VT Code Camp 2010 - Introduction to windows phone 7 development with silverlight

Introducing Windows Phone 7 Development with Silverlight
John Garland
Senior Consultant
http://blog.dotnetgator.com

www.wintellect.com
What we do
Consulting | Debugging | Training
Who we are
Founded by top experts on Microsoft– Jeffrey Richter, Jeff Prosise and John Robbins – we pull out all the stops to help our customers achieve their goals through advanced software-based consulting and training solutions.
How we do it

Agenda
Phone Basics
Demo – Application Basics
Demo – Navigation
Demo – Application Lifetime
Demo – Launchers & Choosers
Demo – Notification Services
Wrap up

Basics – Overview
Due out for “Holiday 2010”
Hardware RTM’ed on 9/1/2010
Tools are currently in Beta, with final release scheduled for 9/16
Marketplace opens in “early October”
Key Concepts
End-User Experience First
Marketplace
Hardware Specification
Development Platform
Simpler than previous experiences
Silverlight 3+, XNA
Emulator or direct phone connection via USB

Basics – Design
Glance & Go
“METRO” Design
Inspired by transportation systems, Xbox, Zune, Media Center
Clean, light, full-bleed, low-chrome
Experience
Home (Tiles)
Hubs

Basics – Hardware
Capacitive touch - 4 or more contact points
Sensors - A-GPS, Accelerometer, Compass, Light, Proximity
Camera - 5 mega pixels or more, flash required, camera button required
Multimedia - Common detailed specs, Codec acceleration
Memory - 256MB RAM or more, 8GB Flash or more
GPU - DirectX 9 acceleration
CPU - ARMv7 Cortex/Scorpion or better
Display - 800 WVGA / 480 HVGA
Hardware Buttons – Start, Search, Back

Basics – Silverlight Development
Windows 7 / Vista required
No XP, no Server OS
No VB support (yet) – C# only
Silverlight 3+ phone-specific APIs
HW Integration (Accelerometer, GPS, Camera, Microphone)
Hub Integration
Service Integration
Phone-specific navigation model
Not hosted in a browser window (no HTML Bridge)
Isolated storage – no quotas, no “Site”
Controls enhanced to support touch
Limited access to XNA assemblies from Silverlight applications
MSDN - Differences between SL for WP7 & Windows

Basics – Getting Started
Windows Phone Developer Portal
http://developer.windowsphone.com
Windows Phone 7 Training Kit
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start Videos

DEMO – Application Basics

DEMO - Navigation
MSDN Section here

DEMO – Application Lifetime
4 Application Events
Launching, Closed
Deactivated, Activated
“Tombstoning”
MSDN – here
YochayKiriaty series @ Phone Dev Blog

DEMO – Launchers & Choosers
Ricky Tan Article

Demo – Sensors
Assisted-GPS
Accelerometer
Accelerometer Helper Article
Vibration

DEMO - Notification Services
Registration
Notification Service (Phone OS)
URL
Get URL
Notify Phone
Show Notification
URL
MSFT
Push Notification
Service
Notification
Something Happens
Application Notification Service
(App Developer)

What’s Next
Phone Developer’s Site
MSDN Documentation
Team Blog
Petzold eBook
Windows Phone UI Design & Interaction Guide v2
Design Templates for WP7
MSDN Code Samples
Making apps real, ideas, real devices
Your MS-DPE’s Chris Bowen & Jim O’Neil
Firestarter & Garage – 9/30 in Farmington, CT
BizSpark
Mobile App Match
Jesse Liberty’s iPhone to WP7 Tutorial

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