Windows Phone 7 for Silverlight Developers
Author: András Velvárt
Price: $4.99 
Format: PDF file, Kindle version (.mobi), .epub
Number of pages: 46
Release date: July 2011
"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!
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Read the two free excerpts from Design Considerations chapter:
From the author: When Microsoft announced that its new mobile platform, Windows Phone 7, would only be programmable with managed code, there was a loud applause (at least in the room I was in). Developers were keen to utilize their hard-earned knowledge of the .NET framework on the new platform and enjoy the ease of development and familiar tools and workflow on what is the most dynamically advancing area of computing - smartphones.
Microsoft brought two of its most interesting development frameworks to the phone: XNA and Silverlight. Silverlight developers can also right at home with Windows Phone 7. It is said that if you are already a Silverlight developer, you already know 90% of what is needed for developing Silverlight applications for the phone. This e-book is about the remaining 10%, written by Silverlight MVP and author of the WP7 app “SurfCube 3D Browser”: András “@vbandi” Velvárt.
Note: this e-book covers Windows Phone 7.0 development. Footnotes have been added where Mango (the upcoming update of Windows Phone 7) is different, but the Mango API is not detailed here.
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
About the author:
András Velvárt is the owner of Response Ltd (www.response.hu), and the man behind SurfCube, the 3D web browser for Windows Phone 7. András is passionate about User Experience, and carries this passion over to every project Response takes on.
András is also a four time awardee of Microsoft's MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award for his contribution to the development community in Hungary and worldwide. His award is in the Silverlight expertise - an honor that less than 100 people in the world share. András is an accomplished INETA speaker, runs the Hungarian Silverlight User Group, and speaks at most Microsoft conferences in Hungary, where Silverlight, WP7, WPF or User Experience is the topic. His newly found passion is creating experiences with Kinect. András is married, and has a son, Ákos, who keeps his parents busy and loved all the time.
You can find his blog at www.dotneteers.net. András tweets from @vbandi.