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This collection of programming "recipes" provides detailed step-by-step coding examples for performing useful tasks in application development for the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system. The work covers topics such as user interface design, Expression Blend, integrating gestures capabilities, sensors, media management, storage, cloud integration, and testing methodologies, and individual entries provide illustrations, screenshots, and coded examples in a problem/solution framework. Ferracchiati and Garofalo are active in the Italian windows developer community. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Developers are racing to discover how to develop for Windows Phone 7—and there is no quicker resource to help you get up to speed than Windows Phone 7 Recipes. This book covers all aspects of development, configuration, testing, and distribution, with detailed code samples and rapid walkthroughs to support you every step of the way. You'll find recipes that unlock advanced user interface development, data storage and retrieval, integration with cloud services, adding media and location-based services, and working with Silverlight and Expression Blend. Learn to use sensors such as the camera, GPS, and accelerometer to build cutting-edge applications. Manage the new way to interact with applications using the gestures library both from the XNA Framework library and the Silverlight Windows Phone Toolkit library.
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