Read original post by Lori Lalonde at Canadian Developer Connection Blog
Now that you have your development environment set up and ready to go (in case you’ve missed it, check out my earlier post, Setting Up Your Windows Phone Development Environment in 30 Minutes (or less)), let’s go over the ways that Visual Studio can easily get you started without having to dig too deep into documentation.
Time-Saving Templates
As you know, every development opportunity in Visual Studio 2012 begins with File > New Project. With the Windows Phone SDK installed, you will notice that once you have the New Project dialog open, you have a good selection of templates to choose from.