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Beginning Windows Phone 7 Development (Books for Professionals by Professionals) Paperback – Illustrated, 1 Dec. 2010

by Henry Lee (Author), Eugene Chuvyrov (Author)
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Microsoft is injecting new energy into the smart phone marketplace with the sophisticated Windows Phone 7. This new energy equates to new opportunities for you, the mobile developer. Beginning Windows Phone 7 Development has been written specifically to help you seize these opportunities and begin creating applications for this exciting new mobile device platform. Beginning Windows Phone 7 Development starts with the basics, walking you through the process of downloading and setting up the right development tools, including Visual Studio, Expression Blend, Silverlight SDK, and Windows Phone SDK. The book then takes you step-by-step though the development process as you build and deploy a complete application with a highly sophisticated user interface. Finally, you'll receive step-by-step instructions on selling your applications through the Microsoft Phone Marketplace. What you'll learn Create effective networked applications Leverage your phone's GPS capabilities from within your application Interact with the phone's built-in functionality (camera, contacts, maps, accelerometer, video and web browser to name but a few) Construct highly graphical and responsive user interfaces quickly and easily using the features that Microsoft has provided for you How to package and distribute your applications both for personal distribution and through the Windows Phone Marketplace Who this book is for This book is for anyone interested in developing applications for the Windows Phone 7. You might be an existing .NET developer looking for a new creative angle or perhaps an iPhone or Android developer looking for a new opportunity. If you have an understanding of basic .NET coding practices then this book if for you. Table of Contents Introducing Windows Phone 7 and the Windows Phone Platform Building Windows Phone 7 Applications Using Cloud Services As Data Stores Catching and Debugging Errors Packaging, Publishing, and
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  1. ISBN-10
    1430232161
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1430232162
  3. Edition
    1st ed.
  4. Publisher
    Apress
  5. Publication date
    1 Dec. 2010
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    19.1 x 2.77 x 23.5 cm
  8. Print length
    480 pages
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Kaio
3.0 out of 5 stars Lacks Structure
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 December 2011
I have issues with this book due to the fact that I find its structure quite unhelpful particularly for those wanting to learn WP7 programming. Oddly enough it starts programming example with Cloud Database which by any measure is a relatively advanced topic that deserves to be from mid to end of chapter for such books. On the other hand, topics such as 'Isolated Storage' and 'Application Bar' which are expected to be covered early on in the book come towards the end.

Overall, the important topics seem to be put together almost at random rather than based on a well thought out pedagogic approach to the subject of Windows Phone 7 Programming. Luckily there are numerous WP7 books with a good approach, i.e., well-structured for progressive learning from the essential basics to more advanced topics.
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GMedina
1.0 out of 5 stars Update Please
Reviewed in the United States on 4 February 2011
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It was a great start, however soon into the book the code and technique started to become outdated. Some of the downloaded code does not work and the chapter using the Azure SQL server required a lot of online research to attempt to finish. I did not get through that chapter and have simply placed another unread book on the book shelf.
This book would be great with an update.
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