Programming Windows Phone 7, Microsoft Silverlight Edition

Bring your app ideas to life with guidance from a Windows programming legendGet started building your own apps and utilities for Windows Phone 7 expertly guided by award-winning author Charles Petzold. Focusing on Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 and the C sharp language, you ll learn how to extend your existing skills to this new mobile platform mastering the core tools and techniques you need to get productive quickly. As always, Charles brings a unique combination of pragmatism and inspiration to his instruction along with a wealth of hands-on examples. Discover how to: Customize page navigation and layout Know when to use code vs. XAML markup Capture and embed bitmaps, balancing performance issues Support multi-touch input including tap, drag, flick, and pinch Work with accelerometer and location services Experiment with panoramic and pivot controls Create effects using built-in or custom animations Manage state, tombstoning, data-binding, and storage Write your own templates and custom controls Test-drive your app on Windows Phone EmulatorGet code samples on the Web For system requirements, see the Introduction.