Ebook: Beginning Windows Phone 7 Application Development: Building Windows Phone Applications Using Silverlight and XNA

Discover the core concepts essential for developing apps for Windows PhoneSilverlight and XNA provide you with a powerful development platform and key tools for programming Windows Phone 7 series applications. This book offers a foundation for using the tools required for Windows Phone 7 development, including Visual Studio 2010 Express Edition, the Windows Phone 7 Series SDK, and Silverlight. Experienced authors provide you with detailed coverage on developing accordingly for an application’s lifetime, accessing cloud services, and developing notification services.Explains how to use the most up-to-date tools and development platforms to create applications for the Windows Phone 7Walks you through developing notification services and location servicesDemonstrates ways to generate revenue by deploying your apps to the Windows Phone MarketplaceDetails the steps for enabling trial periods for applications and providing updates and new versions of appsIf you're eager to get started developing applications for the Windows Phone 7, then this is the beginner guide for you.