Pro Windows Phone 7 Development

Pro Windows Phone 7 Development, 9781430232193 (1430232196), Apress, 2011

Authoring a book on mobile development with a title that starts with “Pro” is a daunting task. Put in too much introductory material and you lose the knowledgeable developer looking to take his application to the next level. Breeze through key concepts and the cross-platform professional mobile developer may struggle learning how to work with targeting a relatively new platform in Windows Phone 7.

Another challenge is culling down what to cover between Silverlight and the XNA Framework. Both are fabulous and interesting technologies so I strived to cover both in a single text, though this book is more geared toward Silverlight developers who are interesting in learning about the XNA Framework as well.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of XAML and Silverlight since it is a critical aspect of WP7 development. It also focuses on many of the more challenging topics such as correctly architecting Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 applications using the Model-View-ViewModel architecture as well as working with services, encryption, and gestures.

There are many tidbits throughout this book extracted from many long hours of working with top media brands to bring their content and applications to Windows Phone 7. I hope that sharing this knowledge on memory and CPU optimization gleaned from these experiences helps to bring your applications to the top of the rankings in the Windows Phone 7 marketplace.

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