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Windows® Phone 7.5 Unleashed
By: Daniel Vaughan
Publisher: Sams
Pub. Date: March 21, 2012
Print ISBN-10: 0-672-33348-1
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33348-4
Web ISBN-10: 0-13-266106-3
Web ISBN-13: 978-0-13-266106-5
Pages in Print Edition: 1120
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Overview
Full Color: Figures and code appear as they do in Visual
Studio
Windows Phone 7.5 Unleashed is the first comprehensive,
start-to-finish developer’s guide to Microsoft’s
brand-new Windows Phone 7.5. Written by Microsoft MVP and leading
WPF/Silverlight innovator Daniel Vaughan, this full-color guide
covers everything developers need to rapidly build highly
competitive Windows Phone 7.5 mobile apps.
Vaughan teaches through complete sample apps that illuminate each
key concept with fully explained code and real-world context. He
presents real-world best practices for building highly functional
and attractive Metro interfaces; integrating touch, rich media, and
data; testing; profiling; and more. Throughout, he shares expert
insights available in no other book, drawing on his exceptional
access to the Windows Phone development team through the elite
Microsoft Silverlight and WPF Insiders group.
Along the way, he presents exceptionally practical and thorough
coverage of many powerful new Windows Phone 7.5 platform
enhancements--including full chapters on sensors, the camera, XNA
graphics, local databases, scheduled actions, and background file
transfers.
Detailed information on how to...
Get started fast with Silverlight Windows Phone development in Visual Studio
Master the Capabilities Model, threading, and the Execution Model
Create attractive Metro interfaces using Windows Phone’s rich set of controls, including the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit
Make the most of the application bar and other interface elements
Enhance user experience with advanced support for touch, gesture, and sensors
Build location-aware apps that use Bing Maps and location services
Quickly internationalize apps for global markets
Leverage Windows Phone 7.5’s improved camera support
Connect apps to online services via SOAP, REST, and ODATA
Validate user input on the client side or via Web services
Use Windows Phone 7.5’s powerful new local database support
Implement background actions, file transfers, and audio playback
Incorporate game-style XNA graphics
Unit test to find defects earlier, saving time and money
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