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Windows Phone 7 in Action Timothy Binkley-Jones, Massimo Perga and Michael Sync MEAP Began: December 2010 Softbound print: July 2012 (est.) | 375 pages ISBN: 9781617290091 |
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Table of Contents, MEAP Chapters & Resources
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1 A new phone, a new operating system - FREE
2 Getting started with Windows Phone 7 - AVAILABLE Part 1 Core Windows Phone 3 Fast Application Switching and Background Agents - AVAILABLE 4 Launching tasks and choosers - AVAILABLE 5 Storing data - AVAILABLE 6 Working with the camera - AVAILABLE 7 Extending the phone applications - AVAILABLE 8 Using Sensors - AVAILABLE 9 Push notifications and network communications - AVAILABLE Part 2 Silverlight 10 Silverlight for Windows Phone - AVAILABLE 11 Building Windows Phone UI with Silverlight controls - AVAILABLE 12 Manipulating and creating media with MediaElement - AVAILABLE 13 Using Bing maps and the browser - AVAILABLE Part 3 XNA 14 Integrating Silverlight and XNA - AVAILABLE 15 XNA input handling - AVAILABLE Appendixes A Expression Blend for Windows Phone - AVAILABLE B Silverlight primer - AVAILABLE C App Hub and Marketplace - AVAILABLE |
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DESCRIPTION
Windows Phone 7 Mango is the second release of Microsoft's new mobile operating system. New APIs added for WP7 Mango include support for background agents, a built in database engine, and direct access to the camera, compass, and gyroscope. Mango includes Internet Explorer 9, opening the Windows Phone to the web developer. By leveraging established technologies-Silverlight, XNA, C# and HTML5—developers can blend what they already know about Windows development with the new opportunities and challenges presented by a mobile platform.
Windows Phone 7 in Action is a hands-on guide to building mobile applications for WP7 Mango using Silverlight, C#, XNA, or HTML5. Written for developers who already know their way around Visual Studio, this book zips through the basics, such as writing code to dial the phone, composing emails, and sending text messages. Then, it moves on to the nuts and bolts of building great phone apps. By working through the numerous examples and tutorials, you'll master the APIs used to work with a phone's sensors and hardware, such as the accelerometer, motion sensor, camera, touch screen, GPS, and microphone. You'll also tackle web services and applications that use location and push notification services. Along the way, you'll discover why Microsoft opted for Silverlight and XNA as the core technologies for WP7. As with Silverlight for the desktop, you can create stunning visual effects using C#. Silverlight for Windows Phone has been enriched with navigation services, a new execution model to better satisfy mobile requirements, and hooks for embedding an HTML5 enabled browser, playing media files, running cool animations, and more. Silverlight applications use the XNA framework to work with pictures and audio in the media library. You will also learn how to use XNA to add stunning 3D graphics to your Silverlight application.
WHAT'S INSIDE
- A fast-paced intro to WP7
- Thorough coverage of the WP7 APIs
- Numerous working examples
- How to design, create, and sell apps for the WP7 store
About the Authors
Timothy Binkley-Jones is a staff engineer in the Enterprise Management group of VMware, Inc. Tim has been developing commercial IT management applications for 15 years. He has been working with Silverlight since its release.
Massimo Perga is a Windows Phone developer at Microsoft division. He has over 7 years of development experience in mobile technologies on different development frameworks and operating systems.
Michael Sync has been working in Software industry for more than 8 years. Currently, he is associated with Memolife as a Solution Architect for building Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 applications. He is Silverlight MVP and a member of Silverlight/WPF Insider team. He is also one of leaders of Singapore Silverlight User Group. He is currently staying with his wife and sister in Singapore.
About the Early Access Version
This Early Access version of Windows Phone 7 in Action enables you to receive new chapters as they are being written. You can also interact with the authors to ask questions, provide feedback and errata, and help shape the final manuscript on the Author Online
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