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22 new code samples cover nearly all the new features for Mango. For this Beta release we
focused on the most requested and hotly anticipated areas - camera, media, sockets, sensors,
SL/XNA integration, Tile backgrounds and background agents. Click here to download.
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Begin creating applications and games for Windows Phone 7 by downloading the free toolkit. The installer downloads and installs only the components you need to complete your development environment. You'll have everything you need to get started right away, like project templates to make your own apps or games by using Silverlight and XNA Framework.
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App Hub provides the tools, information, and resources you need to create, distribute, and merchandise your Windows Phone 7 applications and Xbox LIVE Indie Games. Download the free development tools to begin coding and sign up for your Marketplace membership to publish your apps and games.
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You can use built-in behaviors to quickly extend the functionality of a Windows Phone project. Learn about the behaviors that are available in the Behaviors category on the Assets panel.
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App Hub provides the tools, information, and resources you need to create, distribute, and merchandise your Windows Phone 7 applications and Xbox LIVE Indie Games. Download the free development tools to begin coding and sign up for your Marketplace membership to publish your apps and games.
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As you build your application, implement the free advertising solution for Window Phone 7 and maximize your revenue. Download the Microsoft Advertising SDK, register your app, implement the Ad Control, and submit your ad-enabled app to the Marketplace.
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Begin creating applications and games for Windows Phone 7 by downloading the free toolkit. The installer downloads and installs only the components you need to complete your development environment. You'll have everything you need to get started right away, like project templates to make your own apps or games by using Silverlight and XNA Framework. Also included is Microsoft Expression Blend for Windows Phone, which you can use to create applications without ever writing a single line of code.
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A collection of 28 layered Photoshop template files that can be used to create pixel-perfect application layouts, to help guide UI development, or to pitch an idea. These design templates showcase many controls that are a part of the Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta. They also include examples of controls that are a part of Windows Phone, but are not available as a part of the Windows Phone Developer Tools. These additional templates are included to help designers and developers maintain a consistent look and feel across applications for system controls that developers wish to mimic. Templates in the download: Application Bar & Application Menu, Buttons, Check Box, Context Menu, Date Picker, Dialog Boxes, Edit Control, Hardware, Icons, Keyboard & Input, List Picker, List View, Panorama, Panorama Backgrounds, Picker Box, Pivot, Progress Indicators, Quick Jump Grid, Radio Button, Reminders, Slider, Start & App List, Start Tiles, Status Bar, Theme, Time Picker, Toast Notifications, Toggle Switch.
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Download the samples listed on this page to see how the Windows Phone APIs are used in practice or as a starting place for your own applications.
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Trying to simultaneously tackle a phone app, a web app, and a native Windows app is a little intimidating the first time. Larry O'Brien shows you how surprisingly easy this task becomes with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET technologies.
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This video series helps aspiring Windows Phone 7 developers get started. Start off learning basic techniques and concepts, and build your skills. In a few hours, you know enough to build simple Windows Phone 7 applications on your own.
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Download the new ebook, Programming Windows Phone 7, by Charles Petzold. Learn more about the hardware as well as the fundamentals of writing applications for Windows Phone 7 using the C# programming language with the Silverlight and XNA 2D frameworks.
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This training course is geared for beginners to develop applications for Windows Phone 7. More-seasoned Silverlight developers should also find this course useful, as it covers advanced topics such as application cycle, push notifications, and Live Tiles.
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This free collection of Windows Phone 7 design tutorials guides you in creating applications using Expression Blend and Silverlight. Learn about the Metro design philosophy, the availability of Photoshop templates, how to design for gestures, and much more!
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Get the latest Windows Phone 7 developer news from the source and stay up to date with new and planned developments.
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Windows Phone 7-based devices have been available since early October and the official application marketplace is now open in select countries. It's now time for developers to publish their applications for distribution or sale. This article walks you through the application submission process.
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Trying to simultaneously tackle a phone app, a web app, and a native Windows app is a little intimidating the first time. Larry O'Brien shows you how surprisingly easy this task becomes with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET technologies.
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The Mobile Web has been a long time in coming, and now that it's here, it's a force that you and your business can't afford to ignore. What has made all of this possible is the combination of ever-more-powerful devices, fast network connections, and highly capable mobile browsers. In this session, learn how to build sites that work well and look great on Windows Phone OS 7 and across mobile devices. We cover the core mobile Web scenarios, preparing content for mobile, and tips and techniques for debugging and testing your sites.
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Windows Phone 7 app submission is open to all registered Windows Phone Marketplace developers. Join the excitement and become part of the vibrant community of app and game developers for Windows Phone and Xbox LIVE Indie Games. Create your Marketplace developer account and submit your apps and games today!
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Windows Phone 7 gives you the power to build complex, robust applications using consistent hardware specs, a comprehensive development toolkit, and the all-new, full-service Marketplace for selling your apps. Check out these on demand sessions from the launch:
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Developing applications for Windows Phone 7 is a efficient and easy, thanks to an excellent suite of development and design tools. For the first time, Microsoft offers free tools to develop applications for Windows Phone. To get the most out of your day-to-day work, it is important to understand the different capabilities of the different tools. This sample-filled session explains when to use Microsoft Expression Blend and when to use Microsoft Visual Studio, from a software development perspective. Also shown are how both tools operate together to create captivating applications for Windows Phone 7. Finally, the session explains the added value that you, as a developer, will get when using Visual Studio 2010 Professional.
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Terry Myerson, Corporate Vice President of Windows Phone Engineering, shows how Windows Phone will excite business end-users and enable rich applications that run on PC, Web, and phone. He covers all aspects of Windows Phone 7, highlights the use of Windows Phone in key work scenarios, discusses IT capabilities to support these, and illustrates the rich development platform for applications run across PC, Web, and phone.
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Each short, to-the-point video in this series highlights a feature of Windows Phone 7 in less than 7 minutes. This is a series for developers who want to pick up the basics quickly with brief explanations and hands-on examples. Demonstrations and code samples are based on the beta release of the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools.
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Let's talk Windows Phone 7! Join our latest series of Bytes by MSDN as Tim Huckaby kicks it off with an interview with Brandon Watson, Director of Developer Experience for Windows Phone 7 at Microsoft.
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Kurt Brockett, Director of UX Evangelism at IdentityMine, joins Rob Cameron to share the agency perspective on mobile development, Silverlight for mobile devices, and how touch development has evolved.
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Join Rob Cameron, Architect Evangelist at Microsoft, as he interviews Guido and Luigi Rosso from Archetype and discusses the design and development aspects of their latest mobile development projects.
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