1. Windows Phone Development
Overview

2. Valdis Iljuconoks
Lead Technologist, Geta Latvia
Software Architect
Member of Latvian Microsoft .Net User Group
Microsoft MVP (C#), ECD
http://dotnet.lv/blogs/vi
valdis.iljuconoks@dotnet.lv

3. http://bit.ly/atmfinder

5. Agenda
• App development lifecycle
• Phone interface
• Phone capabilities
• Application architecture
• Development resources

6. Agenda
• App development lifecycle
• Phone interface
• Phone capabilities
• Application architecture
• Development resources

7. Lifecycle
• Type of application
• Design and implementation
• Resource management
• Remote services

8. Type of application
• XNA or Silverlight?
• User interface design
• User input and controls
• Styling

9. Design and implementation
• Design patterns
• Storage
• Phone capabilities
• Deactivation and tombstoning
• Connectivity
• Components and frameworks

11. Resource management
• Memory
• Graphics
• Battery
• Performance

12. Remote Services
• Data formats
• Security
• Push notifications
• Data sync
• Cloud integration

13. Lifecycle
• Type of application
• Design and implementation
• Resource management
• Remote services

14. Agenda
• App development lifecycle
• Phone interface
• Phone capabilities
• Application architecture
• Development resources

15. Phone Interface
• Application frame, page and content area
• Navigation services
• Panorama
• Pivot
• Application bar
• Launcher
• Chooser
• Context menu
• Reminder
• Toast notification
• Live tiles

16. http://sdrv.ms/wpcheatsheet

17. Agenda
• App development lifecycle
• Phone interface
• Phone capabilities
• Application architecture
• Development resources

18. Phone Capabilities
• Accelerometer
• Camera and Photos
• Contacts and Messaging
• Device information
• Location services and mapping
• Media
• Push notifications
• Search
• Sound recording
• Sound playback
• Touch and Gestures
• Vibration Alerts
• Local isolated storage
• Local database
• Web Browser
• Windows Marketplace

19. Agenda
• App development lifecycle
• Phone interface
• Phone capabilities
• Application architecture
• Development resources

20. Application architecture
• MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel)

21. Model
• Domain object models (POCOs)
• Base data structure classes
• Data containers, DTOs
• Service contracts

22. View
• Silverlight page, XNA frame
• SL binding, behaviors and converters

23. ViewModel
• Supporting classes to connect Model with
View
• DataContext of the view

25. demo

26. http://bit.ly/wp7skinswitcher

27. Project structure
• Base library(-ies)
• Models (+ repositories and service
façades)
• Views (~ View models)
• Portable libraries
• Unit tests

28. Agenda
• App development lifecycle
• Phone interface
• Phone capabilities
• Application architecture
• Development resources

29. Development Resources
• Prism (MVVM platform)
• Silverlight for WP Toolkit
• Ninject (dependency injection)
• Parallel Task Library for WP
• Reactive Extensions (Rx)
• Moq (unit testing framework)

30. Agenda
• App development lifecycle
• Phone interface
• Phone capabilities
• Application architecture
• Development resources

31. Paldies!

32. Valdis Iljuconoks
Lead Technologist, Geta Latvia
Software Architect
Member of Latvian Microsoft .Net User Group
Microsoft MVP (C#), ECD
http://dotnet.lv/blogs/vi
valdis.iljuconoks@dotnet.lv