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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

My e-book: Windows Phone 7 for Silverlight Developers

by vbandi via VBandi's blog on 7/19/2011 7:18:21 PM

imageI am proud to announce that my first ever e-book is now available! If you are a Silverlight developer wanting to jump onto the Windows Phone 7 bandwagon, the book introduces key Windows Phone 7 concepts and quickly puts you in the right mindset for phone development.

The e-book can be bought from Silverlight Show. There are two sample excerpts available:

Dave Campbell, the “Silverlight Cream” guy and Silverlight MVP of the year said:

Wow... get some great in-your-hands training on WP7 development from András Velvárt... I bought my copy, and it's more than worth the $4.99 price... great job András and SilverlightShow!"


 

Here is the table of contents:

Introduction
Silverlight on the Phone
  Sandbox on the Phone
  Compact Framework
  Web Browser
  Tools
    The Windows Phone Emulator
  Phone-specific Services
    Silverlight Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 12
    Location Services
    Push Notifications
    Application Bar
    Launchers and Choosers
    Integrating with the Pictures Hub
    Integrating with the Music + Videos Hub
    Keyboard Layouts
    Trial API
Design Considerations
  The Metro Design Language
    Clean, Light, Open, Fast
    Celebrate Typography
    Alive in Motion
    Content, not Chrome
    Authentically Digital
    Metro on the Windows Phone 7 Lock Screen
  The Back Button
  Panorama and Pivot
Input on the Phone (available as free online resource)
  The accelerometer
    The Microphone
    Touch Input
    Portrait and Landscape (available as free online resource)
  Themes (available as free online resource)
Performance
    The UI and Compositor Threads
    Analyzing Graphics Performance
    Frame Rate Counters
    Redraw Regions
    Cache Visualization
    The Kryptonite of WP7 Silverlight Apps: List performance
    Optimizing ItemTemplates
    To Virtualize or Not?
    Advanced techniques for better scroll experience
    One more note about the Emulator
Publishing to the Marketplace
  Getting a Marketplace Developer Account
  Checklist for App Submission
  The verification process
About the Author

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