Category Archives: Essentials
Windows Phone From Scratch #8–Styles
Let’s take a look at how styles can unify the look and feel of a Windows Phone application. This and the next few Windows Phone From Scratch (WPFS) postings will use the same form, so we’ll begin by creating a … Continue reading
Quick Timesaver When Coding Xaml
Try this in your Xaml… <Button VerticalAlignment=”Center” HorizontalAlignment=”Center” Margin=”5″ Height=”30″ />
Windows Phone From Scratch #5 – Data Binding
Databinding is a somewhat advanced topic, typically covered in the second or even the final third of most Silverlight books. We’re going to tackle it in the next couple mini-tutorials because It isn’t difficult to understand It isn’t difficult to … Continue reading
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Tagged Mini-Tutorial, WindowsPhone
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6 Steps To Presentations That Don’t Suck
1 Your Slides Do not read your slides aloud Use few transitions and keep them simple Do Not give out your slides in advance. Key: Everything on your slide must be there for a reason. That includes animation, colors, gradients, … Continue reading
Windows Phone From Scratch #4 – First Xaml
In the previous mini-tutorial in this series you created a form in which you placed a prompt and text box for the first name using Expression Blend and drag and drop. It was probably not obvious that as you created … Continue reading
Windows Phone From Scratch #3 – First Project
Open Expression Blend (which you downloaded in mini-tutorial #1) and select New Project. In the New Project dialog box, select Windows Phone in the left pane, Windows Phone Databound Application in the upper right, and name the application WPFS3. The … Continue reading
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Windows Phone From Scratch Mini-Tutorials #2: Silverlight vs XNA
You can write for Windows Phone using either Silverlight or XNA. Here are some general guidelines to help with understanding the strengths of each of the two platforms (from the Windows Phone 7 Developer Portal).
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The Full Stack – Part 1 – Building the admin site with ASP.NET MVC3, NUPack & EF Code First
I’m incredibly pleased and proud to launch The Full Stack with Jon Galloway.
Posted in Data, Essentials, Patterns & Skills, Tools and Utilities, WindowsPhone
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The Windows Phone From Scratch Mini-Tutorials: #1: Getting Started
This is the first in the Windows From Scratch mini-tutorial series. This series assumes you have no experience with Silverlight nor with C#, nor .NET in general, but would like to learn to program the Windows Phone. Hardware and Software … Continue reading
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Tagged Mini-Tutorial, WindowsPhone, WPFS
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Great Resource For Getting Started With Silverlight
I was just at the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tool’s Launch event in Boston (listen to my live podcast from the event) and one question I received many times from folks new both to the phone and to Silverlight was … Continue reading
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iPhone to Windows Phone 7 – Animation and Games
This two-part tutorial is included in both An iPhone Developer’s Guide to Windows Phone 7 Programming, and Windows Phone 7 Development for Silverlight Programmers. The material is equally relevant to both and so the two series have been temporarily joined. … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, i2WTutorial, WindowsPhone, wp7Tutorial
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Essential Tools for Podcasting
I recently launched Yet Another Podcast, the culmination of a serious amount of time spent researching microphones, mixers, software and more.