Windows Phone 7 Jumstart Sessions – Training Videos now Available
Microsoft has published the new training content led by the MVPs like Rob Miles , Andy Wigley that focusses on getting developers trained up on building great application for Windows Phone 7 .
Below are the sessions and the corresponding links for the material .
This includes 12 sessions with each session rannging about 50 minutes in length
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 1 of 12): Introduction
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 2 of 12): Building a Silverlight Application, Part 1
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 3 of 12): Building a Silverlight Application, Part 2
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 4 of 12): Building Games for the Windows Phone 7 Platform
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Local Database Support for Windows Phone 7
I Was Searching for some Local Database support for Windows Phone 7 in Google and Ended up with the list here .
1. db4o – Windows Phone database
db4o is an object based database that can be used in the silverlight applications / Windows Phone Application .It
offers you a lightweight persistence engine that stays close to your .NET objects and is a 100% .NET native code .
The db4o site also states that
Read moreSilverlight for Symbian Platform , What about Windows Mobile ??..
I found a nice article on “Silverlight for Symbian hits 20K download”
The blog states that the
“Silverlight for Symbian – Beta hits 20K in successful downloads”.
Silverlight is the development platform for Windows Phone 7 along with the XNA Framework .
Microsoft had announced a Beta version of Developer Tools and Silverlight runtime during the MIX’10 to enable users to run Silverlight applications on the symbian devices.
My First Windows Phone 7 Application.
With the release of Windows Phone 7 CTP Developer tools already released, I started thinking about some cool ideas for the new Mobile platform. So I have decided to get started with the simple program and here’s one with the guide to start.
If you are familiar with Visual Studio 2010 Professional / Express / Any version then you will feel comfortable building Application on the new
Read moreWindows Phone 7 Series “Rockstar” Award Contest
Microsoft has recently released the Windows Phone Developers Tools ( CTP ) . With the buzz on the new Platform is getting higher day by day , Here’s an opportunity for the students to get going with the Windows Phone Development and get recognised .
Yes , this is the Windows Phone 7 Series “Rockstar” Award that is included with the Imagine Cup 2010 .
Windows Phone Developer Tools ( CTP ) Released
Recently , Microsoft announced the release of the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP .
The development platform for the applications are Silverlight based .The GUI looks good and clean too.
The runtimes supported are Silverlight, XNA Framework and .NET Compact Framework .
Read more2009,Resolutions and Top Blog Posts
Every year, I make a resolution and the time of the year is back again for me to look back and evaluate what I’ve done well, what I missed, and what I need to change to make 2010 even better than 2009.
Read moreThe 2009-2010 selection process for MSPs in India
Source : http://student-partners.com
Selection Process
The selection process for Microsoft Student Partners in India is now open. Register immediately to avoid the last-minute rush and possibly missing out on important announcements.
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