Discover how to build professional apps that encompass the 17 major feature areas of Windows Phone SDK , from XAML to multimedia to network access. In this course, author Michael Lehman details the standard hardware device configuration, teaches how to navigate the development environment, and explores the Windows Phone APIs. The course shows how to build sample applications while learning Windows Phone concepts and frameworks, including the Metro design language.
Topics include Windows Phone SDK :
- Downloading and installing the tools
- Understanding the SDK
- Designing the user experience (UX)
- Implementing commands
- Data binding with Silverlight
- Exploring the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern
- Loading external data
- Capturing data from the camera, GPS, compass, and accelerometer
- Recording and playing sound
- Implementing persistence with isolated storage
- Leveraging built-in tasks, choosers, and launchers
- Expanding the available controls using the Silverlight and Coding4Fun toolkits
- Cloning a Windows Phone app
- Learning how to publish your app
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