Beginners Guide to Windows Phone Development (#WPDev) Tutorials
On popular demand, I came up with this blog post. In this page, I composed all the articles, tips & tricks, problem & solutions that a Windows Phone Developer should know.
This list is not a complete list and I will add more links to this page once I complete more articles and tips on WPDev. So, bookmark it for your future reference and to get all the latest updates on Windows Phone 7 Application Development.
Introduction to Windows Phone and SDK Downloads
Before starting with the Windows Phone, you need to become familiar with the device. This is anytime needed for a beginner to know more about the device and the latest happenings in this platform. I will update this section with the latest findings, so that, you will be able to know more on this. Here are few tips for you to get comfortable with the device.
Now it’s time for you to get started with the application development process. Before starting with the tutorials, you need to setup your development environment with the SDK tools. Here comes the links for you to download the Windows Phone 7.1 SDK tools. Few links are deprecated because a new version of the installer is now available. Also, you can find a free eBook to get started with Windows Phone Toolkit.
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Download Windows Phone 7.1 SDK
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What’s New in Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 Beta?(Deprecated) -
Download Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 Beta(Deprecated) -
Download Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2 (Mango) - Web and Offline Installer(Deprecated) -
Installation Steps of Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2(Deprecated) -
Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Release Candidate (RC) released - Download the Offline/Web Installer(Deprecated) -
Download Windows Phone 7.1 SDK RTW (All Language Web/Offline Installer)
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Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit - August 2011 (7.1 SDK) Released
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Download Free eBook: Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit In Depth
Once you are done with the installation of the Windows Phone 7 SDK, you can jump start with the development tutorials and build your first Windows Phone application using Visual Studio.
Windows Phone 7 Tutorial for Beginner
Here comes the list of Windows Phone 7 Tutorial. The list is not complete but I will add them here frequently once I publish new articles on Windows Phone Development. Start reading them one by one and if you have any queries, don’t hesitate to ask me on the same page and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
- WP7 Launchers and Choosers - A WP7Dev should know
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How to Launch the WP7 Application Details Page using the MarketplaceDetailTask?
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How to Launch the WP7 Marketplace Hub using the MarketplaceHubTask?
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How to Launch the WP7 Media Library using the PhotoChooserTask?
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How to Retrieve Contact Information in WP7 using the AddressChooserTask?
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How to Retrieve Email Address in WP7 using the EmailAddressChooserTask?
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How to Retrieve Phone Number from Contacts in WP7 using the PhoneNumberChooserTask?
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How to Save Email Address in WP7 using the SaveEmailAddressTask?
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How to Save Phone Number in WP7 using the SavePhoneNumberTask?
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How to Search for a Contact in WP7 using the Contacts class?
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How to Share Links from WP7 to Social Networking Sites using the ShareLinkTask?
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How to search in the WP7 Marketplace using the MarketplaceSearchTask?
- How to detect System Information of WP7 Device?
- How can you Add Network Connection Settings Page in your WP7 Application?
- What is Frame Rate Counter in WP7?
- Why the Frame Rate Counter is not Available in my WP7 Emulator?
- How to Deploy XAP File in a Windows Phone Emulator?
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Working with Default FontSize in Windows Phone 7 Applications
I hope that the above list of tutorial will help you to get started with the Windows Phone 7 application development. I will continue updating the list regularly. Do bookmark this page for future reference.
Getting Started with Telerik Controls for WP7
Except the above WP7Dev Tutorials, I also have few tutorial chapters on 3rd party control library from Telerik. Here is a list of few links. Will continue adding more into this list.
Problems and Solutions
A collection of problems and solutions are kept here. If you find these problems while building your Windows Phone apps, it will directly help you to resolve faster.
Did you come across any other problems? Do let me know and if you have any solutions for that, send it to here: contribute@kunal-chowdhury.com and I will post it here in my blog as Guest Post giving proper credit to you.
End Note
This is not a complete list. I just shared the articles that I have composed here in my blog. In future I will add more links here in this post once I compose more on the said topic. Do bookmark this page for your reference and share it to your network and help others to find this tutorial easily.
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