES PUSH NOTIFICATIONS.
CHAPTER 11: XNA FOR WINDOWS PHONE 7.
CHAPTER 12: MICROSOFT EXPRESSION BLEND.
CHAPTER 13: USING THE SILVERLIGHT FOR WINDOWS PHONE TOOLKIT AND CREATING PANORAMIC USER INTERFACES.
CHAPTER 14: PATTERNS, FRAMEWORKS, AND TESTS.
CHAPTER 15: PUBLISHING YOUR APPLICATION.
APPENDIX: SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES.
INDEX.