Overview

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!

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Author:   Bill Hughes ,  Indrajit Chakrabarty
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.672kg
ISBN:  

9781118021750

ISBN 10:   1118021754
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   09 August 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Part I: So, You Want to Develop a Windows Phone App 7 Chapter 1: Developing an App for Windows Phone 7: An Overview 9 Chapter 2: A Windows Phone 7 Primer 15 Chapter 3: Getting into the Mobile Apps Environment for Windows Phone 7 33 Chapter 4: Doing the Legwork Before You Put Your Fingers to the Keyboard 41 Part II: Assembling the Tools You Need as a Developer 53 Chapter 5: Downloading the Tools You Need 55 Chapter 6: Building Your Mojo by Accessing the Microsoft Developer Portal 63 Chapter 7: Finding Your Direction with Silverlight 75 Part III: Practicing with Simple Sample Apps 87 Chapter 8: Breaking the Ice with Your First Application 89 Chapter 9: Creating a Simple Calculation App 107 Chapter 10: Cloudy Computing: Creating a Simple App to Go to the Internet 121 Chapter 11: I Can Hear You Now: A Simple Multimedia App 135 Part IV: Getting Fancy with APIs 149 Chapter 12: Pushing on the Accelerometer 151 Chapter 13: Directions to Location Services 159 Chapter 14: Getting Oriented to the Phone s Orientation 167 Chapter 15: Getting Updates with Push Notifi cation 177 Part V: Leveraging the Windows Phone Marketplace 187 Chapter 16: Working the Microsoft Approval Process 189 Chapter 17: Standing Out from the Crowd 209 Chapter 18: Going Global with Your App 215 Chapter 19: All This Fun and Getting Paid, Too! 223 Part VI: A Designer s Work Is Never Done: Updates and Customer Service 227 Chapter 20: Updating Your App 229 Chapter 21: Supporting Your End-Users 235 Part VII: The Part of Tens 241 Chapter 22: Ten Features to Look for Down the Road 243 Chapter 23: Ten (Or So) Ways to Make Your App More Successful 247 Index 253

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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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