Programming legend Charles Petzold has written a free, 1000-page book, Programming Windows Phone 7, which is now available for free download (PDF format).
Also available, a ZIP file with all of the code samples.
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I read a big chunk of this book over the weekend. Like all of Petzold’s books, it’s beautifully written with solid examples supported by real code you can tinker with. It makes me hope that WP7 takes off — MS has made it so easy to program with this platform that developers should be able to come up with some very slick applications if there is enough market to make it worth while.
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And not a single mention of push notifications or live tiles.
…and not a single penny you had to spend for it. just like MSDN docs, where you can find about push notificatons and live tiles.
The MSDN docs for push notifications and live tiles suck as well.
My point isn’t to knock the book but rather to point out how neglected push notifications and live tiles have been in the documentation and community. People wonder why so few apps are supporting them and this is just another example of why.
Heads up Paul: AT&T answered some of the questions regarding SD Cards and Windows Phone 7 on their message boards. This is what an AT&T rep had to say:
“The devices will support the addition of up to a 32GB class 2 (or higher) microSD card. You need to insert the card before you power up the device the first time so that the operating system can map it as available memory to maximize its utilization. This is outlined in the Quick Start Guide you receive in the box. I encourage you to read this before you launch the device the first time to have the best experience with a microSD card.”
http://wpcentral.com/ATTs-response-adding-more-memory-wp7-go-right-ahead
Wow, this is good & it’s so good that they give it away for Free!
Nice, have you tried making anything for WP7 Paul? Maybe a Winsupersite App? heh.
I’ve been playing, yes. :)
I glanced at it and looks good so far. It skips over some topics which I wish he had talked about, but how can I complain when it is free?
I have worked with WPF and .net since they were first introduced and I’m really enjoying WP7 programming even with all the holes it has as of now. It is leaps and bounds beyond apple and google’s platforms in terms of ease of development that it really speaks volumes to what the difference is between a new platform from an experiended platform vendor (Microsoft) instead of newcomers to the platform game like google and apple. I do miss some of the capabilities missing from regular .net which seems to have been trimmed due to time, but I suspect microsoft will keep adding more and more very fast like they did with silverlight.
Looking forward to reading your book Paul.
Jeff Blankenburg has a great step-by-step guide
Also ch9 has some great material.