Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start: (03) Building Windows Phone 8 Apps (Channel 9)

Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start: (03) Building Windows Phone 8 Apps

Posted: Dec 04, 2012 at 11:25 AM

By: JeffKoch, Larry Lieberman

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This module provides developers with a comprehensive understanding of the key components required to build a Windows Phone 8 App, including Page Navigation, the Application Bar, building UI for multiple screen resolutions and portrait/landscape orientations, implementing page transition animations with the Windows Phone Toolkit and Localization.

[02:35] - Page navigation
[17:52] - Application bar
[26:45] - Handling screen orientation changes
[34:05] - Handling different screen resolutions
[40:58] - Localization
[47:06] - Windows Phone Toolkit
[51:31] - Page transitions

Full course outline:

Mod 01a: Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development Part 1
Mod 01b: Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development Part 2
Mod 02: Designing Windows Phone 8 Apps
Mod 03: Building Windows Phone 8 Apps
Mod 04: Files and Storage on Windows Phone 8
Mod 05: Windows Phone 8 Application Lifecycle
Mod 06: Background Agents
Mod 07: Tiles and Lock Screen Notifications
Mod 08: Push Notifications
Mod 09: Using Phone Resources in Windows Phone 8
Mod 10: App to App Communication in Windows Phone 8
Mod 11: Network Communication in Windows Phone 8
Mod 12: Proximity Sensors and Bluetooth in Windows Phone 8
Mod 13: Speech Input in Windows Phone 8
Mod 14: Maps and Location in Windows Phone 8
Mod 15: Wallet Support
Mod 16: In-App Purchasing
Mod 17: The Windows Phone Store
Mod 18: Enterprise App Architecture
Mod 19: Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 Cross Platform Development
Mod 20: Mobile Web

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payini Gerardo Melendrez

Dec 11, 2012 at 3:38 PM

Great videos guys! Thank you.
Clay Shannon

Dec 26, 2012 at 1:43 AM

Great info, but it's virtually impossible to see the code (too small/fuzzy).
nestorsantana Nestor Santana

Dec 29, 2012 at 8:05 PM

Excellent! Great Job.
ricocchet Microsoft Professional and all round IT Geek!

Dec 30, 2012 at 8:05 AM

Great Video.
As a newbie to Mobile Application and a new user of Windows Phone, very clear concise information
LouieB

Jan 12, 2013 at 1:53 PM

I gotta say I love these videos!

I am just starting to get my hands dirty with App Development on Windows Phone 8 and ran into these videos.
I gotta say thank you, you made my life super easy!
Cybertorp

Jan 23, 2013 at 12:55 AM

Very good and informative videos. Looking forward to get started
Thank you
Etchelon

Feb 24, 2013 at 3:07 AM

Awesome! After watching these videos, things get 100 times easier! Thanks.
WiteCastle112

Apr 05, 2013 at 10:34 AM

This is great! Thank you.

Is there a link to the actual powerpoint? It'd be great notes to have when coding.