Programming Windows Phone 7

Get started building your own apps and utilities for Windows Phone 7-expertly guided by award-winning author Charles Petzold. Focusing on Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 and the C# language, you'll learn how to extend your existing skills to this new mobile platform-mastering the core tools and techniques you need to get productive quickly. As always, Charles brings a unique combination of pragmatism and inspiration to his instruction-along with a wealth of hands-on examples.


Discover how to:


- Customize page navigation and layout.


- Know when to use code vs. XAML markup.


- Capture and embed bitmaps, balancing performance issues.


- Support multi-touch input-including tap, drag, flick, and pinch.


- Work with accelerometer and location services.


- Experiment with panoramic and pivot controls.


- Create effects using built-in or custom animations.


- Manage state, tomb stoning, data-binding, and storage.


- Write your own templates and custom controls.


- Test-drive your app on Windows Phone Emulator.