With Windows Phone there is a world-class developer ecosystem, top notch mobile tools and great educational materials. Windows Phone apps can tap into the power of multi-tasking, access thousands of APIs, use Silverlight features, and take advantage of hardware features such as hardware acceleration. With the release of Nokia Windows Phone, the number of people who will be able to access your applications is also increasing fast. There has never been a better time to dive into Windows Phone development.
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- Windows 8 RTM
- Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8
- Free Windows Phone SDK 7.1
- Advertising SDK for Windows Phone
- Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone
- XNA Game Studio 4.0
- Visual Basic Code Samples for Windows Phone
Windows Phone developers can download a variety of code examples using both Silverlight and XNA. These samples are not limited to C#, but are also available for the Visual Basic developer!
- How I price my Windows Phone apps
- Weekend reading: Windows Phone tips from MSDN Magazine
- Future proofing your apps
- Windows Phone 8 SDK Preview program is now open
- Improvements coming to our online app store
- Memory Profiling: The Methods View
- Windows Phone 8 SDK Preview opens for applications Sept. 12
- Announcing this year’s Dream.Build.Play challenge winners for Windows Phone
- Memory Profiling: The Instances View
- Video: Touring the Windows Phone Dev Center
Metro TV: Introduction to XMAL Binding
In this video, you'll see how to do simple binding in a Windows Phone application.
Making Money with your Application on Windows Phone
Windows Phone: how to build a game
Building device & cloud apps
Windows Phone user experience design
Bryson Ewell
This young developer was inspired by his big brother. Find out how he learned to program and why you wont be seeing skydiving Sasquatches anytime soon...
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This young developer was inspired by his big brother. Find out how he learned to program and why you wont be seeing skydiving Sasquatches anytime soon...
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