Beginning Windows Phone 7 Application Development

Nick Lecrenski is the founder and lead developer of MyFitnessJournal.com, a fitness tracking web site that utilizes Silverlight technology. He is also the author of Silverlight 4: Problem-Design-Solution . Karli Watson is an author and a technical consultant of 3form Ltd and an associate technologist at Content Master. Robert Fonseca-Ensor is a consultant at Infusion, specialising in WPF, Silverlight, and iPhone development.

INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING WINDOWS PHONE 7. CHAPTER 2: JAW-DROPPING APPS WITH THE HELP OF SILVERLIGHT. CHAPTER 3: SPICE UP YOUR APP WITH SHAPES, COLORS, BRUSHES, AND TRANSFORMS. CHAPTER 4: ADVANCED USER INTERFACE TECHNIQUES: STYLES, TEMPLATES, AND THE VISUAL STATE MANAGER. CHAPTER 5: ISOLATED STORAGE, PAGE NAVIGATION, AND THE APPLICATION LIFE CYCLE. CHAPTER 6: INTERACTING WITH THE HARDWARE. CHAPTER 7: LAUNCHERS, CHOOSERS, AND ADVANCED USER INPUT. CHAPTER 8: WINDOWS PHONE 7 SERVICES AND CLOUD SERVICES. CHAPTER 9: CREATING AND CONSUMING WEB SERVICES. CHAPTER 10: WEB SERVICES PUSH NOTIFICATIONS. CHAPTER 11: XNA FOR WINDOWS PHONE 7. CHAPTER 12: MICROSOFT EXPRESSION BLEND. CHAPTER 13: USING THE SILVERLIGHT FOR WINDOWS PHONE TOOLKIT AND CREATING PANORAMIC USER INTERFACES. CHAPTER 14: PATTERNS, FRAMEWORKS, AND TESTS. CHAPTER 15: PUBLISHING YOUR APPLICATION. APPENDIX: SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES. INDEX.