Windows Phone 7 Development for Absolute Beginners
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This video series will help aspiring Windows Phone 7 developers get started. We'll start off with the basics and work our way up so in a few hours, you will know enough to build simple WP7 applications, such as a GPS aware note taking application. We'll walk you through getting the tools, knowing what an if statement is, to using the GPS built into the phone and much more!
Our friend, Bob Tabor from www.LearnVisualStudio.net, will be your guide through this series.
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24 minutes, 37 secondsNavigating and Passing Data between XAML Pages - Day 3 - Part 3Nov 11, 2010 at 6:07 PM| 347 views this month
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Most applications—even simple ones—will require at least two or more Silverlight pages. This video demonstrates how to navigate from one Silverlight page to another, as well as how to pass information between two pages using QueryStrings. Finally, Bob explains how to use the phoneAppService.State[]… -
12 minutes, 58 secondsWorking with Projects - Day 1 - Part 8Nov 11, 2010 at 5:35 PM| 319 views this month 3
This video examines how to create a new project, how to open an existing project, how to close the project, and more. Bob shows where on your computer your project's code resides, and explains how your code is compiled into a .xap file, the contents of a .xap file, and how that file is then copied… -
24 minutes, 6 secondsCode Cleanup, Exception Handling, and Preparing for the Marketplace - Day 4 - Part 18Nov 11, 2010 at 6:11 PM| 318 views this month 11
Nearing the end of development, Bob shows how he cleans up the code and combs through it to include better code comments. He also shows where to download the Windows Phone 7 Requirements PDF, and outlines the dos and don'ts for BEFORE you attempt to submit your application for inclusion in the… -
6 minutes, 56 secondsWhere To Go From HereNov 16, 2010 at 11:22 AM| 311 views this month 60
In this final video, Bob shows you some of the resources that most helped him as he got started learning about the Windows Phone 7. Additionally, he provides a general road map for further exploration of the C# programming language, the .NET Framework, Silverlight, and more. -
10 minutes, 30 secondsThe if Decision Statement - Day 1 - Part 11Nov 11, 2010 at 5:44 PM| 290 views this month 9
The “if” statement allows us to add logic to our code, execute one code block if a certain condition exists, or execute a different code block if a certain condition doesn't exist. This video examines simple usage as well as more complex “if” statements. Download the source code in c# Download the… -
14 minutes, 8 secondsCreating and Calling Simple Helper Methods - Day 1 - Part 15Nov 11, 2010 at 5:44 PM| 274 views this month 8
As Bob has already said several times throughout Day 1, methods are simply named blocks of code. Since methods have names, you can call them by name and their code blocks will execute. This video explains when to do this, how to create and call the method, and how to both pass values into a method… -
12 minutes, 29 secondsWorking with the Image Control - Day 3 - Part 1Nov 11, 2010 at 6:07 PM| 263 views this month 5
To begin Day 3, you'll work with the Image control to add images to your applications. You'll see the visual tools inside of the IDE that make it easy to add images, and you'll learn about the settings you can apply to the images to ensure that they are correctly included in your deployable .xap… -
23 minutes, 20 secondsIsolated Storage, ListBox and DataTemplates - Day 3 - Part 7Nov 11, 2010 at 6:08 PM| 263 views this month 6
In a continuation of the previous video, Bob demonstrates how to read a list of file names saved to the phone's flash drive and display those names in a ListBox. Each file name is displayed in a DataTemplate that contains a HyperlinkButton. This results in one Hyperlink button for each file name.… -
24 minutes, 46 secondsWorking with Strings - Day 2 - Part 1Nov 11, 2010 at 5:45 PM| 258 views this month 7
Since you'll often be working with user-inputted data when writing Silverlight applications for the Windows Phone 7, Bob walks you through some common String manipulation features of the .NET Framework Class Library's String class and StringBuilder class to help you parse, format, manipulate,… -
23 minutes, 15 secondsSilverlight Input Controls - Day 2 - Part 12Nov 11, 2010 at 6:00 PM| 257 views this month 13
In this video, Bob takes you on a tour of the most popular Silverlight Input controls available for your Windows Phone 7 applications. He also shows you the important properties and events of each control. Controls include the PasswordBox, CheckBox, RadioButton, ListBox, and the ScrollViewer.…
Authors of this series
This series is the result of effort from a lot of different people. Here is a list of those responsible for getting this series produced and online.
