1.
Windows
Phone
Osez franchir le cap
!

2.
Windows Phone ?
Once upon a time…

3.
ModernUI (Metro) everywhere

4.
Flash back
WP7.
8
Mars 11
Septembre 09
WM6.5
WP7.0
Octobre 10
WP7.0.x
(Nodo)
Juin 12
WP7.1
(Mango)
Septembre 11
WP7.1
(Tango)
Août 13
WP8.0
(Apollo)
Octobre 12
WP8
GDR2
2014
WP8
GDR3
Novembre 13
WP8.1

5.
Fresh news

6.
Hi, I’m Jeremy
Before the fun begins

7.
Introduction
Jérémy Alles
2day-app.com
MVP / WPF Disciples
A fast and fluid todo list
jeremy.alles@live.com
Windows Phone + Windows 8
@jalpf
Sync in the cloud
www.japf.fr

8.
What about you ?
“Who are you people ?”

9.
Agenda
Getting started
Dev platform
UI platform
Live tiles & lockscreen
Monetization
Building for both screens
Misc
Conclusion

10.
Ready, go ?
WindowsPhone.exe

11.
http://developer.windowsphone.com
Dev Center
Dev Center
Registration
US $19

12.
Tools
What you need ?
Visual Studio 2012
Visual Studio 2013
FREE edition available !
To use the emulator ?
An Hyper-V capable hardware
To deploy on a device ?
A developer account (19$)
Or an App Studio account (free)

13.
Demo: First WP app from
VS2013
Project  New  Debug  Start Debugging !

14.
Windows Phone Dev Platform
C# + XAML = Love 

15.
Platform options
XAML + Managed Code (C# or VB)
DirectX + Native Code (C or C++)
Mix of both
Reuse existing native libraries
Add 3D vizualization to a XAML app

16.
Multitasking on Windows Phone
Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone 7.5
Windows Phone 8
Tombstoning
Fast App Switching
VoIP
Run Under Lock
Background Audio Playback
Continuous Background
Execution
Notifications
Generic Background Agents
Fast App Resume
Evolution of Multitasking

17.
Windows Phone UI platform
Using XAML

18.
Design Principles
Pride in craftsmanship
More with less
Fast and fluid
Authentically digital
Win as one

19.
UI Framework & XAML
UI Framework
XAML
Signature & Standard Controls
eXtensible Application Markup Language
Layouts
A declarative, markup-based language to
define your user experience
Tree based
Retained mode / composited framework
Everything you can do in XAML you can do
in code – it’s just easier in XAML.
Fully extensible
UserControl & Panel
Styling
Templating
Subclassing
StackPanel stackPanel = new StackPanel();
TextBox textBox = new TextBox();
stackPanel.Children.Add(textBox);
Button button = new Button();
stackPanel.Children.Add(button);
<StackPanel>
<TextBox/>
<Button/>
</StackPanel>

20.
Controls
Reusable & Customizable
Embody the Windows Phone design principles
Standard Controls
Map, WebBrowser, Ads, Intrinsic Controls (Button, TextBox, Grid, etc)
Toolkit Controls
DatePicker, TimePicker, Rating, AutoCompleteBox, etc
Signature Controls
Panorama, Pivot, LongListSelector, AppBar

21.
Signature Controls: Panorama

22.
Signature Controls: Pivot

23.
Pages & Navigation

24.
Page Navigation
Each page identified by a URI
Each page is essentially
stateless
private void btnLongListSelector_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
NavigationService.Navigate(new Uri("/LongListSelectorPage.xaml", UriKind.Relative));
}

25.
Live Tiles & Lock Screen
Staying alive !

26.
Tile Templates and Tile Sizes
Flip – flips from front to back
Iconic – clean iconic layout
Cycle – cycles through up to nine
images
30

27.
Lock Screen on Windows Phone 8

28.
Monetization
Give me the cash !

29.
Making Money
Paid Apps
Microsoft takes 30%
of your revenue (up to
25,000$, 20% after)

30.
Build for both
Windows Phone 8 + Windows 8

31.
Build For Both
Windows and Windows Phone Shared Core
Straightforward to share code between apps
No XAML sharing technique however…
MVVM - Model View ViewModel
Easy to share Model and ViewModel for both apps
Views are tailored to screen sizes
Easiest if you build both apps at the same time

32.
Misc
Some other useful stuff you might to look at

33.
Team Foundation Service

34.
Azure Mobile Services

35.
App Studio
Build an app from your browser
Add content
Customize the app
Download it on your device
Share with family & friends

36.
Conclusion
Si c’est pas maintenant le bon moment ?

37.
Conclusion
It’s the best time to get started !
Tons of useful resources available online
Topics we didn’t covered…
More advanced APIs: speech, NFC, wallet, background tasks…
Launchers and choosers
File association
Deployment
http://aka.ms/wp8js
…
Happy to take questions !
http://aka.ms/wp8designbootcamp
http://aka.ms/wp8hol
http://aka.ms/wpdevbegin