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As just now, I heard about the Windows Phone 7 development. So I would like to know the following things regarding Windows Phone 7:
From where can I start with Windows Phone 7 development? What are the best books/article/code blog/tutorial, etc.
Which are the tools I should need/download to start with Windows Phone 7 development?
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I found this very much helpful: http://www.devx.com/VS_2010/Article/45898/9851
You can get started by downloading the tools and registering to publish here: http://create.msdn.com/en-us/home/getting_started
There are a lot of very good tutorials out there. I recommend Channel9's Windows Phone 7 training course and Windows Phone 7 for the Absolute Beginner.
There's also a very good book available as a free PDF download: Programming Windows Phone 7 by Charles Petzold.
Each of the following contains a long list of useful resources:
All about Windows Phone (eugenedotnet)
Windows Phone 7 Resources (indyfromoz)
Mike’s Mega List of Windows Phone 7 Resources (mikeormond)
Mega List of Windows 7 Phone Resources (Frank La Vigne)
Ultimate List of Free Windows Phone 7 Software & Resources (Blake Handler)
Windows Phone 7 – List of Tutorials and Resources (onishimura)
Windows Phone 7 Resources and Links (XDA Developers)
The best resources for Windows Phone 7 Development (Mark Kirby)
Windows Phone 7 Developer Resources (Blankenblog)
via http://wpug.net/resources
Once you get past the basics, you may want to have a look at the Windows Phone 7 Development Best Practices Wiki.
From where I started to learn, here are the links =)
Windows Phone 7 development for absolute beginners
I use this for reference
Windows Phone Development (MSDN)
and this
The best resources for Windows Phone 7 Development
Getting Started with Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 Development
If you have C# experience then Windows Phone 7 is easy. Just use MSDN for what is and is not allowed, much the same as a desktop/web C# application using .NET.
If you don't know C# start by learning Visual Studio and C# by building some basic Windows Form applications, get more advanced until you feel comfortable, and then move to Windows Phone 7.
I was one of the showcase application developers from MS so I got dropped in the dark with a short deadline, but once I got it all installed and started working with it MSDN was the best help as there were not many tutorials at that point in time, but if you don't know C# start with Windows and move to phone after as Windows have many more tutorials.
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I am new Windows Phone App development for A start i want you guys help .Some best tutorials to read and start and please help me how to do complete setup for this development.Please hep me .what i need to start the development process . In which languages can we start the development of Windows Phone
To begin with, WELCOME to the best mobile platform to develop for. It may not be apparent to you now but the Windows Phone has the best tools and one of the easiest languages to learn supporting it.
As a new Windows Phone Developer you will need a few things to get started:
First you will need to download if you haven't already, Visual Studio Express (or other version if you have it).
It can be found here
I would recommend downloading Visual Studio 2012 Express For Windows Phone
This should also provide you with the SDK
Once this is all installed you are ready to get developing. There is a slew of great tutorials out there on the basics of Windows Phone Development.
When you feel comfortable investing some money into your education I would HIGHLY recommend PluralSight This is a professional learning resource that provides THE BEST video training on the market.
If you want to take a cheaper approach to education then here are a few books I would recommend. 101 Windows Phone Apps and also Windows Phone 8 A Problem Solution Approach . Though not required, these books will provide you with the solid foundation you need to become a successful developer.
Finally, once you have your app complete you are going to need to get it on the market! Simply sign up for a developer account at the Windows Phone Developer Hub They will have all the instructions you need there to getting your app certified and on the market.
Congratulations again on starting in Windows Phone Development. Also welcome to Stack Overflow.
EDIT# You can find a complete tutorial on my blog AnthonyRussell.info
Why not start by the beggining?
Go to the official Windows Phone WebSite and learn the started Tutorial here
After you knows bases, you can read this, on the Nokia Website for developer... (with lot of tutorial...)
Windowsphone developer page:
I think you will find everything you asked there - and many many more information.
And you should begin with this:
Getting started guide
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Did every application of windows is developed using WINDOWS API?
Or they use any any other kind of languages.
Can any give me the good tutorial links for developing windows application's.
Essentially, all applications running on Windows are built on top of the Windows API. This includes applications written in .NET and WinRT. Both of these systems are implemented in terms of the Windows API.
When it comes to developing applications there are countless options. You can develop Windows applications using the Windows API (C/C++/Delphi/...), the .NET framework (C#/Visual Basic.NET/F#/C++-CLI/...), or WinRT (with language projections for just about any language out there, like C++/CX).
On top of that there are numerous (GUI) frameworks available, like MFC, Qt, Windows Forms, or WPF.
Regardless of the platform, programming language, or framework, all applications will eventually call into the Windows API. Even if your next project is not going to target the Windows API directly, it's always a good idea to know what's going on underneath. A very good and compact introduction to Windows API programming is theForger's Win32 API Tutorial. For the definitive guide you should check out Charles Petzold's Programming Windows.
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Is there a way to install a wp7 app in a surface tablet? I've trie running the xap file of my app but the os doesn't know what to do with it.
How can I deploy my wp7 app into a surface tablet?
I have the "Pro" edition.
If you have a Surface Pro, then you can probably try to install the WP8 SDK and then can probably try to run an emulator, and with a following wind you might eventually be able to deploy your XAP to that emulator.
But there's no way currently to run WP apps on Win8 directly.
Maybe this might come in the next release - currently rumoured to be called "Blue"
The Surface Pro runs Windows and therefore can install Windows apps. It does run Windows Phone and can't run WP7 apps.
It's not directly possible - as another poster said you could try the testing emulator. You might have more luck if it was a windows phone 8 app, because windows 8 on your surface pro is very similar to windows phone 8. A windows phone 8 app can be ported to a tablet windows store app extremely easily, but if you can't do this the emulator is your best bet.
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I have windows dev account and so I registered my WP device Nokia Lumia 710 in windows dev center to test my apps I currently building... I have Windows Phone sdk 7.1. there were some sites that you can directly download xap files of known Applications that is free in Windows phone App store. Due to high rates in Mobile GPRS (300Mb for 1 US$ in Sri Lanka and it quietly high in here) I decided to download apps manually and deploy it using "Application Deployment" in Windows Phone sdk.
I could deploy round 10 apps to my device, but after that is giving me a error saying "The maximum number of developer applications on this phone has been reached" as a solution it suggest to remove a developer app and try again.
What's the reason for this?
Thank you
The reason is to prevent what you're doing. When unlocking a phone, you're supposed to deploy only applications you've developed. In which case it is unlikely to reach the 10 apps limitation.
Now, you could argue that deploying free apps doesn't harm anyone, and I agree (except that you don't get the automatic updates). But if you can deploy free apps, you can also deploy paid apps. So I believe it's primarily to prevent piracy that Microsoft has enforced that limit.
By the way, if you want to avoid using your mobile plan, you can download and install apps directly from a desktop PC by using Zune. That way, you're still using the Marketplace, and the number of deployed apps isn't limited.
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Is there a recommended minimum spec for a dev machine for win phone 7? I'm between machines at home at the moment and am stuck with a netbook - VS runs passably on it by the emulator is, unsurprisingly, a complete no-go.
Edit: to clarify, I want to find out of fellow devs what they think a usable minimum spec is - not just the 'on the box' spec
See the System Requirements section on the downloads page. Repeated here for when MS moves the link:
Supported Operating Systems:Windows 7;Windows Vista
Windows® Vista® (x86 and x64) with Service Pack 2 – all editions except Starter Edition
Windows 7 (x86 and x64) – all editions except Starter Edition
Installation requires 3 GB of free disk space on the system drive.
2 GB RAM
Windows Phone Emulator requires a DirectX 10 capable graphics card with a WDDM 1.1 driver
The last one is very, very important.
Having done a bit of research, I'd suggest that a decent minimum spec would be:
2Ghz Core 2 Duo (with the appropriate support for hardware assisted virtualization)
3Gb+ RAM
DirectX 10 graphics with WDDM 1.0 driver.
Running in a VMware session on an iMac i7 does not give satisfactory performance!
no dice, netbook won't do the job
Setup and System Requirements for Windows Phone Emulator